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DFID Global School Partnerships promotes partnerships between schools in the UK and schools in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.  

The programme provides advice and guidance, professional development opportunities and grants to schools that are using school partnerships as a means for developing a global dimension within their curriculum.

The programme aims to raise young people’s awareness of global development issues and equip them with the skills and knowledge to become active global citizens.

What are the benefits?

“Pupils now see development issues as personal rather than theoretical as a result of meeting our Malawian colleagues and are now more enthused and willing to become more involved”
School teacher, UK

DFID Global School Partnerships are an exciting and effective way of providing learners with an understanding and knowledge of the world. Joint curricular work between partner schools and exchange visits widen perspectives and change attitudes and values.

“Our partnership has been a turning point and the schools’ curricula have taken on new flavour. We appreciate the benefits of fostering bonds of friendship between future citizens of the world, who need to appreciate and respect each other more than ever before”
School teacher, India

Global School Partnerships can help provide a context for real, topical content across a range of subjects and help teachers and learners to relate to issues of development and global citizenship.

What countries can we work with?
DFID Global School Partnerships supports partnerships between schools in the UK and schools in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Schools in any country in these regions can benefit from our advice and guidance or our professional development opportunities.

If you are interested in applying for one of our grants to visit your partner school please check our list of eligible countries.

If your partnership is not eligible for one of our grants, please see what other funding is available.

How do I get involved?
Whether you are involved in an established partnership, or if you are looking for a partner school we can provide advice and guidance on best practice within your global school partnership.

Looking for a partner school?
We offer advice and guidance for schools that are looking for a partner school and our Introductory Workshop will get you thinking about what type of partnership you want to establish as well as giving you some ideas for activities to do in the early stages of partnership.

If you don’t yet have a partner school, you can still sign up for our newletter, GSP News. This will keep you up to date with events in your area, useful resources and programme activities.

Already in a partnership?
If your school is already involved in a global school partnership you can:

• Contact us in 15 countries and the the 4 UK regions for advice and guidance on good practice in school partnerships
• Apply for one of our grants
• Attend our Professional Development workshops

All of these will help you to make sure that your school partnership is sustainable, equity based and enhances teaching and learning in both countries.

Who do we contact?
You can contact us in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the UK.

Who manages the programme?
DFID Global School Partnerships is a consortium initiative of the British Council, Cambridge Education Foundation, UK One World Linking Association (UKOWLA) and Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), funded by the Department for International Development (DFID).