Partner since:
Total grant support: US$23,337,039
Grant eligibility:
Partnership Compact
Priority: Strengthen and reform the foundations for improved quality teaching and learning, incorporating a gender equality and inclusion lens.
Coordinating agency: New Zealand High Commission
GPE Team lead: Daisuke Kanazawa
The Solomon Islands national assessment data from 2017 shows 69% of students at or above the expected level for literacy and 71% for numeracy, but results vary significantly across provinces and school types. And while primary education enrollment is high, fewer students participate in lower secondary, and most leave school before senior secondary.
The government is working with GPE and other partners to establish foundations for improved quality teaching and learning with gender equality and inclusion.
The Solomon Islands Partnership Compact presents a roadmap to ensure all children have the opportunity to complete a relevant education that builds life skills. Components of the reform include better teacher management by improving data, recruitment, performance monitoring and career pathways.
Training aims to equip teachers with effective literacy, numeracy and learner-centered teaching strategies, and support them to use assessments for learning. Updated teaching and learning materials will strengthen implementation of the new curriculum.
An emphasis on inclusive education is expected to generate new data on gender and disability to inform policy planning and implementation.
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 December 21, 2024)
Type: System transformation
Years: 2024 - 2029
Allocation: US$5,000,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: System capacity
Years: 2024 - 2027
Allocation: US$1,478,483
Utilization: US$5,122
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2021 - 2025
Allocation: US$14,997,510
Utilization: US$3,073,318
Grant agent: ADB
This is a regional grant covering the Pacific region.
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting the Coalition for Education Solomon Islands (COESI) for the 2024-2026 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).