The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Basic Education Support Project (P167169) Sudan Basic Education Support Project (P167169) AFRICA EAST | Sudan | Education Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2021 | Seq No: 3 | ARCHIVED on 22-Apr-2022 | ISR50413 | Implementing Agencies: The Republic of the Sudan, Federal Ministry of Education Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 10-Nov-2020 Effectiveness Date: 10-Dec-2020 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 09-Jan-2023 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Apr-2025 Revised Closing Date: 30-Apr-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase enrollment and retention and improve reading proficiency of boys and girls in early grades of primary education in target disadvantaged schools Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name School Improvement Program:(Cost $33.76 M) Systems Strengthening:(Cost $7.40 M) Program Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $1.54 M) Introduction of Result-Based Financing (Variable Part):(Cost $18.80 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project implementation progress has been affected by the pause of disbursements under Operational Policy 7.30 “Dealing with De Facto Governments”, which was triggered on October 25, 2021. Disbursements remain on hold until the Bank evaluates the operational environment and completes the assessments under OP 7.30. 4/22/2022 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Basic Education Support Project (P167169) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic High High High 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 Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increase enrolment and retention in target disadvantaged schools IN01109069 ►Student enrolment in target primary schools, boys and girls (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3,300,000.00 3,300,000.00 0.00 3,470,000.00 Date 14-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2025 Number of learners enrolled in the 8,400 schools targeted for school grants. The selection of target schools has not been made yet due to unavailability of up-to-date data from the Annual School Census Comments: (ASC). IN01109151 ►Student enrolment in target primary schools, girls (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1,600,000.00 1,600,000.00 0.00 1,680,000.00 Date 14-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2024 Number of female learners enrolled in the 8,400 schools targeted for school grants. The selection of target Comments: schools has not been made yet due to unavailability of up-to-date data from the Annual School Census. 4/22/2022 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Basic Education Support Project (P167169) IN01109153 ►Student school survival to grade 6 in target primary schools, boys and girls (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 415,000.00 415,000.00 0.00 450,000.00 Date 25-Jun-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 25-Apr-2024 Number of boys and girls reaching grade 6 in target primary schools. The selection of target schools has Comments: not been made yet due to unavailability of up-to-date data from the ASC. IN01109155 ►Student school survival to grade 6 in target primary schools, girls (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 208,000.00 208,000.00 0.00 225,000.00 Date 25-Jun-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 25-Apr-2024 Number of girls reaching grade 6 in target primary schools. The selection of target schools has not been Comments: made yet due to unavailability of up-to-date data from the ASC. Improve reading proficiency of boys and girls in early grades in target disadvantaged schools IN01109070 ►Share of grade 3 students below reading proficiency level 1 (non-readers) in target primary schools, boys and girls (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 39.00 39.00 0.00 35.00 Date 14-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2024 Proportion of grade 3 learners that is unable to decode and read familiar words. . The selection of target Comments: schools has not been made yet due to unavailability of up-to-date data from the ASC. IN01109152 ►Share of grade 3 students below reading proficiency level 1 (non-readers) in target primary schools, girls (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 39.00 39.00 0.00 35.00 Date 14-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2024 Proportion of grade 3 female learners that is unable to decode and read familiar words, The selection of Comments: target schools has not been made yet due to unavailability of up-to-date data from the ASC. IN01109154 ►Share of grade 3 students who are established readers (reading proficiency level 2 and 3), boys and girls (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 21.60 21.60 0.00 25.00 4/22/2022 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Basic Education Support Project (P167169) Date 14-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2024 Proportion of grade 3 learners that reads between 31-60 words per minute. The selection of target schools Comments: has not been made yet due to unavailability of up-to-date data from the ASC. IN01109156 ►Share of grade 3 students who are established readers (reading proficiency level 2 and 3), girls (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 21.60 21.60 0.00 25.00 Date 14-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2024 Proportion of grade 3 female learners that reads between 31-60 words per minute. The selection of target Comments: schools has not been made yet due to unavailability of up-to-date data from the ASC. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components School Improvement Program IN01109157 ►Schools receiving Performance Based Grants (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,400.00 Date 15-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2024 Number of schools receiving school grants having attained the set target for teacher and learner Comments: attendance. The target achievement criteria will be applicable in the second and third years of the project. During the first round, all schools will receive grants. IN01109159 ►Percentage of school heads and PTA members trained on School-based Management (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 15-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2024 Percentage of school heads and PTA members (at least 1 per school) from the 8,400 schools trained on Comments: participatory planning and monitoring of schools activities IN01109161 ►Number of textbooks provided to schools (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 13,250,000.00 Date 15-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2024 Comments: Number of textbooks provided to Grade 1 to Grade 6 by the project 4/22/2022 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Basic Education Support Project (P167169) IN01109163 ►Number of supplementary readers supplied to targeted schools (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 660,000.00 Date 15-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2024 Proportion of 2,000 schools receiving high intensity reading support where supplementary readers have Comments: been distributed to learners. This will be determined through random visits by the locality supervisors to beneficiary schools. IN01109164 ►Teachers recruited or trained (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,000.00 Date 31-Oct-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 31-Mar-2025 IN01109165 Number of teachers trained (Number, Corporate Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,000.00 Date 31-Oct-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 31-Mar-2025 Systems Strengthening IN01109158 ►Annual School Census conducted (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Yes Yes Yes Yes Date 15-Mar-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2024 Annual School Census conducted for the school year 2020/21 in 17 out of 18 states of Sudan and the Comments: data available for planning and monitoring. IN01109160 ►Number of schools receiving school profile feedback (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 Date 31-Oct-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 31-Mar-2025 Number of schools receiving the school profile feedback generated from the annual school census bench- Comments: marked with data from schools in the locality, state and nationally. IN01109162 ►National Learning Assessment conducted every three year (Yes/No, Custom) 4/22/2022 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Basic Education Support Project (P167169) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Yes Yes No Yes Date 31-Oct-2019 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 31-Mar-2025 Comments: School census covering key data on students, teachers, infrastructure facilities and school finance Performance-Based Conditions IN01109166 ►PBC 1 Establishment of systems of classroom regular assessment of student reading proficiency (Text, Process, 5,600,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2020 to 2024 Value System not yet in place System not yet in place System not yet in place -- Date -- 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 -- IN01109167 ►PBC 2 Increased number of girls benefited from improved learning environments (Number, Output, 7,200,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2020 to 2024 Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 -- Date -- 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 -- IN01109168 ►PBC 3 Introduction of the national system of reporting on basic education financing (Text, Process, 6,000,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) 2020 to 2024 Value System not yet in place System not yet in place System not yet in place -- Date -- 15-Jul-2021 15-Jul-2021 -- Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) 4/22/2022 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Basic Education Support Project (P167169) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P167169 TF-B4198 Effective USD 61.50 61.50 0.00 5.07 56.43 8% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P167169 TF-B4198 Effective 10-Nov-2020 09-Dec-2020 10-Dec-2020 30-Apr-2025 30-Apr-2025 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P178078-Sudan Education Support Project for Refugees and Host Communities 4/22/2022 Page 7 of 7