Partner since:
Total grant support: US$182,891,613
Grant eligibility:
Partnership compact
Priority: Transforming teacher professionalization for effective teaching towards enhanced learning outcomes.
Coordinating agency: British High Commission in Bangladesh
GPE Team lead: Javier Luque
Bangladesh has expanded access to primary and secondary education and improved completion and retention rates. Despite increased participation in school, many students are not learning.
Only half of grades 3 and 5 students achieve grade-level competencies in Bangla language, and only a third of students are proficient in math after completing grade 5.
To improve learning, Bangladesh is focused on improving teaching. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education and the Ministry of Education are working with GPE and other partners to transform teacher professionalization for effective teaching towards enhanced learning outcomes.
Bangladesh’s Partnership Compact aligns partners and resources with the national priority reform, which aims to address the lack of quality training that has rendered the profession less attractive and adversely affected student learning.
Targeted outputs include supporting teachers with professional development, providing them with a support network and supervision system, and enhancing training institutes to improve student learning with inclusive and resilience-focused curricula.
The priority reform is in line with national strategies including Bangladesh’s Fourth and Fifth Primary Education Development Program and Vision 2041. The National Education Policy and the National Curriculum Framework are being scaled up to provide more support to more students and teachers across the country.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
of children start learning one year before entering primary school
of primary teachers have the minimum required qualifications
of government expenditure on education
(data as of December 11, 2025)
Type: System capacity
Years: 2025 - 2029
Allocation: US$2,110,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program development
Years: 2025
Allocation: US$399,188
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNESCO, UNICEF
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting:
