Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) AFRICA | Ghana | Education Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Specific Investment Loan | FY 2013 | Seq No: 6 | ARCHIVED on 31-Dec-2015 | ISR20494 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Education Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:10-Oct-2012 Effectiveness Date:15-Feb-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date:19-Jan-2015 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:23-Feb-2015 Original Closing Date:31-Oct-2015 Revised Closing Date:31-Aug-2016 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The PDO of the Ghana Partnership for Education Grant is to improve the planning, monitoring and delivery of basic education services in deprived districts of the Recipient's Territory. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Sub-Grants to Deprived Districts to support key education objectives:(Cost $44.86 M) School Sub-Grants:(Cost $24.06 M) Project Management and Institutional Strengthening:(Cost $6.58 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial 12/31/2015 Page 1 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project continues to be rated Satisfactory for both progress made towards achievement of the Project Development Objective (PDO) and Implementation Progress (IP). Project implementation is nearly complete, disbursements are in line with projections (93% disbursed to date) from appraisal, project indicator targets have been met or have been exceeded, interventions are leveraging support from other Development Partners (DFID Girls Participatory Approach to Student Scholarship (Girls PASS) scholarships, USAID district grants and Early Grade Reading Assesment, UNICEF mobile report cards, etc.), and districts and schools have received mostly consistent and reliable financing over the last three years to deliver more improved education services. Beneficiary districts (now up to 75 because of newly created districts) have received three annual rounds of district grant allocations and are currently implementing the approved 2015 Annual Programs of Work (APW). Progress towards achievement of the PDO is evidenced in: improvements in district disbursements against APWs, effective implementation of school report cards; increased levels of proficiency in English and Math among grade 3 students in deprived districts, and significant increases in local level monitoring of schools and districts. The surge in enrollment further demonstrates improvements in the school environment and effective efforts to encourage pupils to stay in school, notably the Girls PASS that has provided scholarships to 9,996 girls in 21 districts and is now being scaled up to all 75 districts. By 2017, it is expected that 55,000 girls will benefit from this Program. While there have been some delays in collecting and validating data at the district and school level, the GPEG has strengthened the participation of stakeholders in planning and management. Enrollment has increased and intensified monitoring and evaluation (M&E) have improved both teacher and pupil attendance. Teaching and learning materials are being provided to basic schools and In-service Teacher Training (INSET) in key areas are also being provided to teachers. While there have been many achievements, there is still room for improving the timely allocation and implementation of school and district grants, strengthening School Management Committees, improving school supervision, providing more timely collated reports on school and district activities and improving the support for Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) trainees who are upgrading their credentials. A total of 6,635 teachers trainees from the 75 beneficiary districts are supported under UTDBE. A Lesson Observation study (conducted in 2014 and 2015) has found significant improvements in lesson planning, teaching methodology and classroom organization and management. In addition, the following have been observed at the school and district level: (i) increases in regular visits by circuit supervisors to schools (100% of schools visited at least twice during the past year); (ii) consistent delivery of INSET to teachers (almost 50% of schools are conducting all recommended INSET core courses); and (iii) improvements in student and teacher attendance (validated by the review of School Report Cards). The project was restructured on August 26, 2015. This restructuring extended the project closing date from October 31, 2015 to August 31, 2016 and introduced reallocation of funding among categories (savings and unallocated funds redirected to district grants category). There were no major changes made to ongoing project activities. 12/31/2015 Page 2 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) 12/31/2015 Page 3 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Moderate  Moderate Macroeconomic  --  Substantial  Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Moderate  Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Substantial  Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Substantial  Substantial Fiduciary  --  Moderate  Moderate Environment and Social  --  Low  Low Stakeholders  --  Moderate  Moderate Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Deprived districts disbursing 75% or more of their district education grants as planned in their APW (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 90.00 89.00 80.00 Date 29-May-2012 27-Feb-2015 27-Feb-2015 31-Oct-2015 PHINDPDOTBL  Public basic schools in deprived districts with up-to-date School Report Cards (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 95.00 93.00 75.00 12/31/2015 Page 4 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) Date 29-May-2012 27-Feb-2015 31-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 PHINDPDOTBL  P3 students achieving proficiency in English and Math (NEA results for deprived districts) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 12.40 16.00 16.00 15.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 25-Feb-2014 25-Feb-2014 31-Oct-2015 PHINDPDOTBL  P3 students achieving proficiency in Math (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 9.00 -- 13.00 15.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 -- 25-Feb-2014 31-Oct-2015 PHINDPDOTBL  Teachers trained in deprived districts who obtain satisfactory rating or higher in the SBI/CBI Lesson Observation Sheet for (a) lesson planning (b) teaching methodology (c) classroom org/management (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 69.00 0.00 86.00 50.00 Date 30-Sep-2014 02-Apr-2013 12-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1830230.00 1924538.00 1700000.00 Date 29-May-2012 27-Feb-2015 31-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 12/31/2015 Page 5 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 47.00 47.00 40.00 Overall Comments Most of the indicators have been met or have exceeded the targets. Most of the data is collected from beneficiary district education offices and regional education offices during monitoring and evaluation workshops held semi-annually. The lesson observation indicator is generated from a sample survey conducted by an independent firm and the proficiency in English and math indicators are based on the biennial national assessment results disaggregated for GPEG districts. Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Head teachers and Circuit supervisors in deprived districts trained under the project in the use of School Report Cards (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 13280.00 6315.00 6930.00 Date 11-Jun-2012 27-Feb-2015 31-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 PHINDIRITBL  Regional and District education officers trained under the project (e.g., FM, data collection and analysis, etc.) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1000.00 1130.00 500.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 27-Feb-2015 31-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 12/31/2015 Page 6 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) PHINDIRITBL  Teachers trained under the project (disaggregated by UTDBE and INSET) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50000.00 58529.00 35000.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 27-Feb-2015 27-Feb-2015 31-Oct-2015 Comments 6,243 UTDBE 52,286 INSET (this figure is questionable as it likely includes some double counting of teachers undergoing different trainings) PHINDIRITBL  DEDs collating School Report Cards from at least 70% of schools within the district (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 91.00 92.00 70.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 27-Feb-2015 31-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 PHINDIRITBL  Basic Schools in Deprived Districts participating in all INSET core courses supported under the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.10 53.00 65.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 27-Feb-2015 31-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 PHINDIRITBL  Schools that have received and displayed most recent School Report Card on their notice board (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 90.00 88.00 75.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 27-Feb-2015 31-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 12/31/2015 Page 7 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) PHINDIRITBL  Schools visited by Circuit Supervisors at least two times in a year (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 27-Feb-2015 31-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 PHINDIRITBL  REDs submitting annual M&E reports to GES HQ & PBME by incorporating data from all districts in region (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 10.00 100.00 100.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 27-Feb-2015 31-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 PHINDIRITBL  Schools in deprived districts with completed SPIPs approved by SMCs using the revised template (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 98.00 75.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 27-Feb-2015 31-Aug-2015 31-Oct-2015 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P129381 TF-13140 Effective USD 75.50 75.50 0.00 70.49 5.01 93% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P129381 TF-13140 Effective 22-Nov-2012 22-Nov-2012 15-Feb-2013 31-Oct-2015 31-Aug-2016 12/31/2015 Page 8 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 14-May-2013 ,Level 2 Approved on 25-Aug-2015 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/31/2015 Page 9 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy