The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Guyana | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 12 | ARCHIVED on 17-Jul-2023 | ISR56963 | Implementing Agencies: Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Ministry of Education Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 28-Apr-2017 Effectiveness Date: 08-Aug-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Oct-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 23-Oct-2020 Original Closing Date: 30-Apr-2023 Revised Closing Date: 30-Apr-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objectives of the Project are to: (i) improve teaching practices and student achievement in mathematics at the primary level in selected schools; and (ii) strengthen the teaching capacity and improve the learning environment of the University of Guyana Faculty of Health Science. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured) The objectives of the Project are to: (i) improve teaching practices and implement curricular reform at the primary level at selected schools; and (ii) strengthen the teaching capacity and improve the learning environment of the University of Guyana Faculty of Health Science. Components Table Name Component 1: Integrated Curriculum Reform.:(Cost $5.36 M) Component 2: Strengthening the Teaching Capacity and Improving the Learning Environment for the University of Guyana Faculty of Health Sciences.:(Cost $6.91 M) Component 3: Project Implementation Support.:(Cost $1.06 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 Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Implementation of project activities are progressing, but the Project continues to experience implementation delays under component 2. Under Component 1, Integrated Curriculum Reform, the writing of the new curricula has been completed for all grades and the national roll-out has begun across grades 1-4, following initial pilots. The piloting of the curriculum for Grades 5-6 has been delayed and will be financed by the MOE. Under Component 2, significant delays are observed, and limited progress has been made towards the construction of the Faculty of Health Sciences 7/17/2023 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) Building at the University of Guyana. Key actions - including the signing of the construction contract - need to be implemented swiftly to ensure completion of the construction by the new project closing date, April 30, 2025. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Low Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Moderate Moderate Other -- Substantial Substantial Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve teaching practices and student achievement in primary-level mathematics at selected schools IN01314302 ►PDO 1: Number of schools implementing the revised curriculum in the core subjects at the primary level (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 17-Jun-2022 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 This indicator is the new PDO 1 indicator following the restructuring, revised to reflect the change in the PDO. The Project is slightly delayed to meet the annual target of 30%, set for the end of FY23, which is Comments: expected to be reached and reported in the next ISR. IN01314303 ►PDO 2: Increase in the percentage of pilot school teachers meeting standards in student-centered teaching practices. (Text, Custom) 7/17/2023 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value TBD in 2018. 22% 22% Baseline +15pp Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 The standard for "student-centered practices" has been defined by the Ministry of Education as an average score of 3.5 or higher (5-point scale) on the Instruction elements of the Teach instrument (Lesson Facilitation, Checking for Understanding, Feedback, and Critical Thinking). The baseline from the classroom observations in pilot schools, conducted in Term 3 of 2019, Comments: was 7 percent. Follow-up observations in Term 1 and Term 2 of the 2019-2020 school year found 21 percent and 29 percent of teachers, respectively, meeting the standard. Three rounds of observations using the Teach instrument are now complete. The final round of observations are currently being analyzed. Strengthen the teaching capacity and improve the learning environment of the UG FHS IN01314301 ►PDO 3: Medicine program at the University of Guyana meets CAAM-HP accreditation criteria for course delivery, student performance assessment and facilities. (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target All three criteria in All three criteria in progress/partially met: progress/partially met: 41 41 of 70 faculty of 70 faculty members members completed completed University of University of Michigan Michigan course (course course (course Value Criteria are not met. delivery); assessment Criteria are met. delivery); assessment strategy complete and strategy complete and being implemented being implemented (student assessment); (student assessment); construction to begin in construction to begin 2022 (facilities). in 2022 (facilities). Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 The three criteria that need to be fulfilled under PDO indicator 3 in order to meeting the end target are: i) half of the FHS UG lecturers are trained (achieved); ii) the assessment strategy is completed and being implemented (achieved); and iii) the FHS UG building is completed. Hence, two of the three criteria under Comments: this indicator have been achieved. Therefore, this indicator will now particularly focus on completing the FHS UG building in order to meet all three criteria by project closing. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Integrated Curriculum Reform. IN01314304 ►IRI 1: Curriculum framework developed. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 7/17/2023 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) This indicator has been achieved, and the curriculum framework has been and continues to inform the Comments: development of the new curriculum. IN01314306 ►IRI 2: Core subjects' curricula revised. (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target The Curriculum has been The Curriculum has fully revised for all been fully revised for All core subjects Value No grades, incl. Grades 1-9 all grades, incl. Grades revised and Nursery 1-2. 1-9 and Nursery 1-2. Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2023 Progress on this indicator is reported as the number of grades for which curriculum revision has been completed for a grade. Curriculum revision for all grades therefore means achievement of the end target. To date, curriculum revision for Nursery 1-2 and Grades 1-9 for all core subjects and the end target has been met. Comments: IN01314308 ►IRI 3: Nursery curriculum revised. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2023 The curriculum for Nursery 1-2 has been fully revised and the end target has been met. Comments: IN01314310 ►IRI 4: Teachers trained in the new curriculum. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,016.00 1,016.00 1,417.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 With the national roll-out of the curriculum for grades 1-4 and 68% of teachers trained to-date, the Project Comments: is on track to achieve the end target by closing date IN01314312 ►IRI 5: Mathematics and English learning assessments aligned with the revised curriculum (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Diagnostic Assessment Diagnostic Mathematics and developed as COVID Assessment English learning repurposed MindBloom's developed as COVID assessments aligned objectives. Math & repurposed to the revised Language assessments MindBloom's curriculum. were revised for Grades objectives. Math & 1-9. Thirty (30) NCERD Language staff trained on the assessments were design of examination revised for Grades 1-9. items. Thirty (30) NCERD staff trained on the 7/17/2023 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) design of examination items. Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 This indicator will be achieved when the Grade 9 national assessment in Mathematics and English has been developed and digitized by the end of 2023 using Grademaker software. In the interim, NCERD has made use of the software to create an assessment item bank to create national Grade 6 mock exams. Comments: Diagnostic assessments have been administered at the beginning of this school year for Grades 1 – 9, with Grade 6 and 9 continuing to have end-of-year assessments. IN01314314 ►IRI 6: Impact Evaluation on teaching practices. (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target The results from the Baseline information is Baseline information is Impact Evaluation on Value IE not developed. collected. collected. teaching practices are analyzed. Date 30-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 Given delays in the curriculum roll-out due to COVID, it was decided that the impact evaluation will use learning assessment results for students in Grades 3-4, using the diagnostic assessment, and Teach observation results for teachers in Grades 1-2, as these two groups were exposed to the renewed Comments: curriculum pre-pandemic. The next three successive targets for full achievement of this indicator by closing date are: (i) to analyze baseline information; (ii) to collect end line information; and (iii) to analyze the results from the impact evaluation. IN01314315 ►IRI 8: Survey of teachers’ and parents’ satisfaction with the new curriculum and teaching methods conducted in conjunction with the Impact Evaluation. (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Survey to be combined Survey to be combined with Impact Evaluation with Impact Evaluation Survey conducted and Value No such survey exists. endline - final report endline - final report results analyzed. expected end December expected end 2022. December 2023. Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 Together with the impact evaluation, a survey of teachers' and parent's satisfaction on the new curriculum Comments: and teaching methods will be conducted. IN01314316 ►Teachers recruited or trained (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,057.00 1,057.00 1,477.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 This is one of the two Corporate Results Indicators (CRIs) of the Project. In the context of this Project, no teacher recruitment will be financed, only training. The gender dimension of the latter is reported under the female sub-indicator. Following the remaining roll-out and teacher Comments: training on the new curriculum, the end target for the indicator is expected to be met before project closing. IN01314317 Number of teachers recruited (Number, Corporate Breakdown) 7/17/2023 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 IN01314318 Teachers recruited or trained - Female (RMS requirement) (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 855.00 855.00 1,262.00 IN01314319 Number of teachers trained (Number, Corporate Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,057.00 1,057.00 1,477.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 IN01314320 ►Students benefiting from direct interventions to enhance learning (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 9,118.00 9,118.00 25,367.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 This is the other CRI of the Project. The gender dimension is reported under the female sub- indicator. Following the remaining roll-out and teacher training for grades 1-4 , the end target for the Comments: indicator will be met before project closing. IN01314321 Students benefiting from direct interventions to enhance learning - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4,559.00 9,118.00 9,118.00 12,683.00 Component 2: Strengthening the Teaching Capacity and Improving the Learning Environment for the University of Guyana Faculty of Health Sciences. IN01314305 ►IRI 9: Lecturers at the UG Health Sciences faculty trained in course delivery. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 41.00 41.00 35.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 The target for this indicator has been surpassed (117 percent of target achievement). Comments: IN01314307 ►IRI 10: Health Science facility constructed. (Text, Custom) 7/17/2023 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target The evaluation The evaluation process process for the Faculty for the Faculty of Health of Health Sciences Sciences Building at the Construction Value No Building at the University of Guyana was completed. University of Guyana completed, with signing was completed, with awaiting. signing awaiting. Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 IN01314309 ►IRI 11: Beneficiaries’ survey to University of Guyana Health Sciences Faculty: students, lecturers and administrative staff. (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Baseline survey Baseline survey Survey conducted and Value No such survey exists. conducted and results conducted and results results analyzed. analyzed. analyzed. Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2023 IN01314311 ►IRI 12: Direct project beneficiaries (IDA Core Indicator). (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 10,175.00 10,175.00 26,854.00 Date 31-Dec-2016 13-Dec-2022 10-Jul-2023 30-Apr-2025 IN01314313 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 54.00 54.00 50.00 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P159519 IDA-60090 Effective USD 13.33 13.33 0.00 8.90 4.52 66% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P159519 IDA-60090 Effective 28-Apr-2017 22-Jun-2017 08-Aug-2017 30-Apr-2023 30-Apr-2025 7/17/2023 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 05-May-2022 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 7/17/2023 Page 8 of 8