Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Education Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2015 | Seq No: 5 | ARCHIVED on 06-Jun-2017 | ISR28223 | Implementing Agencies: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Ministry of Education and Sports Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:14-Apr-2015 Effectiveness Date:04-Jun-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date:22-Jan-2018 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Original Closing Date:15-Jul-2019 Revised Closing Date:15-Jul-2019 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the project is to support the Government of Lao PDR in improving pre-primary and primary education quality.

This will be done by: (i) providing additional funding at school, district and provincial levels, as well as strengtheningoverall capacity to manage these resources to achieve minimum education quality standards and (ii) enhancing the teaching and learning environment in schools through improved teaching practices, instructional resources and analytical products to support early grade literacy. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Strengthening School-Based Management:(Cost $12.70 M) Improving Reading Outcomes and Assessment Capacity:(Cost $2.50 M) Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $1.60 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Unsatisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial 6/6/2017 Page 1 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Implementation Status and Key Decisions The implementation is back on track under two of the three components. The national school based management training will be launched on May 29, 2017, training all primary school principals, village education committees, and District Education and Sports Bureau officers in the country on school block grants management, school self-assessment and preparation of school development plans. About 98 percent of the primary schools in the country have opened school bank accounts and the first tranche of the complementary school block grants will be disbursed in late June 2017. The recruitment of the early grade reading technical advisors has been further delayed by another 6 months, accruing to an overall delay of 18 months. It is expected that the reading pilot can be implemented in the second term of 2017/2018 or the first term of 2018/2019 academic year. The Government considers changes to the project, including, inter alia, greater support for school block grants and extension of the project closing date. It is expected that the restructuring will be completed in the last quarter of 2017. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Moderate  Moderate Macroeconomic  --  Moderate  Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Moderate  Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Moderate  Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Substantial  Substantial Fiduciary  --  Moderate  Moderate Environment and Social  --  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  --  Moderate  Moderate Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of schools that meet the minimum quality of service delivery (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 6/6/2017 Page 2 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of Grade 1 and 2 teachers in pilot schools who show improvement in teaching practices (measured through objective classroom observations using SSME tool) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of Grade 2 students in pilot schools that cannot read a single word (female) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of Grade 2 students in pilot schools who cannot read a single word (male) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 Overall Comments There is no actual data / measurement for any of the PDO indicators since the implementation of the key activities has either just started or is imminent. The baseline values of the following PDO indicators are not yet established: 1 . Percentage of Grade 2 students in pilot schools that cannot read a single word (female and male) 2 . Percentage of schools that meet the minimum quality of service delivery The baseline of the first indicator will be established when the baseline impact evaluation under Component 2 is completed (either prior to the second term of 2017/2018 or the beginning of the 2018/19 academic year). The baseline for the second indicator will be established once the data collected through the SABER SD is cleaned and analyzed (August 2017). It will be formally introduced through the project restructuring 6/6/2017 Page 3 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) anticipated in the last quarter of 2017. Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Number of districts with annual costed district education plan (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 148.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of schools in 80 districts with SDPs meeting minimum quality (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Number of pilot schools provided with kit of instructional materials for Grades 1 and 2 (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Evaluation framework for reading instruction in Lao language to ethnic students developed and submitted to MoES. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 6/6/2017 Page 4 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) PHINDIRITBL  Number of Grades 1 and 2 teachers trained as a part of project interventions, disaggregated by gender (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 400.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of trained principals and PAs in pilot schools who observe lessons and provide feedback to teachers (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Number schools receiving complementary GPE block grants (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Number of school principals and head of schools receiving capacity building on SBM, disaggregated by gender (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 6/6/2017 Page 5 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) PHINDIRITBL  Number of VEDCs members receiving capacity building on SBM, disaggregated by gender (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 17,900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Number of schools receiving government block grants (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8,900.00 8,900.00 8,900.00 8,900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of supported VEDCs meeting at least twice per school year. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of schools receiving grants with budget information publicly available to communities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 6/6/2017 Page 6 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) PHINDIRITBL  Number of pedagogical advisors and school principals trained as part of the project interventions, dissagregated by gender (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 120.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Number of district education officers trained in financial management, dissagregated by gender (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 148.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 16-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Disability related indicator piloted for inclusion in sector statistics (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 16-Jul-2019 PHINDIRITBL  Direct project beneficiaries (number) of which female (%) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,200,000.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 10-Nov-2016 22-May-2017 15-Jul-2019 Overall Comments There is actual data / measurement for just one of the intermediate outcomes at this point, the remaining indicators depend upon the implementation of the key activities that have either just started or their launch is imminent. 6/6/2017 Page 7 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P149130 TF-18969 Effective USD 16.80 16.80 0.00 1.69 15.11 10% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P149130 TF-18969 Effective 14-Apr-2015 04-Jun-2015 04-Jun-2015 15-Jul-2019 15-Jul-2019 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) 6/6/2017 Page 8 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) There are no related projects. 6/6/2017 Page 9 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy