The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Enhancing Early Learning Project (P174012) Enhancing Early Learning Project (P174012) EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | Zambia | Education Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2022 | Seq No: 3 | ARCHIVED on 25-Oct-2022 | ISR52893 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of General Education, Republic of Zambia Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 16-Nov-2021 Effectiveness Date: 15-Dec-2021 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 11-Dec-2023 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2025 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To improve equitable access to quality learning conditions in early childhood education in targeted areas. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Improve equitable access to quality ECE in targeted areas:(Cost $19.01 M) Develop and implement ECE quality standards:(Cost $3.00 M) Enhance delivery of quality early learning and care:(Cost $11.00 M) System strengthening, project management, monitoring and evaluation, and communication:(Cost $6.00 M) Contingency emergency response Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Zambia Enhancing Early Learning (ZEEL) project of $US 39.01 financed by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) aims to “improve equitable access to quality learning conditions in early childhood education in targeted areas.” The project was approved in November 2022 and became effective in December 2022. Full implementation of project activities has commenced in a phased approach with the first disbursement of project funds in August 2022. 10/25/2022 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Enhancing Early Learning Project (P174012) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve Equitable Access to Early Childhood Education IN01185128 ►Percentage increase in enrollment of 3 - 6 year old children in public ECE centers in targeted areas - Cummulative (Text, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 30 percentage Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 increase from baseline Date 09-Oct-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures the percentage increase in the number of 3 -6 year old children enrolled in public ECE centers Comments: in targeted areas IN01185129 ►Share of girls in the total 3-6 year-old children enrolled in public ECE centers in targeted areas (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 09-Oct-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 30-Dec-2025 Comments: Share of 3-6 year-olds girls enrolled in the public centers in targeted areas 10/25/2022 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Enhancing Early Learning Project (P174012) Improve Quality of Early Childhood Education Conditions IN01185130 ►Proportion of ECE centers in targeted areas meeting quality ECE learning conditions (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Number of ECE centers in the targeted area meeting minimum standards over all ECE centers in targeted Comments: area Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Improve Equitable Access to Early Childhood Education IN01185131 ►Total number of new public ECE classroom constructed by the project in targeted areas and in use (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 550.00 Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Comments: Measures the number of new classrooms constructed in targeted areas IN01185135 ►Percentage of active PCC in targeted areas (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures the percentage change in the number of active Parent Center Committees (PCC) in targeted Comments: areas IN01185138 ►Proportion of public ECE centers in targeted areas with WASH facilities (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 80 percent increase Baseline to be Value 0.00 0.00 from the baseline established figure Date 30-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures the percentage increase in the number of ECE facilitation with improved WASH in targeted Comments: areas IN01185141 ►Proportion of public ECE centers in targeted areas with furniture and playground equipment (Text, Custom) 10/25/2022 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Enhancing Early Learning Project (P174012) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Baseline to be 80 percent increase Value 0.00 0.00 established from baseline Date 30-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures the percentage increase in the number of ECE centers with age appropriate furniture and Comments: equipment in targeted areas IN01185144 ►Proportion of public ECE centers equipped with basic package of learning materials (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Baseline to be 80 percent increase Value 0.00 0.00 established from baseline Date 09-Oct-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures the percentage increase in the number of ECE centers meeting standards on learning material Comments: in targeted areas IN01185146 ►Students benefiting from direct interventions to enhance learning (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 110,000.00 Date 09-Oct-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 IN01185148 Students benefiting from direct interventions to enhance learning - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 55,000.00 Develop & Implement ECE Quality Standards IN01185133 ►ECE National Quality Standards (NQS) introduced (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target ECE NQS National ECE Quality disseminated to standards not fully Value Not yet in place Not yet in place targeted district aligned with international relevant education good practices staff in 10 provinces Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Comments: Development and dissemination of NQS to provincial and targeted district education staff IN01185136 ►Proportion of ECE teachers and caregivers using individualized learning