Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Early Childhood Education Project (P129555) Guyana Early Childhood Education Project (P129555) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Guyana | Education Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2015 | Seq No: 4 | ARCHIVED on 09-Apr-2017 | ISR27218 | Implementing Agencies: Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:27-May-2015 Effectiveness Date:05-Jun-2015 Original Closing Date:30-Sep-2018 Revised Closing Date:30-Sep-2018 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the Project is to improve emergent literacy and numeracy outcomes for children at the nursery level and primary grade one in Hinterland Regions and Targeted Remote Riverine Areas. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Highly Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Highly Satisfactory Implementation Status and Key Decisions Building on achievements recorded at the last mission in September 2016, significant progress continues to be made. Training for the school year 2016/2017 (Module 1) has been successfully completed, with 509 nursery and primary grade 1 teachers trained in the hinterland regions and remote riverine areas. 450 learning resource kits have been distributed to targeted schools and learning resources centers in these areas. The mass media campaign for parenting and caregivers is being implemented nation-wide. The training of the facilitators for the parent/caregiver training modules was completed and the implementation is underway. 4/9/2017 Page 1 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Early Childhood Education Project (P129555) Risks Overall Risk Rating Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Overall  Low  Low  Low Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL PDO Indicator 1: Percentage of nursery students attaining at least “Approaching Mastery” level of emergent literacy (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 39.58 39.58 68.30 45.00 Date 15-Oct-2015 15-Sep-2016 28-Feb-2017 30-Sep-2018 PHINDPDOTBL PDO 2: Percentage of nursery students attaining at least “Approaching Mastery” level of emergent numeracy (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 41.91 41.91 77.03 45.00 Date 15-Oct-2014 15-Sep-2016 28-Feb-2017 30-Sep-2018 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators 4/9/2017 Page 2 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Early Childhood Education Project (P129555) PHINDIRITBL IRI 1: Number of Nursery and grade 1 teachers completing the Project-financed training program (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 470.00 509.00 400.00 Date 30-Sep-2014 15-Sep-2016 28-Feb-2017 30-Sep-2018 PHINDIRITBL IRI2: Percentage of teachers attaining a rating of “3” or “4” (out of 4) on the Early Childhood Development Program Delivery Evaluation (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 33.85 60.00 Date 30-Sep-2014 15-Sep-2016 28-Feb-2017 30-Sep-2018 PHINDIRITBL Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6,486.00 6,784.00 5,000.00 Date 30-Sep-2014 15-Sep-2016 28-Feb-2017 30-Sep-2018 PHINDIRITBL Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 4/9/2017 Page 3 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Early Childhood Education Project (P129555) PHINDIRITBL IRI 4: Number of Resource Kits distributed to nursery and grade 1 classrooms (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 450.00 450.00 400.00 Date 30-Sep-2014 15-Sep-2016 28-Feb-2017 30-Sep-2018 PHINDIRITBL IRI5: Percentage of teachers observed to be utilizing the Resource Kits during post-training classroom observations. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 64.10 70.00 Date 30-Sep-2014 15-Sep-2016 28-Feb-2017 30-Sep-2018 PHINDIRITBL IRI 6: A mass media campaign is implemented, promoting active primary caregiver involvement in nursery school aged children’s literacy and numeracy development. (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Mass media Mass media campaign is Mass media campaign Mass media campaign campaign is Value not implemented is developed. implemented implemented. Date 30-Sep-2014 15-Sep-2016 28-Feb-2017 30-Sep-2018 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P129555 TF-19053 Effective USD 1.70 1.70 0.00 1.20 0.50 71% Key Dates (by loan) 4/9/2017 Page 4 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Early Childhood Education Project (P129555) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P129555 TF-19053 Effective 28-May-2015 05-Jun-2015 05-Jun-2015 30-Sep-2018 30-Sep-2018 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 4/9/2017 Page 5 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy