The objective of the GALOP is to improve the quality of education and learning outcomes in basic education schools with a deliberate focus on equity, accountability, and system strengthening.

The World Bank, through its partners in January 2025, approved an additional US$117.13 million to expand the GALOP to all non-performing kindergarten (KG) and primary schools across the country.

The partners include the System Change Architecture Learning Excellence and the Global Partnership for Education. This brings the total funding for GALOP to US$218.7 million since its inception in June 2020.

Dr Clement Apaak, the Deputy Minister of Education, made the commendation on behalf of the sector Minister in Accra at the first meeting of the Project Oversight Committee for GALOP.

The Committee brought together stakeholders in the educational space to ensure effective implementation of the project.

The Committee chaired by the Education Minister is to ensure the successful implementation of the GALOP Additional Funding, aligned with the Ministry's education sector priorities.

Mr Iddrisu said the GALOP intervention sought to improve literacy and numeracy proficiency in the early grades through structured pedagogy, curriculum alignment, and effective use of assessment, such as the National Standardised Test.

The project is to provide teachers with continuous professional development, including in-service training, coaching, and digital learning content that enhances instructional delivery and learner engagement.

It is also to prioritise support for the lowest-performing 10,000 basic schools, many of which are located in rural, hard- to-reach, and economically disadvantaged areas.

The Minister on behalf of the committee, pledged commitment to ensure that every intervention, from teacher training and school grants to performance-based incentives, was effectively deployed and monitored.

"As a community, our effectiveness would be measured by the clarity of our direction, the quality of our oversight, and the responsiveness of our system to on-the-ground realities."

"Let us use this meeting not just to report but to resolve, to refine, and to reaffirm our shared commitment to ensuring learning for every child in Ghana.
"Together, let us show that when oversight is rigorous and collaboration is genuine, transformative learning outcomes are not just possible; they are inevitable," he said.

Mr Robert Taliercio O'Brien, the World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, in January 2025 visited the Saint Thomas Presby KG/Primary School in the Korle Klottey Municipality, a beneficiary of GALOP with 430 learners.

The school is one of nine beneficiary schools of the project in the municipality.
Mr O'Brien underscored the importance of the funding in strengthening the country's economy and improving education.

The World Bank Country Director also visited the Father Campbell SVD Centre in New Gbawe, within the Weija Gbawe Municipality, to assess the progress of project implementation under the GALOP Component 2.4: Ghana Education Outcomes Fund.

The Centre, a refuge for marginalised children, currently supports 300 boys and girls - all former street children from urban communities in Accra and Kumasi.
As part of the GALOP intervention, the government would roll out comprehensively the national standardised test in the 2025/2026 academic year.