Somalia Partnership Compact

  • P Project/Program

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Key Information

Somalia Partnership Compact intends to galvanize efforts towards increased investment in addressing critical barriers to increase access to quality education in an inclusive and gender-equitable manner; and building state systems to deliver on that. The compact aims to contribute to transform the education system, dramatically increasing access to education, while also making service delivery more equitable, inclusive, efficient, and effective, and strengthening the capacity of the ministry of education to deliver on its mandate.

Lead Implementing Government(s)

Somalia

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Somalia

Activity URL

https://www.globalpartnership.org/content/somalia-partnership-compact-2023

Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated program
Years

2023 - 2026

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Somalia Ministry of Education, Culture, and Higher Education
Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Yes
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Primary enrollment
  • Secondary Enrollment
Quality
  • School facilities
  • School quality
Skills
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Gender equality
  • Masculinities/boys
  • Nutrition
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached
  • Fathers
Participants include
  • Orphans and vulnerable children
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
Curriculum/learning
  • Increased availability of learning materials
Food/nutrition
  • School feeding
Menstrual hygiene management
  • Sanitary product distribution
Reducing economic barriers
  • Reducing/eliminating school fees
  • Scholarships/stipends for school fees
Teaching
  • Hiring more teachers (both men and women)
Water and sanitation
  • Improved water access
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased literacy
  • Increased numeracy
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased secondary school enrolment
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism
Cross-cutting goals
  • Improved nutrition