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October 25, 2022

President Akufo-Addo of Ghana announced as GPE champion for education financing

GPE is thrilled to welcome President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana as champion for domestic financing for education, calling for increased investment, efficiency and equity in national funding for education. ...

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...

May 20, 2020

Global Partnership for Education provides $68 million in grants for education response to COVID-19 (coronavirus)

GPE has provided an initial US$60 million for five new grants to support the education of up to 30.5 million children in Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and Zambia affected by coronavirus-related school...

February 26, 2020

US$347 million mobilized to improve children’s education in eight countries

Close to US$347 million in new funding will strengthen education systems and improve children’s access to school and quality learning in Chad, Eritrea, Ghana, Honduras, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan and...

January 22, 2019

Helping girls stay in school should be Commonwealth's development priority

The Platform for Girls’ Education, a group of government representatives and heads of leading multilateral agencies like GPE, commissioned a report that found that girls still remain disadvantaged in a...

May 02, 2018

2018 program development grant for Ghana

The Global Partnership for Education Secretariat approved US$400,000 to prepare a new education program in Ghana.

August 31, 2017

Education sector plan development grant for Ghana. August 2017

In August 2017, the Global Partnership for Education Secretariat approved a US$442,772 grant for Ghana to develop an education sector assessment and update the current education sector plan.

July 30, 2017

Op ed: Sharing the future by building better education systems

In this op ed, Julia Gillard stresses that in addition to domestic and external financing, building stronger education systems is a key element of the educational progress of a country. She also highlights...

April 30, 2017

Education partners in Ghana appeal to local media to support quality education campaign

The Northern network for education development (NNED) in Ghana is appealing to local media in the northern, upper east and upper west regions of the country to use their platform and call for improvement in...