September 24, 2024
Honorable Sheku A. F. Bangura
Minister
Ministry of Finance
Freetown, Sierra Leone

                           Re: Sierra Leone Education Multi-Donor Trust Fund Grant No. TFOB4659
                           for the Free Education Project

                           Amendment No. 3 to the Grant Agreement


Dear Honorable Minister:


        We refer to the Grant Agreement (the "Agreement") dated June 23, 2021, between the Government
of the Republic of Sierra Leone (the "Recipient") and the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development and the International Development Association (the "Bank"), acting as administrator of the
Sierra Leone Education Multi-Donor Trust Fund, as amended to date, for the above-mentioned operation.
The capitalized terms used in this amendment letter (Amendment Letter) and not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

                 Following an additional contribution in the amount of three million, eight hundred seven
thousand, one hundred eighty-five United States Dollars ($3,807,185) made available by the Donors to the
Project, we are pleased to amend the Agreement to increase the total amount of the grant allocated to the
Project to fourteen million, one hundred sixty-six thousand United States Dollars ($14,166,000). Please
note that capitalized terms used in this letter ("Amendment Letter") and not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

        Accordingly, the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

    1. Section 3.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

        "3.01. The Bank agrees to extend to the Recipient a grant in an amount not to exceed fourteen
        million, one hundred sixty-six thousand United States Dollars ($14,166,000) ("Grant") to assist in
        co-financing the Project."

    2. The Table in Section III.A of Schedule 2 to the Agreement is hereby amended to read as set forth
       in Annex 1 to this Amendment Letter.

         All the terms and conditions of the Agreement that have not been hereby amended shall remain in
full force and effect.

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Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing amendment by signing and dating the confirmation on
the enclosed copy of this Amendment Letter and returning it to us. Upon receipt by the Bank of the copy
of this Amendment Letter countersigned by you, this Amendment Letter shall become effective
as of the date of your countersignature.



                                           Yours sincerely,

                      INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION



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                                  Country Manager for Sierra Leone
                                   Africa West and Central Region


AGREED:
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          Category              Amount of the Grant Allocated        Percentage of
                                    (expressed in USD)             Expenditures to be
                                                                       Financed
                                                                   (inclusive of Taxes)
(1) Goods, works, non-                    8,222,869             Such percentage may be
    consulting services, and                                    agreed between the
    consulting services,                                        Association and the Co-
    Training and Operating                                      financier based on the
    Costs under Parts 1, 2, 3                                   Annual Work Plans and
    (c), and 4 ofthe Project                                    Budgets



(2) Performance-based                     4,243,211             Such percentage may be
    School Grants under Part                                    agreed between the
    3(a) of the Project                                         Association and the Co-
                                                                financier based on the
                                                                Annual Work Plans and
                                                                Bud2ets
(3) School                                1,699,920             Such percentage may be
    Maintenance/Renovation                                      agreed between the
    Grants under Part 3(b) of                                   Association and the Co-
    the Project                                                 financier based on the
                                                                Annual Work Plans and
                                                                Budgets
    TOTAL AMOUNT                          14,166,000