Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone - REVITALIZING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIERRA LEONE (P133070) Sierra Leone - REVITALIZING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIERRA LEONE (P133070) AFRICA | Sierra Leone | Education Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2015 | Seq No: 12 | ARCHIVED on 27-Dec-2019 | ISR39701 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MEST) Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 31-Jul-2014 Effectiveness Date: 29-Sep-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 25-Jul-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 19-Jul-2016 Original Closing Date: 28-Feb-2017 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2017 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to improve the learning environment in targeted schools and establish systems for monitoringof education interventions and outcomes. To do this, the Project will finance elements of the ESP that deliver intermediate resultswhile simultaneously addressing critical issues in the system to build the foundation for better management and efficiency withinthe sector. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Improving the Learning Environment and Opportunities in Targeted Areas:(Cost $24.40 M) Strengthening Education Service Delivery:(Cost $3.20 M) Project Management and Supervision:(Cost $1.30 M) Unallocated Support the implementation of MEST Ebola Strategic Response Plan:(Cost $2.40 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions 12/27/2019 Page 1 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone - REVITALIZING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIERRA LEONE (P133070) A project closing and implementation completion report (ICR) mission for the Revitalizing Education Development in Sierra Leone (REDiSL) Project (P133070) was carried out from December 3–December 13, 2019. The main objectives of the mission were to: (i) review the progress of the various project components; (ii) participate in the REDiSL implementation completion workshop; and (iii) support the government counterparts to finalize project activities for orderly project completion and closing. Additionally, the team followed up on the implementation of the Early Learning Partnership (ELP) activities funded by the ELP Trust Fund. Project progress to date has been satisfactory. The project has been fully disbursed and the PDO has been met. The technical implementation of the project components and subcomponents has been strong. All outcome and intermediate outcome indicators under the additional financing have been achieved and, in a few cases, exceeded. mpaTable Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) Status mpaTableBody Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic -- Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies -- Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Substantial Substantial Fiduciary -- Substantial Substantial Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To improve the learning environment in targeted schools IN00777805 ►Percentage of schools that meet 60% of performance targets (Percentage, Custom) 12/27/2019 Page 2 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone - REVITALIZING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIERRA LEONE (P133070) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 60.00 60.00 85.00 Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777842 ►Percentage of schools that meet 60% of performance targets (under AF) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 73.00 86.00 85.00 Date 15-Sep-2017 01-Apr-2019 02-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 IN00777844 ►% of trained teachers using improved reading methods (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 84.00 84.00 70.00 Date 20-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777846 ►Number of schools reopened (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 8,100.00 8,100.00 8,100.00 Date 08-Dec-2014 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777847 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,262,515.00 1,262,515.00 1,230,761.00 Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777848 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 IN00777849 ►Direct Project Beneficiaries (under AF) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 502,714.00 517,815.00 500,000.00 Date 15-Sep-2017 01-Apr-2019 02-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 IN00777850 Female beneficiaries (under AF) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/27/2019 Page 3 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone - REVITALIZING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIERRA LEONE (P133070) Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 To establish systems for monitoring of education interventions and outcomes IN00777841 ►Number of donors working with Ministry through coordinating unit (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.00 7.00 7.00 5.00 Date 15-Jul-2014 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777843 ►TSC policy and guidelines for teacher management in use (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777845 ►Percentage of payroll teachers who are teaching in schools where they have been authorized to teach (under AF) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 62.00 87.00 88.00 75.00 Date 16-Feb-2017 20-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 This indicator is calculated using the 2018 annual school census, where the indicator is calculated using the number of trained teachers as these are the only ones that can be employed by the Teacher Service Comments: Commission. According the 2018 ASC teachers deployed to approved schools and who were present in school during the last census is 87 percent. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Improving the Learning Environment and Opportunities in Targeted Areas IN00777851 ►Number of primary schools implementing grants through the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,145.00 1,145.00 960.00 Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777853 ►Number of primary schools implementing grants through the AF (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1,500.00 1,850.00 1,850.00 1,500.00 12/27/2019 Page 4 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone - REVITALIZING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIERRA LEONE (P133070) Date 15-Sep-2017 01-Apr-2019 02-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 IN00777856 ►Number of trained teachers under the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5,400.00 5,400.00 4,500.00 Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777858 ►Number of community level meetings recording feedback on performance-based school grants (under AF) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,242.00 1,242.00 1,000.00 Date 15-Sep-2017 01-Apr-2019 02-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 IN00777860 ►Number of preprimary schools established under the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777862 ►% of targeted schools that received reading books through the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 Strengthening Education Service Delivery IN00777852 ►TSC policy and guidelines for teacher management in use (under AF) (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 15-Sep-2017 20-Dec-2018 02-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 IN00777854 ►Transfer of teacher records from MEST to TSC (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777855 ►Organogram of the TSC approved (Yes/No, Custom) 12/27/2019 Page 5 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone - REVITALIZING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIERRA LEONE (P133070) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777857 ►Number of school censuses conducted by the MEST (under AF) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 Date 15-Sep-2017 20-Dec-2018 02-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 IN00777859 ►Report on ESP (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Yes Yes Yes Yes Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777861 ►Learning assessment implemented (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 IN00777863 ►Guidelines for licensing and registration of teachers developed (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 13-Nov-2013 28-Dec-2017 28-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P133070 IDA-61070 Effective USD 10.00 10.00 0.00 10.32 0.00 103% P133070 TF-16568 Closed USD 17.90 17.66 0.24 17.66 0.00 100% P133070 TF-17720 Closed USD 2.46 2.46 0.00 2.46 0.00 100% 12/27/2019 Page 6 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone - REVITALIZING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIERRA LEONE (P133070) P133070 TF-A2012 Closed USD 0.95 0.95 0.00 0.95 0.00 100% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P133070 IDA-61070 Effective 20-Jun-2017 27-Jul-2017 07-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 P133070 TF-16568 Closed 01-Aug-2014 01-Aug-2014 29-Sep-2014 28-Feb-2017 31-Dec-2017 P133070 TF-17720 Closed 01-Aug-2014 01-Aug-2014 29-Sep-2014 28-Feb-2017 31-Mar-2017 P133070 TF-A2012 Closed 15-Jun-2016 15-Jun-2016 15-Jun-2016 28-Feb-2017 31-Dec-2017 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 02-Jan-2015 ,Level 2 Approved on 14-Feb-2017 Related Project(s) P155311-Revitalizing Educ Devlpt in Sierra Leone Additional Financing ,P155316- Revitalizing Education Development in Sierra Leone (REDiSL) Additional Financing ,P163161-Additional Financing of the Revitalizing Education Development in Sierra Leone Project 12/27/2019 Page 7 of 7