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: 4 | ARCHIVED on 16-Dec-2016 | ISR25779 | Implementing Agencies: 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:18-Sep-2017 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 Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial 12/16/2016 Page 1 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Implementation Status and Key Decisions While there has been significant progress in advancing the preparations for the launch of the key project activities, the delays of approximately 14 months could not be offset. The national school based management (SBM) training is expected to be launched in November / December 2016 and the first tranche of the complementary school block grants will be disbursed to the public primary schools in the project's priority districts in April 2017. In order to align the new early grade reading pedagogy interventions with the roll-out of the new primary education curriculum, the Government considers an extension of the project closing date by 18 months to December 2020. The MoES also considered increasing the size of the school block grants from both Government and project budget to maximize the impact of school block grants on teaching and learning environment. These changes will strengthen the project outcomes and will ensure the accomplishment of the project development objectives. 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 15-Jul-2019 12/16/2016 Page 2 of 8 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 15-Jul-2019 Overall Comments 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 15-Jul-2019 12/16/2016 Page 3 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 15-Jul-2019 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 15-Jul-2019 12/16/2016 Page 4 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 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 8900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 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 8900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 15-Jul-2019 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 17900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 15-Jul-2019 12/16/2016 Page 5 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) PHINDIRITBL  Number of schools receiving government block grants (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8900.00 8900.00 8900.00 8900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 15-Jul-2019 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 15-Jul-2019 12/16/2016 Page 6 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 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 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 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 1200000.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 05-Feb-2016 10-Nov-2016 15-Jul-2019 Overall Comments 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 1.63 15.17 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 12/16/2016 Page 7 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/16/2016 Page 8 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy