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: 7 | ARCHIVED on 29-Jun-2018 | ISR32916 | 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:07-May-2018 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:14-May-2018 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 $11.70 M) Improving Reading Outcomes and Assessment Capacity:(Cost $4.00 M) Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $1.10 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Moderately Unsatisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Unsatisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial 6/29/2018 Page 1 of 11 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 national School Based Management training supported by the GPE II project was completed in February 2018, covering all 148 districts in the country. All primary school principals in Lao PDR (8712), 592 District Education and Sports Bureaus (DESB)'s officers (four officers per district), and 17,423 members of Village Education Development Committees (from 8650 villages) were trained on school block grants use and reporting, school self- assessment and school development planning. In parallel, the Ministry of Education and Sports has facilitated and completed the process of opening saving bank accounts for all primary schools and kindergartens in the country to receive the government, as well as the GPEII complementary school block grants. The information on school compliance for receipt of block grants has been collected, allowing for the first annual payment of GPE II grants to all schools in the 88 priority districts. The project has advanced the planning and preparatory work for the new reading readiness program under Component 2, which will help 5-year-old children in 127 communities in Northern Laos to enter primary schools with better reading skills. 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 public primary schools that meet the minimum quality of service delivery (Percentage, Custom) 6/29/2018 Page 2 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 71.00 71.00 71.00 80.00 Date 28-Apr-2017 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Primary education dropout rate (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5.20 4.70 4.70 4.50 Date 30-Sep-2015 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of children in target classrooms with awareness of print (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 35.00 35.00 35.00 55.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of Lao-Tai speaking children in target classrooms with awareness of print (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 45.00 45.00 45.00 60.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of non Lao-Tai speaking children in target classrooms with awareness of print (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) 6/29/2018 Page 3 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 25.00 25.00 25.00 50.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of boys in target classrooms with awareness of print (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 35.00 35.00 35.00 55.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of girls in target classrooms with awareness of print (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 35.00 35.00 35.00 55.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of 0 scores to a letter sounding task in the Lao alphabet (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 80.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of girls with 0 scores to a letter sounding task in the Lao alphabet (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) 6/29/2018 Page 4 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 80.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of boys with 0 scores to a letter sounding task in the Lao alphabet (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 80.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of Lao-Tai speaking children with 0 scores to a letter sounding task in the Lao alphabet (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 80.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of non Lao-Tai speaking children with 0 scores to a letter sounding task in the Lao alphabet (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 80.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of teachers trained in the reading readiness program who implement the approach with high fidelity. (Percentage, Custom) 6/29/2018 Page 5 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 Overall Comments All actual (current) reading readiness indicators at PDO level reflect the baseline measurement - the program implementation is yet to start. Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Number of districts with annual costed district education plans (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 88.00 148.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 Comments The actual measurement reflects the status only in the 88 priority districts where the project intervenes until the final year of implementation. During the final year all 148 districts will be supported by the GPE II. PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of public primary schools in the GPE II priority 88 districts with school development plans meeting minimum quality (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 71.00 80.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 15-Jul-2019 6/29/2018 Page 6 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) 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 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of public primary schools receiving complementary GPE II block grants (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 66.00 100.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 Comments 100 percent of eligible schools have received GPE II complementary school block grants. Only schools and kindergartens in the GPEII 88 priority districts (66 percent of the total number) are eligible for GPE II support until the final year of the project. PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of public primary schools whose principals and heads have received capacity building on school based management (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of Village Education Development Committees receiving capacity building on school based management (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 6/29/2018 Page 7 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of public primary schools receiving government block grants (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 96.00 96.00 100.00 100.00 Date 28-Apr-2017 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of supported Village Education development Committees meeting at least twice per school year. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 99.40 99.40 99.40 100.00 Date 28-Apr-2017 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of public primary schools receiving grants with budget information publicly available to communities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8.50 8.50 8.50 80.00 Date 28-Apr-2017 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of trained District Education Sports Bureaus that use the Financial Reporting System (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 6/29/2018 Page 8 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) PHINDIRITBL  Number of direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 26,090.00 614,490.00 900,000.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of female direct project beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 PHINDIRITBL  Number of master coaches trained to develop instructional materials, train coaches and teachers, and supervise the program implementation (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDIRITBL  Number of Teacher Training Colleges’ faculty trained to coach and train teachers in applying the reading readiness approach (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 24.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 6/29/2018 Page 9 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) PHINDIRITBL  Number of teachers trained by coaches and master coaches in applying the reading readiness approach (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 127.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 PHINDIRITBL  Number of classrooms implementing the reading readiness program provided with kit of instructional materials (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 127.00 Date 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 27-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2020 Overall Comments All reading readiness program intermediate outcome indicators are premature to measure - the program has not been launched yet. 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 5.62 11.18 33% 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 6/29/2018 Page 10 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 26-Jun-2018 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 6/29/2018 Page 11 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy