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May 20, 2022

Freetown manifesto for gender transformative leadership in education

This Manifesto was developed in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 18-20 May, 2022 in a gender-transformative leadership workshop hosted by the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and the Gender at the...

September 09, 2021

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education of Sierra Leone, the Global Partnership for Education and UNICEF complete construction of 30 early childhood education classroom blocks

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, (MBSSE), with financial and technical support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), has...

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...

September 09, 2020

Op ed: A radically inclusive makeover for education

In this joint op ed, Alice Albright, GPE CEO, and David Moinina Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone, argue that without major steps to put the most vulnerable children at...

May 22, 2020

Sierra Leone is not downplaying the unfolding education crisis

The focus of the coronavirus pandemic has to be on saving lives, but an education crisis is happening in parallel with the health crisis. Sierra Leone's Minister of Education says what happened during the...

January 31, 2019

Sierra Leone receives US$17.2 million from GPE to boost flagship education program

GPE CEO Alice Albright joined President Julius Maada Bio in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to announce a US$17.2 million grant from GPE to boost the country's flagship quality education program.

January 30, 2019

US$17.2 million Global Partnership for Education grant in Sierra Leone launched

Sierra Leone launches new GPE program, which aims to increase equitable access to education and improve learning outcomes for approximately 1 million girls and boys in public pre-primary and primary...

December 03, 2018

Global Citizen surpasses its goal, including commitments to education

Global Citizen has announced 57 commitments totaling more than US$7 billion, surpassing its goal seven times, and significant commitments were also made to #FundEducation.

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.