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Providing Access to Quality and Safe Education in Syria .

Education | Advancing Quality Education | Disability-Inclusive Development | Gender Equality and Social Inclusion | Safeguarding
Middle East and North Africa

Syria Education Programme (SEP) II

Project Dates: September 2023 - June 2027
This programme has been designed to deliver the UK’s commitment to enhance equitability of education for girls and boys by strengthening the quality and inclusivity of formal primary education in Northwest Syria.

The Syria Education Programme II is the successor programme to the Syria Education Programme, led by Chemonics UK, which reached over 580,000 children in Northwest Syria.

The programme has been designed to deliver the UK’s commitment to enhance equitability of education for girls and boys by strengthening the quality and inclusivity of formal primary education in Northwest Syria. SEP II will support girls and boys through evidence-based and data-driven education programming, and will achieve this by focusing on: strengthening local education systems so that they are accountable, effective, and responsive; enhancing school level capacity to deliver inclusive, gender responsive and quality learning; developing effective systems to support inclusion, mental health and child protection; and generating more predictable financing for sector implementation, including teacher salaries. 

Project Goals


  • Strengthen local education systems so that they are accountable, effective, and responsive.
  • Enhance school level capacity to deliver inclusive, gender responsive and quality learning.
  • Develop effective systems to support inclusion, mental health and child protection.
  • Generate more predictable financing for sector implementation, including teacher salaries.

This programme is funded by UK international development from the UK government.