plans (Percentage, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 10/25/2022 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Enhancing Early Learning Project (P174012) Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures the increase in the percentage of ECE teachers and caregivers able to effectively prepare Comments: individualized learning plan in the targeted areas Enhance Delivery of Quality Early Learning and Care IN01185132 ►Number of ECE teachers and caregivers recruited and deployed in new ECE constructed in the target areas (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 550.00 Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures the number of teachers (including interns) and caregivers recruited in and deployed to the new Comments: centers in the targeted areas. IN01185139 ►Percentage of public ECE centers in targeted areas meeting minimum staffing standards (Text, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Baseline to be Baseline to be Baseline to be 80 increase from Value established established established baseline Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Comments: Measures the share of public ECE centers meeting the minimum staffing standards in the targeted area IN01185142 ►Proportion of ECE teachers and caregivers trained with newly developed professional development programs designed by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures the percentage increase in the number of ECE teachers (including teacher interns) and Comments: caregivers trained on new CPD programs developed in the targeted areas IN01185145 ►Number of parents in targeted areas trained on parenting modules (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures the number of parents to be trained on parenting programs under the project in the targeted Comments: areas IN01185147 ►Proportion of teachers and caregivers trained on the use of ECE IAI developed by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 10/25/2022 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Enhancing Early Learning Project (P174012) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 09-Oct-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures the percentage increase in number of ECE teaching workforce (including teachers, teaching Comments: interns and caregivers) trained on the use of ECE IAI developed by the project in the targeted areas Strengthen System and Project Management, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Communication IN01185134 ►Governance and Accountability Action Plan (GAAP) implemented (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target GAAP implemented Value Not in place Not in place Not in place (Yes/No)) Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 GAAP has a set of actions to be undertaken my MOGE to enhance governance and accountability. This Comments: indicator measures compliance with GAAP implementation. IN01185137 ►Collection of data using Early Childhood Integrated Information System (ECIIS) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target ECIIS data used for Value Not in place Not in place Not in place planning and budgeting Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Comments: Tracks the development and use of Early Childhood Integrated Information System (ECIIS) IN01185140 ►Baseline, midterm, endline and other assessments conducted (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Baseline to be Value Baseline to be conducted Baseline to be conducted Endline conducted conducted Date 29-Sep-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Tracks the number of studies to be undertaken by the project including baseline, midline and end line Comments: surveys IN01185143 ►Grievances received through GRM system addressed (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 18-Dec-2020 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 Measures progress made on citizen engagement in the project including the percentage of grievances Comments: received and addressed through the grievance redress mechanism Performance-Based Conditions 10/25/2022 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Enhancing Early Learning Project (P174012) IN01185149 ►PBC 1 Percentage increase in enrollment of 3 - 6 year old children in public ECE centers in targeted areas - Cummulative (Text, Intermediate Outcome, 3,000,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Year 5 Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 -- Date -- 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 -- IN01185150 ►PBC 2 Percentage of public ECE centers in targeted areas meeting minimum staffing standards (Text, Output, 7,000,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Year 5 Baseline to be Value Baseline to be established Baseline to be established -- established Date -- 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 -- IN01185151 ►PBC 3 Proportion of ECE teachers and caregivers using individualized learning plans (Percentage, Intermediate Outcome, 2,000,000.00, 5.13%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Year 5 Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 -- Date -- 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 -- IN01185152 ►PBC 4 Percentage of public ECE centers in targeted areas meeting minimum staffing standards (Text, Outcome, 2,000,000.00, 5.13%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Year 5 Baseline to be Value Baseline to be established Baseline to be established -- established Date -- 01-Aug-2022 01-Aug-2022 -- Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) 10/25/2022 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Enhancing Early Learning Project (P174012) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P174012 TF-B6476 Effective USD 39.01 39.01 0.00 3.35 35.66 9% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P174012 TF-B6476 Effective 15-Dec-2021 15-Dec-2021 15-Dec-2021 30-Jun-2025 30-Jun-2025 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 10/25/2022 Page 8 of 8