The World Bank Report No: ISR13341 Implementation Status & Results Bangladesh Bangladesh - Secondary Education Quality and Access Improvement (P106161) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: Bangladesh - Secondary Education Quality and Access Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 11 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 12-Jan-2014 Improvement (P106161) Country: Bangladesh Approval FY: 2009 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: SOUTH ASIA Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Key Dates Board Approval Date 31-Jul-2008 Original Closing Date 30-Jun-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date 12-Jul-2011 Last Archived ISR Date 05-Jun-2013 Effectiveness Date 04-Sep-2008 Revised Closing Date 31-Dec-2017 Actual Mid Term Review Date 12-Jul-2011 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objectives are to improve the quality of secondary education, systematically monitor learning outcomes, and to increase access and equity in project upazilas. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Improving Education Quality and Monitoring Learning Levels 33.10 Improving Equity and Access 106.70 Institutional Capacity Strengthening 9.90 Monitoring and Evaluation 1.70 Public Disclosure Copy Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Implementation Status Overview 1. Government of Bangladesh, launched Secondary Education Quality and Access Improvement Project (SEQAEP) in 2008, with IDA Credit financing of US$130.7 million and government counter-part funding of US$25 million. There are four project components: improving quality, improving equitable access, strengthening institutional capacity, and establishing an effective monitoring and evaluation system. The project provides Proxy Means Testing (PMT)-targeted stipends and tuition to economically poor girls and boys, and Page 1 of 10 The World Bank Report No: ISR13341 quality-enhancing incentive grants to schools, teachers and students (in grades 6-10) in some 7,000 secondary schools and madrasahs from 125 Upazilas (sub-districts) in the country. 2. To date, 100% of the original IDA Credit amount has been disbursed and the project has achieved its development objective and the end of project targets set for five of the six Key Public Disclosure Copy Performance Indicators (KPIs) have been met and in some cases surpassed. Satisfactory progress has been recorded in the implementation of all project components. Proxy Means Testing (PMT) stipend and tuition program (under Access component), having completed five rounds of beneficiary-selection and award-disbursements, is the most advanced and has surpassed original targets. To date, 1.8 million students (about 3.8 million school years) have benefited from the targeted stipends and tuition for secondary education in Bangladesh, and 57 percent of these beneficiaries are girls. The quality component, so far, has benefited another 0.83 million students through performance-based monetary incentives (0.28 million), additional classes in English and Mathematics (0.1 million), and the Reading Habit Program (0.45 million). The Monitoring and Evaluation Wing (MEW), under the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), now coordinates key M&E activities. Completed M&E activities include five rounds of annual school census, two rounds of PMT validation and institutional verification surveys, and two rounds of impact evaluation surveys. Importantly, the first round of the first ever systematic assessment of student learning assessment in secondary education has been completed so far and the second round is underway. 3. The recently approved US$265 million of Additional Financing for the project is expected to: (i) extend the current SEQAEP project to December 2017 and implement the expanded project activities (across more schools and for more students within SEQAEP upazilas) to deepen the impact of a well-performing project; (ii) initiate replication of successful activities in 90 additional upazilas for national roll-out of successful SEQAEP interventions; and (iii) allow adequate time for Ministry of Education (MOE) to evaluate and institutionalize successful interventions from the ongoing project under a more harmonized secondary education sector program that the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is planning to initiate by 2018. Outcome indicators, intermediate outcome indicators, and their targets have been revised to reflect scaled-up and enhanced project activities under the AF project. Locations Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Bangladesh Not Entered Dhunot Bangladesh Not Entered Companiganj Bangladesh Rajshahi Division Rajshahi Division ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Dhaka Division Dhaka Division ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Not Entered Feni District Bangladesh Chittagong Chittagong ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Not Entered Meherpur District Public Disclosure Copy Bangladesh Khulna Division Khulna Division ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Borishal Borishal ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Sylhet Division Sylhet Division ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Not Entered Pirojpur District Bangladesh Not Entered Khetlal Bangladesh Not Entered Baraigram Page 2 of 10 The World Bank Report No: ISR13341 Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Bangladesh Not Entered Homna Public Disclosure Copy Bangladesh Not Entered Kachua Bangladesh Not Entered Sarail Bangladesh Not Entered Manda Bangladesh Not Entered Tanore Bangladesh Not Entered Kamalganj Bangladesh Not Entered Kulaura Bangladesh Not Entered Lakhai Bangladesh Not Entered Gowainghat Bangladesh Not Entered Kaliakair Bangladesh Not Entered Nasirnagar Bangladesh Not Entered Sonargaon Bangladesh Not Entered Chatmohar Bangladesh Not Entered Raipur Bangladesh Not Entered Charfasson Bangladesh Not Entered Banshkhali Bangladesh Not Entered Dewanganj Bangladesh Not Entered Islampur Public Disclosure Copy Bangladesh Not Entered Nikli Bangladesh Not Entered Tarail Bangladesh Not Entered Daulatpur Bangladesh Not Entered Harirampur Bangladesh Not Entered Bhuapur Bangladesh Not Entered Gopalpur Bangladesh Not Entered Daulatpur Page 3 of 10 The World Bank Report No: ISR13341 Bangladesh Not Entered Alamdanga Bangladesh Not Entered Gangni Public Disclosure Copy Bangladesh Not Entered Sughatta Bangladesh Not Entered Sundarganj Bangladesh Not Entered Hatibandha Bangladesh Not Entered Raninagar Bangladesh Not Entered Shibganj Bangladesh Not Entered Maheshkhali Bangladesh Not Entered Teknaf Bangladesh Not Entered Nakla Bangladesh Not Entered Jaldhaka Bangladesh Not Entered Baniachong Bangladesh Not Entered Amtali Bangladesh Not Entered Araihazar Bangladesh Not Entered Assasuni Bangladesh Not Entered Bagerhat S. Bangladesh Not Entered Balaikandi Bangladesh Not Entered Baliadangi Bangladesh Not Entered Barguna S. Public Disclosure Copy Bangladesh Not Entered Belabo Bangladesh Not Entered Bera Bangladesh Not Entered Bhedarganj Bangladesh Not Entered Char Bhadrasan Bangladesh Not Entered Chauddagram Bangladesh Not Entered Chaugachha Page 4 of 10 The World Bank Report No: ISR13341 Bangladesh Not Entered Chaulhali Bangladesh Not Entered Chhagalnaiya Public Disclosure Copy Bangladesh Not Entered Companiganj Bangladesh Not Entered Dashina Bangladesh Not Entered Dhamrai Bangladesh Not Entered Dharampasha Bangladesh Not Entered Dimla Bangladesh Not Entered Dowarabazar Bangladesh Not Entered Durgapur Bangladesh Not Entered Galachipa Bangladesh Not Entered Gangachhara Bangladesh Not Entered Gazaria Bangladesh Not Entered Godagari Bangladesh Not Entered Gomastapur Bangladesh Not Entered Gurudaspur Bangladesh Not Entered Haluaghat Bangladesh Not Entered Harinakunda Bangladesh Not Entered Haripur Bangladesh Not Entered Hatiya Public Disclosure Copy Bangladesh Not Entered Jibannagar Bangladesh Not Entered Kachua Bangladesh Not Entered Kaharole Bangladesh Not Entered Kalai Bangladesh Not Entered Kalaroa Bangladesh Not Entered Kalmakanda Page 5 of 10 The World Bank Report No: ISR13341 Bangladesh Not Entered Kamarkhanda Bangladesh Not Entered Kashiani Public Disclosure Copy Bangladesh Not Entered Khansama Bangladesh Not Entered Maheshpur Bangladesh Not Entered Meherpur S. Bangladesh Not Entered Mohammadpur Bangladesh Not Entered Munshiganj S. Bangladesh Not Entered Nalchity Bangladesh Not Entered Narail S. Bangladesh Not Entered Natlitabari Bangladesh Not Entered Nazirpur Bangladesh Not Entered Paikgachha Bangladesh Not Entered Panchargarh S. Bangladesh Not Entered Pangsha Bangladesh Not Entered Parshuram Bangladesh Not Entered Phulbari Bangladesh Not Entered Pirgachha Bangladesh Not Entered Pirojpur S. Bangladesh Not Entered Raipur Public Disclosure Copy Bangladesh Not Entered Rajapur Bangladesh Not Entered Rajarhat Bangladesh Not Entered Ramgati Bangladesh Not Entered Sandwip Bangladesh Not Entered Saraikandi Bangladesh Not Entered Savar Page 6 of 10 The World Bank Report No: ISR13341 