Partner since:
Total grant support: US$14,581,971
Grant eligibility:
Partnership Compact
Priority: Improve teacher training, provision of materials to schools in remote areas, curriculum, and address learning loss.
Coordinating agency: UNICEF
GPE Team lead: Javier Luque
The Maldives Partnership Compact identifies equity and inclusion as the priority area for system transformation.
The partnership compact identifies the progress that Maldives have made in bringing children to school but acknowledges the presence of strong differences between the different atolls in the country.
The compact identifies the different challenges that the education sector in Maldives face to achieve a more equitable education system, and recognizes that despite enrollment rates being higher in primary and lower secondary, in upper secondary there are marked differences across atolls.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
of children start learning one year before entering primary school
of primary teachers have the minimum required qualifications
of government expenditure on education
(data as of November 18, 2024)
Type: System transformation
Years: 2024 - 2028
Allocation: US$5,000,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF
A transformed education ecosystem in which every child learns, achieves developmentally appropriate learning milestones and transitions from school to work and life, through:
Type: Multiplier
Years: 2024 - 2028
Allocation: US$3,000,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: WB
Strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Education for evidence-based decision making.
Type: System capacity
Years: 2024 - 2028
Allocation: US$1,500,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF