Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CONGO - Education Sector Support Project (P152910) CONGO - Education Sector Support Project (P152910) AFRICA | Congo, Republic of | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 4 | ARCHIVED on 28-Jun-2018 | ISR32171 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Primary, Secondary and Literacy Education, Youth and Civil Education (MEPSA-JEC), PRAASED Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:28-Apr-2016 Effectiveness Date:04-Aug-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date:10-Aug-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Original Closing Date:31-Jul-2023 Revised Closing Date:31-Jul-2023 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To improve education outcomes of primary and lower secondary school children and to increase the effectiveness of select management systems. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Providing quality education for all:(Cost $35.00 M) Improving scope, quality and management of human resources:(Cost $18.00 M) Improving system performance:(Cost $10.00 M) Unallocated:(Cost $7.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial 6/28/2018 Page 1 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CONGO - Education Sector Support Project (P152910) Implementation Status and Key Decisions Overview. The Education Sector Support Project (PRAASED) for the Republic of Congo is focused on improving education outcomes of primary and lower secondary school children and increasing the effectiveness of select management systems. The project was approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors on April 28, 2016. It was signed on December 7, 2016, became effective on August 4, 2017, and publicly launched on September 14, 2017. Steering committee (SC) for the project was established as of 22 September 2017 by the Ministry of Plan, Statistics, and Regional Integration which also presides the SC. All three education ministries are represented in the SC along with the Prime Minister's office, the ministry of finances, and civil society. The project has three major components and several subcomponents, and activities have started on some of the components/subcomponents. Progress by Component/Sub-components: Component 1: Providing quality education for all Sub-component 1.1: Curriculum revision and implementation. Consultants who will undertake this activity will be hired by end of September 2018. Terms of Reference for the recruitment of the consultants are already in place. Subcomponent 1.2: Provision of Learning Materials. The implementation of this subcomponent depends on the counterpart funds from the Government which are not yet available. The project team and the PCU are working with the Government to resolve the issue of counterpart funding; therefore, It is expected that this activity would kick off by early fiscal year 2019. Subcomponent 1.3: Improved Assessment. The World Bank has agreed to cover the Government's costs to participate in the 2019 PASEC (Program for the Analysis of Education Systems in CONFEMEN countries). This Program is expected to help strengthen the system to carry out large- scale assessments of learning outcomes and high quality evaluations. The team has worked with government to amend the PASEC MoU to make sure the objectives will be attained. Subcomponent 1.4: Expand the use of remediation in schools and classrooms. Activities on this subcomponent, will begin once the large-scale assessment and high-quality evaluations program are completed in 2019. It is a pre-requisite to identify department-, district-, school-level weaknesses in terms of learning outcomes to design a robust remediation program that will be custom-design to address those weaknesses. Teachers will also be evaluated and trained so they can deliver the designed remediation programs which should i) be designed around and ii) take into account teachers' strengths and weaknesses. Subcomponent 1.5: Improvements to school environments. This subcomponent is solely financed by counterpart funding. Hence, the implementation of this subcomponent is affected by the unavailability of counterpart funding. It is expected that activities will kick off as soon as funding is available by early Q2 FY2019. Component 2: Improving Scope, Quality and Management of Human Resources. Subcomponent 2.1: Personnel recruitment and deployment. The process of installing biometrics system is in progress. Quotations have been received from various vendors. Selection of vendors is expected to take place by end of July 2018. Once the biometric identification is realized, the team will work with the three ministries in charge of education as well as the ministry of civil service and the ministry of finance to design and implement a system to efficiently manage personnel issues in the education system. The government is likely to hire an experienced and highly qualified national or international firm to support this effort. Subcomponent 2.2: Training and professional development. This subcomponent is largely funded under the Government's counterpart funding, which has not yet been released. Component 3: Improving System Performance. Subcomponent 3.1: Improved monitoring & evaluation. Mapping/census of all Government & private institutions is ongoing and will be completed by August 2018. Results of this activity will feed into the improvement of the education system performance. Subcomponent 3.2: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building. Three major strategic studies have been implemented, under the Project Preparation Advance (PPA), and they include: (i) organizational and functional assessment of the teacher training institutes (3 ENIs and ENS), (ii) assessment of the directorate of in-service training, and (iii) assessment of INRAP. The findings from these strategic studies will be used as a basis for the envisioned institutional strengthening and capacity building. Subcomponent 3.3: Project Management. The Project Management Unit (PCU) is equipped with core staff; i.e., Project Coordination, Financial Specialist, and Procurement Specialist. Recruitment of Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, Social Safeguards Specialist and Communication Specialist is underway. Requests for Expression of Interests have been launched, and recruitment process is expected to be completed by September/October 2018. Subcomponent 3.4: Additional Strategic Studies. Several studies will be implemented to inform the government about the areas where the education system needs to be strengthened. An expanded Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) survey is planned in both primary and secondary schools. The expanded SDI will also visit households to integrate household-level factors into the analysis and indicate potential demand-side reforms. 6/28/2018 Page 2 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CONGO - Education Sector Support Project (P152910) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Macroeconomic  Substantial  High  High Sector Strategies and Policies  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Fiduciary  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Environment and Social  Moderate  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  Moderate  Moderate  Moderate Other  --  --  -- Overall  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Primary completion rate - total (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 73.00 73.00 73.00 75.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDPDOTBL  Primary completion rate - female (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) 6/28/2018 Page 3 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CONGO - Education Sector Support Project (P152910) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 73.00 73.00 73.00 75.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDPDOTBL  Transition rate to lower secondary (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 67.00 67.00 67.00 72.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDPDOTBL  Transition rate to lower secondary, female (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 67.00 67.00 67.00 72.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDPDOTBL  Transition rate to upper secondary (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 67.00 67.00 67.00 72.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDPDOTBL  Transition rate to upper secondary, female (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) 6/28/2018 Page 4 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CONGO - Education Sector Support Project (P152910) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 67.00 67.00 67.00 72.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDPDOTBL  Primary repetition rate (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 21.00 -- 21.00 17.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 -- 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDPDOTBL  System for learning assessment at the primary level (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N -- N Y Date 31-Aug-2015 -- 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDPDOTBL  Utility of the learning assessment system (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 Overall Comments Most of the PDO indicators have not changed and there is no new data available to evaluate the changes. The new censuses will help close this information gap. Intermediate Results Indicators 6/28/2018 Page 5 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CONGO - Education Sector Support Project (P152910) PHINDIRITBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 630,000.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 -- 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDIRITBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 PHINDIRITBL  French and mathematics curricula revised for all primary grades (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDIRITBL  Creation of national learning assessment instrument (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 6/28/2018 Page 6 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CONGO - Education Sector Support Project (P152910) PHINDIRITBL  Implementation of the first national assessment by Year 4 of the project (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDIRITBL  Number of additional classrooms built or rehabilitated at the primary level resulting from project interventions. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 250.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of public primary schools with 1:1 student-to-textbook coverage in French and mathematics (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 -- 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of benevoles registered with biometric data (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 95.00 Date 22-Jan-2016 -- 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 6/28/2018 Page 7 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CONGO - Education Sector Support Project (P152910) PHINDIRITBL  Teachers recruited or trained (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDIRITBL  Publication of annual statistics, starting in Year 2 (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 PHINDIRITBL  Annual consultation with indigenous groups (in collaboration with associations for indigienous peoples) (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 31-Aug-2015 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2018 31-Jul-2023 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P152910 IDA-58060 Effective USD 30.00 30.00 0.00 1.99 30.65 6.1% Key Dates (by loan) 6/28/2018 Page 8 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CONGO - Education Sector Support Project (P152910) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P152910 IDA-58060 Effective 28-Apr-2016 07-Dec-2016 04-Aug-2017 31-Jul-2023 31-Jul-2023 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 6/28/2018 Page 9 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy