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July 06, 2021

Heads of State declaration on education financing

Call to action by President Kenyatta on behalf of GPE partner countries about their commitment to financing education to strengthen education systems and secure a stable and prosperous future for all...

June 02, 2021

Econet Wireless pledges support for girls’ education awareness program

Econet Wireless has pledged to bring marketing and outreach assets to bear in Zimbabwe to help dispel harmful social and cultural norms keeping girls from attending school and learning. This work is part of...

December 10, 2019

Global Partnership for Education to exceed half a billion US dollars in new grants in 2019 to improve children’s education in the poorest countries

The Global Partnership for Education has approved new grants to support efforts by Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia (Puntland and Somaliland) and Zimbabwe to...

September 18, 2018

Global Partnership for Education approved close to US$300 million in 2018 to support disadvantaged children around the globe

Grant approvals by the GPE Board of Directors in the seven months since the successful Financing Conference in Senegal in February have reached almost US$300 million.

April 26, 2018

In Zimbabwe, increasing education financing is key to achieving education for all

Low education funding remains a challenge in Zimbabwe and has compromised the quality of education. The government of Zimbabwe is committed to increasing education financing and made a bold pledge to...

January 08, 2018

Zimbabwe: new teaching and learning materials for the new curriculum available

A $10 million fund from GPE will support Government’s effort to procure the needed learning and teaching material and also build some new state-of-the-art infrastructures like schools.

December 29, 2017

Zimbabwe receives US$10m to implement new curriculum

Zimbabwe has secured US$10 million to implement its new education curriculum, with US$7 million of this funding to be release by the Global Partnership for Education in early 2018. GPE and Zimbabwe have a...

December 12, 2017

Zimbabwe allocates US$29 million to implement new curriculum

As part of the implementation of a new curriculum, Zimbabwe plans to spend US$29 million on training teachers and upgrading school facilities nationwide, announced the Minister of Primary and Secondary...

May 25, 2017

On his trip to U.S. advocate from Zimbabwe makes a case for investing in education

Ten years ago, Patrick Makokoro started a foundation to promote early childhood education in Zimbabwe. But as he was growing up in Zimbabwe access to quality education was a struggle, as Makokoro recounts...