The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report National Agricultural Higher Education Project (P151072) National Agricultural Higher Education Project (P151072) SOUTH ASIA | India | Agriculture Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2018 | Seq No: 4 | ARCHIVED on 25-Jun-2019 | ISR35934 | Implementing Agencies: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Republic of India Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 03-Aug-2017 Effectiveness Date: 29-Nov-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 03-Feb-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: -- Original Closing Date: 30-Nov-2022 Revised Closing Date: 30-Nov-2022 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the Project is to support Participating Agricultural Universities and ICAR in providing more relevant and higher quality education to Agricultural University students. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Support to Agricultural Universities:(Cost $146.40 M) Investments in Indian Council of Agricultural Research Leadership in Agricultural Higher Education:(Cost $10.40 M) Project Management and Learning:(Cost $8.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The National Agricultural Higher Education (NAHEP) Project seeks to support Participating Agricultural Universities (AUs) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in providing more relevant and higher quality education to Agricultural University students. NAHEP target 75 AUs nationwide, including 63 State-level AUs, five Deemed Universities, four Central Universities with Agricultural Faculty and three Central-level AUs. The total project cost is US$165.0 million over a five-year implementation period and is financed by an IBRD loan of US$82.5 million, which was approved on August 3, 2017, and Government of India funding of an additional US$82.5 million. Under NAHEP, students would benefit from: (a) a movement from teaching- to learning-centered education, leveraging ICT and external partnerships; (b) piloting effective stakeholder participation in curricula development, pedagogy options and course evaluation; (c) increased gender 6/25/2019 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report National Agricultural Higher Education Project (P151072) equity in educational access through vocational and technical certificate programs, particularly for rural women; and (d) an improved learning and academic environment that would both expand and sharpen their skill sets needed for future employment. Also, through NAHEP, faculty would benefit from: (a) increased collaboration between Indian AUs and the global academic community to raise research quality and its linkages to educational quality and relevance; and (b) training and capacity-building to improve educational delivery and its learning outcomes. NAHEP has three components: Component 1 – Support to AUs – would competitively award Institutional Development (IDP) Grants, Center for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology (CAAST) Grants and Innovation Grants to participating AUs to (i) improve learning outcomes and future employment for AU students; (ii) improve AU faculty teaching performance and research effectiveness; (iii) establish multidisciplinary centers for teaching, research and extension on critical and emerging agricultural topics; and (iv) make AUs reform ready (i.e., attain accreditation). Component 2 – Investment in ICAR Leadership in Agricultural Higher Education – would finance institutional reforms within ICAR to enhance its effectiveness in coordinating, guiding and managing agricultural higher education. Component 3 – Project Management and Learning – would strengthen ICAR’s management capacity for project implementation and finance the dissemination and communication of NAHEP interventions, outcomes and impacts. The Results Indicators for the project include:  Increased AU on-time graduation rates;  Increased cut-off scores for students in ICAR Entrance Tests;  Increased student placement rates;  Increased faculty research effectiveness; and  Number of project beneficiaries, disaggregated by students and faculty At this early stage of NAHEP implementation, the Project Development Objective (PDO) remains achievable and the PDO rating remains Satisfactory. In early 2018, the NAHEP Steering Committee reviewed and approved 8 IDP, 8 CAAST and 10 Innovation Grants, representing a total commitment of Rs. 452 crore to 26 AUs. To date, INR 208 crore (USD 30.6 million) has been transferred to these AUs for implementation of their IDP, CAAST and Innovation Grants. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial Substantial Substantial Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes 6/25/2019 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report National Agricultural Higher Education Project (P151072) Increased AU on-time graduation rates IN00667011 ►Increased AU on-time graduation rates. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 77.60 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667015 Increased AU on-time graduate rates (Female) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 77.60 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667019 Increased AU on-time graduation rates (Male) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 76.30 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 Increased cut-off scores for students in ICAR Entrance Tests, disaggregated by gender and SC/ST IN00667012 ►Increased cut-off scores for students in ICAR Entrance Tests, disaggregated by gender and SC/ST (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 87.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667016 Increased cut-off scores for students in ICAR Entrance Tests (male) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 87.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667020 Increased cut-off scores for students in ICAR Entrance Tests (female) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 87.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667022 Increased cut-off scores for students in ICAR Entrance Tests (SC/ST) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 79.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 6/25/2019 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report National Agricultural Higher Education Project (P151072) Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 Increased student placement rates, disaggregated by gender and SC/ST IN00666950 ►Increased student placement rates, disaggregated by gender and SC/ST (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 41.90 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667017 Increased student placement rates (male) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 43.50 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2021 IN00667021 Increased student placement rates (female) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 41.80 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667023 Increased student placement rates (SC/ST) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50.20 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2021 Increased faculty research effectiveness IN00667013 ►Increased faculty research effectiveness (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 21.20 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 Project Beneficiaries IN00667014 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90,000.00 6/25/2019 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report National Agricultural Higher Education Project (P151072) Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667018 Direct Female Beneficiaries (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 29-Mar-2019 31-May-2022 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Support to Agricultural Universities IN00667024 ►Reduced student inbreeding as measured by student diversity. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 19.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667027 ►Reduced faculty inbreeding as measured by faculty diversity. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 45.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667029 ►Increased AU student satisfaction with the quality assurance role of the Education Division/ ICAR. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667031 ►Increased AU faculty satisfaction with the quality assurance role of the Education Division/ ICAR. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667032 ►Improved AU revenue generation (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8.50 0.00 0.00 60.00 6/25/2019 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report National Agricultural Higher Education Project (P151072) Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 Investments in Indian Council of Agricultural Research Leadership in Agricultural Higher Education IN00667025 ►Number of industry-sponsored projects and positions in cutting-edge areas (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 32.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667028 ►Increase in performance-based allocation of ICAR Development Grant (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 30.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 IN00667030 ►Accredited agricultural universities with revised norms and standards (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 55.00 55.00 55.00 73.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 10-Jun-2019 31-May-2022 Project Management and Learning IN00667026 ►AUs that have attained academic autonomy (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 25.00 25.00 25.00 45.00 Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Dec-2018 29-Mar-2019 31-May-2022 Baseline data are being collected at present. Comments: Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P151072 IBRD-87760 Effective USD 82.50 82.50 0.00 14.93 67.57 18% 6/25/2019 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report National Agricultural Higher Education Project (P151072) Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P151072 IBRD-87760 Effective 03-Aug-2017 16-Oct-2017 29-Nov-2017 30-Nov-2022 30-Nov-2022 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 6/25/2019 Page 7 of 7