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: 6 | ARCHIVED on 06-Feb-2018 | ISR31135 | Implementing Agencies: Lao People's Democratic Republic, 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:07-May-2018 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 Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial 2/6/2018 Page 1 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Implementation Status and Key Decisions More than two thirds of the districts in Lao PDR (102 out of 148) have received direct training on school based management (SBM), including all primary school principals, village education committees and district staff in these districts. However, the training is running 6 months behind schedule, negatively affecting the complementary school block grants disbursement schedule. School bank accounts have been opened for all but 200 primary schools in Lao PDR. The reading program under Component 2 needs to be reconsidered in order to avoid duplication of efforts with the ongoing primary education curriculum revision and its national rollout. The Ministry of Education and Sports and the development partners represented in the Education Sector Working Group have endorsed a comprehensive restructuring that changes the focus of Component 2 from primary to preprimary education and extends the closing date by 18 months to December 2020. This restructuring proposal will be further reviewed by Global Partnership of Education and the World Bank. 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 71.00 0.00 71.00 80.00 Date 28-Apr-2017 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 2/6/2018 Page 2 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Comments Baseline was established through a national representative survey conducted in February-April 2017. Cleaned and analyzed data became available in July 2017. 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Premature to measure, activity has not started yet. Baseline would be determined through the first administration of EGRA in the pilot schools once activity is launched. 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Premature to measure, activity has not started yet. Baseline would be determined through the first administration of EGRA in the pilot schools once activity is launched. 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 2/6/2018 Page 3 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Comments Premature to measure, activity has not started yet. Baseline would be determined through the first administration of EGRA in the pilot schools once activity is launched. Overall Comments As indicated in the GPE2 Project Appraisal Document, the baseline values for all indicators related to Component 2's reading development interventions are supposed to be established through a dedicated baseline measurement conducted immediately before the intervention is launched. Because of the implementation delays of 24 months, and the cancellation of the selection of technical advisors to design the program, such measurement has not been conducted yet. With the potential refocus of Component 2 from reading development in primary grades 1 and 2 to pre-primary reading readiness program for children aged 5 years, the revised Component 2 will be implemented in the same communities where the ECE project interventions have been made. All indicators at PDO and intermediate outcome levels will have to be changed as part of the restructuring, and the baseline and end targets will be established based on the measurements already conducted through the ECE project impact evaluation's midline survey. 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Premature to measure. The national school based management training is still underway and district plans will be developed only after the training is complete and the resulting individual school development plans - prepared, consolidated at district level and turned into annual costed district education development plans. 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments 2/6/2018 Page 4 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Premature to measure. The national school based management training is still underway and the assessment of the school development plans is currently bein done for those schools that completed the training and submitted their draft school development plans. 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Premature to measure. The activity has not started yet. 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Premature to measure. Activity has not started yet. 2/6/2018 Page 5 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Premature to measure. Activity has not started yet. PHINDIRITBL  Number schools receiving complementary GPE block grants (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Complementary school block grants will be disbursed only after the ongoing national school based management training is completed after verification that school have prepared school development plans of satisfactory quality. 2/6/2018 Page 6 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) 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 4,180.00 8,900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Actual current measurement reflects the estimated number of schools in the 67 districts reported to have completed session 1 of the National School Based Management training. There is no information yet on the actual number of participants in the training based on attendance lists. Actions have been agreed with the Ministry to ensure that actual information is collected and reported. 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 7,200.00 17,900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Actual current measurement reflects the estimated number of villages (by design, two VEDC members need to be trained per village) in the 52 districts that have completed both session 1 and 2 of the National School Based Management training. There is no information on the actual number of VEDC members trained, based on attendance lists. Actions have been agreed with the Ministry to ensure that actual information is collected and reported. PHINDIRITBL  Number of schools receiving government block grants (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8,900.00 8,900.00 8,530.00 8,900.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments According to information provided by the Department of Finance of MOES, all primary schools have received the first tranche of government school block grants in 2017/2018 academic year (Lao kip 40,000 per student per year), to be followed by the second tranche (Lao kip 30,000 per student per year). The total number of public primary schools in Laos in 2017.2018 is 8530. The restructuring endorsed by the Education Sector Working Group in September 2017 addresses this issue by converting the measurement into 2/6/2018 Page 7 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) percentage. 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Premature to measure. Data on VEDC meetings will be collected when the DESB support visits are launched after completion of the national school based management training. 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 Comments Premature to measure. Data on publicly posted budget information will be collected when the DESB support visits are launched after completion of the national school based management training. 2/6/2018 Page 8 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 15-Jul-2019 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 16-Jul-2019 Comments Activity has not started yet. 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 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 16-Jul-2019 Comments This activity is implemented under the Early Childhood Education project. 2/6/2018 Page 9 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) PHINDIRITBL  Direct project beneficiaries (number) of which female (%) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 11,180.00 1,200,000.00 Date 15-Jul-2015 22-May-2017 15-Dec-2017 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 2.15 14.65 13% 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 Cumulative Disbursements 2/6/2018 Page 10 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Second Global Partnership for Education (P149130) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 2/6/2018 Page 11 of 11 Public Disclosure Copy