Caxito – The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) made fifty million dollars available this year to support the Government in expanding access to high-quality training in Angola.
This amount will be used to improve the quality of teaching and teacher training programs, aiming at the transformation of the education sector.
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is a common commitment to end the world's learning crisis, which mobilizes partners and funds to support low-income countries, to which Angola joined in 2022, becoming eligible to access the financing fund to improve its education system.
The information was provided Friday (Sept 20) in Caxito, Bengo province, by the Minister of Education, Luísa Grilo, at the opening of the validation seminar of the “Angola Partnership Compact for Education”, within the framework of the Global Partnership for Education.
The aforementioned pact reflects the commitment of the MED and its partners to work together on the priority area of intervention, with a view to transforming the education and teaching system and improving learning outcomes.
She said that the seminar symbolizes the culmination of a process of discussion on how plans, investments and commitments contribute to a single process of strengthening national education strategies and mutual accountability for the desired results.
According to Luísa Grilo, education in Angola still faces some challenges related to the quality of teachers, the expansion of the school network and the guarantee of quality learning, which requires the search for innovative and effective solutions to radically change this situation. “It is in this context that the Partnership Pact fits in.
Through the precise diagnosis of our education system and the effective coordination of our actions, we are taking sure steps to build an education of excellence, with a focus on initial and continuous teacher training, the development of curricula aligned with the needs of the 21st century and educational resilience”, she stressed.
With the increased funding, the MED will be able to implement actions that respond to these needs, ensuring that all Angolan children and young people have access to quality education and can contribute to the country’s development and the reduction of social inequalities.
The presentation of the proposed Angola Partnership Compact document and the proposal for the second funding request for the Global Partnership for Education grant are among the topics to be addressed at the one-day seminar. FS/CJ/PA/TED/DOJ
