Partner since:
Total grant support: US$172,883,760
Grant eligibility:
Partnership Compact
Priority: Improve student learning outcomes by addressing agreed priorities, namely gender equality, quality learning and quality teaching.
Coordinating agency: UNICEF
GPE Team lead: Aya Kibesaki, Ines Gabrielle Boumaiza
Having achieved nearly universal primary education by 2012, Cambodia broadened its education goals to focus on quality in addition to access. Teacher reform, as set out in the Teacher Policy and Action Plan from 2013, has been a key priority of Cambodia's Ministry of education, with various strategies to improve teacher recruitment and performance and pilots over recent years.
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged progress, and evidence of learning loss has fortified the Cambodia’s commitment to deliver quality education to all: in 2021, 45% of grade 6 students were not proficient in Khmer language compared with 34% in 2016, and 74% were not proficient in mathematics compared with 49% in 2016.
The government is working with GPE and other partners to improve education in Cambodia by improving student learning outcomes. New early grade learning materials provide structured lesson plans for teachers, improved assessments will help teachers identify students’ learning needs, and teacher training will focus on teaching students at their competency levels.
The government is piloting new remediation measures to support students who fall behind.
(data as of May 09, 2024)
Type: Multiplier
Years: 2024 - 2028
Allocation: US$20,000,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: WB
Type: System transformation
Years: 2024 - 2026
Allocation: US$15,390,000
Utilization: US$229,523
Grant agent: UNESCO, UNICEF
Improve student learning outcomes by strengthening the quality of education through:
Type: System capacity
Years: 2023 - 2026
Allocation: US$2,700,000
Utilization: US$248,402
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program development
Years: 2023 - 2024
Allocation: US$200,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: WB
Type: Multiplier
Years: 2022 - 2028
Allocation: US$10,000,000
Utilization: US$3,019,332
Grant agent: WB
Improve the quality of primary education, especially for children from disadvantaged groups, and foster effective leadership and management of education staff.
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting the NGO Education Partnership (NEP) for the 2020-2023 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).
