International Development Grant
Strengthening Management of the Education Sector in Peru
Project Number: CA-3-A034597001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $15,371,333.00
Start Date: March 22, 2013
End Date: March 31, 2018
Duration: 5.0 years
Project Description
The project aims to improve the basic education that students receive by strengthening the management of the education sector in Peru. The project seeks to improve learning standards and measures of progress for better decision-making and better oversight of the education system by the National Ministry of Education and select regional governments. This project strengthens the quality of education by equipping the Ministry of Education to: identify hard-to-reach and vulnerable children; better understand their particular learning challenges (including language); and use this information to take action on the legal framework for education planning and budgeting teacher training or curriculum development. The project provides poor indigenous Peruvian girls and boys as well as their teachers and parents with clear expectations and standards on school learning outcomes ensuring that their learning curriculum is anchored in institutional plans and teaching practices that respond to their learning needs. The implementing partner Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) works jointly with the Ministry of Education other key partners such as the National Council of Education the National Institute for Evaluation Accreditation and Certification of the Quality of Basic Education as well as civil society.
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (1) enhanced decision-making related to children's learning by education authorities especially the Ministry of Education; (2) more efficient decentralized management of the sector by the Ministry of Education; and (3) enhanced transparency accountability and oversight of the education system to ensure quality and equity especially for vulnerable groups (rural indigenous women and girls).
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2018) include: (1) representatives from the State academia and civil society have recognized the strategic contribution of the project to the modernization of basic education in Peru; (2) this project contributed to the development and approval by the Ministry of Education of the new national curriculum for basic education with a gender sensitive approach; (3) the number of grades and courses to be assessed by the national students’ assessment (ECE) has increased which contribute to greater accountability and greater academic achievement. The assessment was also expanded to students with mild disabilities; (4) the project supported the National Council of Education (CNE) initiative to promote the formulation coordination and monitoring of educational equity policies such as the rural education and students with disabilities policies; (5) the project and other civil society organizations contributed to the creation of the Rights to Education and Equality platform with emphasis on gender equality; and (6) the National Assembly of Regional Governments (ANGR) was strengthened to achieve a more efficient coordination between the Ministry of Education and sub-national governments for the integration of modernization tools and policies.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
GRADE - Group for the Analysis of Development
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
NGM Americas
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP