The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | Angola | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2021 | Seq No: 3 | ARCHIVED on 23-Dec-2022 | ISR54084 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Education, Republic of Angola Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 29-Apr-2021 Effectiveness Date: 18-Oct-2021 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 31-May-2023 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2025 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To empower Angolan youth, especially girls, and to improve learning quality for all. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Empower Angolan Girls:(Cost $140.00 M) Reduce Angola’s learning poverty:(Cost $100.00 M) Project management and monitoring and evaluation:(Cost $10.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions While procurement activities relating to infrastructure and scholarships (the two largest components) are underway, overall progress on project implementation has been slow, with preparatory activities are taking longer than expected as the technical details are being finalized. The sub- teams at the Ministry of Education (MED) and the extended World Bank team are meeting regularly to resolve bottlenecks and help expedite the project implementation. 12/23/2022 Page 1 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) 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 Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To empower Angolan youth, especially girls, and to improve learning quality for all IN01222900 ►Girls and boys (12-18) with improved access to SRH information and services (including contraceptive methods/ family planning) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 300,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Comments: Number of youth that have participated in the activities of Component 1.1, as reported by NGOs. IN01222931 Girls (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 185,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 IN01222932 Boys (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/23/2022 Page 2 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 115,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 IN01222933 ►Number of students completing second chance education with integrated life skills (Disaggregated by gender) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 562,569.00 562,569.00 562,569.00 770,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Number of students having approved modules 1, 2, and 3 of EJA in primary, and cycles 1 and 2 of EJA in Comments: secondary. Targets have been calculating based on program expansion, assuming the program maintains the quality of delivery as reflected in the pass rate (highest pass rate of the three modules taken - 77%). IN01222934 Girls (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 339,554.00 339,554.00 339,554.00 462,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN01222935 Boys (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 223,015.00 223,015.00 223,015.00 308,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN01222936 ►Proportion of girls as percentage of total students enrolled in cycle 1 in Project municipalities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 42.00 42.00 42.00 46.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2025 Gender parity in cycle 1 of secondary, calculated as percentage of students that are girls. Achieving 50 Comments: percent girls' enrollment would represent gender parity. Achieving 46 percent means cutting the gender gap in half. IN01222937 ►Proportion of teachers performing at or above satisfactory level (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 25.00 25.00 25.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 This indicator measures teacher performance, as estimated using the TEACH classroom observation Comments: instrument. The number is the proportion of teachers receiving a score of either 'satisfactory' or 'highly satisfactory', according to the instrument. IN01222938 12/23/2022 Page 3 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) ►New and rehabilitated classrooms (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 New classrooms are those that have been newly constructed or refurbished, whether at the pre-primary, Comments: primary, or secondary level. IN01222939 Of which new constructions (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Empower Angolan girls IN01222940 ►Number of communities reached through awareness and sensitization activities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 This represents the total number of communities that have benefited from activities delivered by NGOs under Component 1.1. Activities with UNFPA will begin in 2023, at which time the indicator will be Comments: updated. IN01222943 ►Students attending module 1, 2, 3 and cycle 1 of EJA (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 756,558.00 756,558.00 756,558.00 1,000,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Total number of students registered for EJA, including students attending through schools, and through Comments: partners. All EJA indicators will be updated during the next mission. IN01222946 Girls (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 450,654.00 450,654.00 450,654.00 600,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 12/23/2022 Page 4 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) IN01222949 Boys (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 306,093.00 306,093.00 306,093.00 400,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN01222952 Students attending module 1, 2, and 3 (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 742,981.00 742,981.00 742,981.00 900,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN01222957 Students attending cycle 1 and cycle 2 of EJA (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 13,577.00 13,577.00 13,577.00 100,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN01222959 ►Students concluding cycle 2 of EJA (disaggregated by gender) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Comments: Number of students completing EJA's accelerated cycle 2 program. IN01222961 Girls (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 IN01222963 Boys (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 IN01222965 ►Students benefiting from scholarship program to reduce school dropout (disaggregated by gender) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/23/2022 Page 5 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) Value 200.00 200.00 200.00 900,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Number of students benefiting from annual scholarships in the 60 target municipalities of the country. Comments: Scholarships expected to begin payments in April 2023. IN01222967 Girls (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 200.00 200.00 200.00 450,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN01222968 Boys (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 450,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN01222969 ►Girls benefitting from hygiene menstruation management program (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 400,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Girls attending schools that have benefited from MHM activities, as delivered by NGOs or directly by Comments: schools. Activities to begin being reported on in 2023. IN01222970 ►Completion rate in cycle I of secondary education (disaggregated by gender) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 36.80 36.80 36.80 42.80 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 As per UNESCO's Institute of Statistics, the completion rate is the percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3-5 years above the intended age for the last grade of each level of education who have completed that grade. The intended age for the last grade of each level of education is the age at which pupils would enter the grade if they had started school at the official primary entrance age, had Comments: studied full-time and had progressed without repeating or skipping a grade. In this case, the official age of entry into cycle 1 is 12 years, and the cycle has 3 grades, such that the intended age for the last grade is 14 years. In this case, 17-19 years (14 + 3 = 17 and 14 + 5 = 19) would be the reference age group for calculation of the cycle 1 of secondary completion rate. IN01222971 Girls (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 42.80 12/23/2022 Page 6 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN01222972 Boys (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 47.90 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN01222973 ►Number of schools with local implementation of national GBV AP (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 To be considered as a "school having an SRGBV", the plan must be under implementation at the school Comments: level, as attested by NGOs, under the supervision of provincial GBV focal points. IN01222974 ►Percentage of grievances addressed by the GM within six months (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.00 Date 30-Apr-2021 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 This indicators tracks the percentage of all grievances that have been received through the Project's Grievance Mechanism, that have been addressed by the PIU, the MED, or MINSA, depending on which is Comments: the competent authority for the cases lodged. Reporting on the indicator to begin in 2023. Component 2: Reduce learning poverty IN01222942 ►Reducing the number of classrooms with inadequate learning conditions (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 20.00 20.00 20.00 16.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Comments: Proportion of classrooms that are classified as "inadequate", as per the ratings recorded in the EMIS IN01222945 ►Schools newly rehabilitated with WASH (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 400.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 12/23/2022 Page 7 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) Number of schools that have received infrastructure investments that result in newly refurbished WASH facilities, including separate latrines for boys and girls with running water. First indicators should be Comments: available toward the end of 2023. IN01222948 ►Number of schools equipped to serve as shelters during a climate emergency/natural disaster (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 18.00 Date 08-Nov-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Given various climate risks that the country faces, each province would have at least one school that can be a model for serving as a shelter during times of crisis. New secondary schools will be equipped to meet Comments: this demand. Indicator expected to be reported on by 2024. IN01222951 ►Model schools (disaggregated by province) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 72.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Comments: Number of schools fulfilling the MED criteria for 'model schools', as per the operational manual. IN01222953 ►Teachers trained using scripted lesson plans and simplified guides (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 65,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Number of teachers that have benefited from professional development training that includes use of scripted lessons plans and simplified guides, for the subjects of Portuguese and math. Design of lesson Comments: plans currently being contracted. IN01222955 ►School managers at provincial and municipal level trained in a new pedagogical supervision model (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Professional development of school directors and other system administrators in pedagogical supervision, Comments: using the new instruments such as TEACH and COACH. IN01222958 ►Application and publication of results from national/regional exams in Portuguese and Math (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/23/2022 Page 8 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Number of large scale national or regional/international exams and assessments applied in Angola, for subjects covering (at least) Portuguese and math. These can be national exams developed just for Comments: Angola, regional exams (such as those instituted by SACMEQ), or international exams, such as PISA for development, or TIMSS. National level results must be published within 1 year of exam application in order for the indicator to be considered met. IN01222960 ►Percent improvement in reading scores for 4th grade (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Improvement in percentage points above previous reading score results, as measured through the application of national exams. For example, if 20 percent of students in grade 4 are deemed having achieved a functional level of literacy in the application of the 2023 national exam, by the end of the Comments: project, the target percentage for functionally literate students in grade 4 should be at least 24 percent. Baseline results for 2023 expected to be reported on by end of 2023. IN01222962 ►Angolan languages of African origin that have materials for early reading (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Number of Angolan languages of African origin that have learning materials available such as books for children for the acquisition of learning. Workshop to design materials expected to be carried out in the first Comments: half of 2023. IN01222964 ►Students in primary and secondary education benefiting from distance learning (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 874,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 IN01222966 ►Students receiving deworming treatment (Number (Thousand), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1,970.00 1,970.00 1,970.00 3,250.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Students receiving albendazole as part of mass deworming campaign. Contract with MENTOR expected Comments: to be signed in 2023. 12/23/2022 Page 9 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring, and Evaluation IN01222941 ►Staff trained and equipped with knowledge to use data, educational indicators and necessary means to plan and make decision at Ministry, Provincial and Municipal level (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Comments: Number of civil servants benefiting from capacity building interventions. IN01222944 Ministry (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 IN01222947 Provincial (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 IN01222950 Municipal (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 435.00 Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 IN01222954 ►Mechanism for PBF in the education sector developed and endorsed (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 A model for using performance-based financing in the education sector through provinces and/or Comments: municipalities, similar to that developed under the health sector, has been developed and endorsed by MED. IN01222956 ►Revitalization of EMIS and development of new data platform, fully disseminated and used by schools (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Dissemination at Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 school level 12/23/2022 Page 10 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) Date 31-Dec-2020 07-Apr-2022 05-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2025 Revitalizing the EMIS, rendering it more reliable, increasing the validity, as an instrument to monitor system performance and inform future policy development. EMIS mission to be carried out in April of Comments: 2023. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P168699 IBRD-92340 Effective USD 250.00 250.00 0.00 12.30 237.70 4.9% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P168699 IBRD-92340 Effective 29-Apr-2021 13-Jul-2021 18-Oct-2021 31-Dec-2025 31-Dec-2025 Cumulative Disbursements 12/23/2022 Page 11 of 12 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Girls Empowerment and Learning for All Project (P168699) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/23/2022 Page 12 of 12