Somalia Partnership Compact

  • P Project/Program

A Active

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