Education in Nicaragua

Nicaragua has increased enrollment in primary education, but low learning levels and high numbers of out-of-school children, especially in rural areas, call for transformative change.

The government is working with GPE and other partners to strengthen the quality of education and increase the coverage of early childhood education, with a gender component.

Aligned with the national Education Plan for 2022-2026, Nicaragua’s Partnership Compact prioritizes early learning and builds on previous GPE-supported interventions.

Nicaragua aims to boost the knowledge and skills of teachers through better training and improve the conditions of early learning infrastructure by ensuring safe, accessible, and comfortable spaces that promote child development.

Strengthening institutional monitoring of the education system, especially at the early childhood level, is expected to contribute to better quality and higher enrollment. Transversal to all planned interventions is a commitment to gender-responsive policy planning and implementation.

• GPE’s Education Out Loud fund supported the Asociación Foro de Educación y Desarrollo Humano de la Iniciativa por Nicaragua (FEDH-IPN) for the 2019-2021 period.
• Previously, GPE had provided FEDH-IPN with a Civil Society Education Fund grant to support its engagement in education sector policy dialogue and citizens’ voice in education quality, equity, and financing and sector reform.

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• Nicaragua is part of the KIX Latin America and Caribbean hub and has a KIX national delegation.
• KIX research projects:
  • Adapting and scaling peer tutoring for teachers and school leaders for equitable rural education
  • Common-scale assessment of early and foundational math learning across the Global South
  • Digital Adaptations for Effective and Inclusive Distance Learning in Rural Communities in Honduras and Nicaragua 
  • Improving Literacy for Children Through the Support of Community Networks
  • Strategies to prevent sexual and gender-based violence and foster equity in rural schools