Providing education and other opportunities for the young in remote island communities remains a challenge in Baarah Island, Maldives. 2012. Credit: Asian Development Bank

Partner since:

Total grant support: US$14,581,971

Grant eligibility:

  • Multiplier
  • System capacity
  • System transformation

Partnership Compact

Priority: Improve teacher training, provision of materials to schools in remote areas, curriculum, and address learning loss.

Other key documents

Transforming education in Maldives

The Maldives Partnership Compact identifies equity and inclusion as the priority area for system transformation.

The partnership compact identifies the progress that Maldives have made in bringing children to school but acknowledges the presence of strong differences between the different atolls in the country.

The compact identifies the different challenges that the education sector in Maldives face to achieve a more equitable education system, and recognizes that despite enrollment rates being higher in primary and lower secondary, in upper secondary there are marked differences across atolls.

Result story

How geospatial data is transforming education in remote Maldivian islands

GPE KIX brings together policy makers and education planners from country partners in a course in geospatial data analysis. In the Maldives, this course enabled participants to identify gaps in education access – especially on remote islands. Read how this data-driven approach informed new education policy and expanded opportunities for students across the country.

Key data

5%

out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age

88%

of children start learning one year before entering primary school

89%

of primary teachers have the minimum required qualifications

12%

of government expenditure on education

Grants

(data as of October 08, 2025)

 
  • Type: System transformation

    Years: 2024 - 2028

    Allocation: US$5,000,000

    Utilization: US$208,348

    Grant agent: UNICEF

  • Type: Multiplier

    Years: 2024 - 2028

    Allocation: US$3,000,000

    Utilization: US$33,494

    Grant agent: World Bank

  • Type: System capacity

    Years: 2024 - 2028

    Allocation: US$1,500,000

    Utilization: US$20,145

    Grant agent: UNICEF

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