By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Ghana has announced that it has secured a US$2.23 million System Capacity Grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to strengthen Ghana’s education sector.
A statement issued by the UNICEF Ghana office on February 21, 2025, stated that the System Capacity Grant takes effect in January 2025 and will run until December 2027.
The statement further explained that the initiative aims to strengthen Ghana’s education sector by enhancing systemic capacity, improving policy planning, and fostering sustainable educational reforms.
UNICEF Ghana Representative, Osama Makkawi, emphasized the significance of the grant: “This GPE grant will be instrumental in strengthening key areas of Ghana’s education system, including data utilization, gender-responsive programming, and inter-sectoral coordination.”
He reiterated that this would enable UNICEF Ghana to deliver quality education for every child.
“As the designated Grant Agent, UNICEF Ghana will oversee the implementation of key initiatives in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. The System Capacity Grant (SCG) will support, among others:
- Strengthening gender-responsive education programming at national and decentralized levels.
- Reviewing and updating the Education Sector Medium-Term Development Plan to align with national priorities.
- Enhancing national capacity for crisis-sensitive and resilient education sector planning to address emerging challenges.
- Supporting the development of Education Sector Performance Reports to improve accountability and monitoring.
- Building district-level capacity for data collection and analysis to enhance evidence-based decision-making,” portions of the statement read.