Bangladesh Not Entered Sharsha Bangladesh Not Entered Shibchar Public Disclosure Copy Bangladesh Not Entered Sreepur Bangladesh Not Entered Sreepur Bangladesh Not Entered Tazumuddin Bangladesh Not Entered Tentulia Bangladesh Not Entered Terokhada Bangladesh Not Entered Ulipur Bangladesh Not Entered Wazirpur Bangladesh Not Entered Bheramara Bangladesh Not Entered Madhukhali Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Completion Rate in Grade 10 Percentage Value 20.00 29.00 33.00 Date 30-Jun-2007 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2015 Comments No further update until next revised AF EOP target round of household survey in 2014/15 Percent of Grade 6 entrants who have passed Percentage Value 28.00 46.00 50.00 SSC exam Sub Type Public Disclosure Copy Supplemental Number of Students appearing in SSC exams Number Value 187.00 292.00 485.00 in project areas ('000) Date 30-Jun-2007 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments 2013 update will be available Target revised at AF by April 2014 Number of Poor students appearing in SSC Number Value 0.00 97.00 160.00 exams in project areas ('000) Sub Type Date 30-Jun-2007 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Page 7 of 10 The World Bank Report No: ISR13341 Breakdown Comments 2013 update will be available Target revised at AF by April 2014 SSC pass rates (%) - Poor Percentage Value 89.00 75.00 Public Disclosure Copy Date 30-Jun-2007 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2013 Comments 2013 update will be available KPI discontinued under AF. by April 2014 EOP target for original project surpassed. SSC pass rates (%) - Non-Poor Percentage Value 79.00 Sub Type Supplemental Monitor Learning Levels in Secondary Schools Yes/No Value No Yes Yes Date 30-Jun-2007 22-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2017 Comments Second round in progress Under AF, the learning with field administration of the assessment will now student tests underway (from represent all secondary Dec 26, 2013) education sector not just SEQAEP project areas Gender Parity Ratio (male-female) in Grade Number Value 0.82 0.87 0.92 6-10 enrolment in project areas Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments 2013 update will be available EOP target for AF stays the by April 2014 same as for original since it the progress in the KPI is slower than expected. Share of poor children in total secondary Percentage Value 30.00 38.00 41.00 enrolment in project areas Date 30-Jun-2012 31-Dec-2015 Comments No further update until next AF revised EOP. Unlike other round of household survey in KPIs, this one is for 2015 2014/15 since it coincides with national HH survey yeatr Public Disclosure Copy Intermediate Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Number of SSC Pass awardees among PMT Number Value 0.00 206000.00 500000.00 Beneficiaries Date 30-Jun-2007 31-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2017 Comments Four rounds of awards (45k, AF revised EOP 46k, 55k, 60k for a total of 206k) completed. Page 8 of 10 The World Bank Report No: ISR13341 Number of additional classes in English and Number Value 0.00 1600000.00 4500000.00 Mathematics Date 30-Jun-2007 22-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2017 Comments Cumulative classes EOP revised at AF Public Disclosure Copy Number of eligible poor girls and boys Number Value 0.00 3350000.00 5400000.00 receiving PMT stipends Date 30-Jun-2007 22-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2017 Comments Proportion of project schools with functional Percentage Value 0.00 50.00 PTA Date 30-Jul-2011 31-Dec-2017 Comments Data yet to be available Data on Financial Performance (as of 04-Dec-2013) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P106161 IDA-44750 Effective 31-Jul-2008 14-Aug-2008 04-Sep-2008 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2014 P106161 IDA-53250 Not Effective 03-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P106161 IDA-44750 Effective XDR 80.30 80.23 0.07 80.23 0.00 100.00 P106161 IDA-53250 Not Effective XDR 172.80 172.80 0.00 0.00 172.80 0.00 Disbursement Graph Public Disclosure Copy Page 9 of 10 The World Bank Report No: ISR13341 Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation The World Bank approved the Additional Financing on December 3, 2013. Restructuring History Level two Approved on 27-Dec-2011, Level 2 CD Decision on 26-May-2013 Related Projects P146255-Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project - AF Public Disclosure Copy Page 10 of 10