World Bank and UK support
public schools with $10 million

Government to contribute LL1,050 billion

The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the World Bank have repurposed a grant funding of $10 million to support a productivity allowance program for public schools through the academic year 2022-2023. The Lebanese government’s financing contribution to the program is LL1,050 billion.


The Teachers’ Productivity Allowance Program, announced by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), will support eligible public school teachers and school personnel who attend schools according to the attendance schedule set by MEHE.

Eligible individuals include teachers for morning and afternoon shifts, administrative staff, bus drivers for morning shifts, cleaning service staff and guards for morning and afternoon shifts. It excludes teachers who don’t administratively belong to MEHE including religious education teachers and teachers working through NGOs.

In early March 2023, a first payment of the productivity allowances to teachers for the month of October 2022 was released from the grant financing on a retroactive basis.

Further financing by donors is contingent upon three commitments from the government, including verification that only eligible personnel receive the allowance, the government contributes financing to the program, and that it implements efficiency measures that will allow it to self-finance personnel adequately and timely in the next school year.