Launched in 2002, the Global Partnership for Education is a multi-stakeholder partnership and funding platform dedicated to strengthening education systems in developing countries. Its primary goal is to ensure that every child, particularly those in the lowest-income and crisis-affected regions, has access to quality education.
ADB and the Global Partnership for Education have collaborated closely since 2015 to improve the quality of education in a climate-resistant learning environment in the Pacific.
A strong and sustainable secondary system will help Nepal achieve its economic and development goals. The government is working closely with ADB and its financing partners to improve access to and quality of secondary education, beginning with competitive curricula, scholarships for poor students, and pilot-testing model secondary schools.
Bangladesh’s Primary Education Development Program introduced innovative approaches that changed the face of basic education in the country, helping increase primary school enrollment and completion rates over the last 20 years.
The Global Partnership for Education Fund contributes to ADB’s development initiatives through cofinancing.
Sovereign Cofinancing. In 2024, the Global Partnership for Education Fund committed a program development grant of $0.4 million to finance activities to support the processing of two education program application packages in Bangladesh and Kiribati.
