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: 4 | ARCHIVED on 24-Dec-2014 | ISR16516 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Education Key Dates Key Project Dates Board Approval date:11-Oct-2012 Effectiveness Date:15-Feb-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date:26-Jan-2015 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Original Closing Date:31-Oct-2015 Revised Closing Date:31-Oct-2015 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 12/24/2014 Page 1 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) Implementation Status and Key Decisions The information and data included in this ISR is based on the July 2014 implementation review mission conducted by the World Bank and the Local Education Group (LEG) with field visits to beneficiary regions/districts and schools. It is also based on subsequent discussions and documentation collected during September-November 2014. The annual progress report will be completed in January/February and an updated ISR would be prepared following the MTR mission at that time to capture the 2014 year results. Project implementation continues to be progressing well, with some delays in collecting and validating data at the district and school level. The GPEG has disbursed approximately US$46.6 million (62%) of the US$75.5 million grant to date. An extension of the closing date would ensure that the results and impact of the activities would be captured to help guide government on future policy decisions. Beneficiary districts (now up to 75 because of newly created districts) have received three rounds of district grant allocations - they are currently implementing the approved 2014 Annual Programs of Work (APW) and the supplemental allocation that was provided last month according to the revised resource allocation model. This supplement has increased the base grant for the schools by about 600 cedis on average, and has provided seed funding for the 18 newly created deprived districts. The following have been observed at the school and district level: (i) increases in regular visits by circuit supervisors to schools although documentation on substance of visits varies greatly (on average 5 visits); (ii) regular delivery of INSET to teachers (almost 50% of schools are conducting recommended INSET core courses); and (iii) 92% of schools had completed up to date School Report Cards and are posting them for public view. There are currently 6,626 students enrolled in the Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) program. There has been good progress in establishing the monitoring and evaluation activities as the contracts for the lesson observation and impact evaluation consultancies are being implemented. A post-procurement review was conducted in April 2014 and found compliance in all instances. A safeguards review was conducted in May 2014 and provided recommendations on screening for minor civil works at district level. Implementation of the School Report Card has improved as software issues have finally been resolved, although more sensitization efforts will be undertaken to ensure that teachers, SBMCs, and district offices better understand the data provided and how they should be interpreted to inform better planning and monitoring of schools. The joint LEG review mission in June 2014 also coincided with the National Education Sector Annual Review to leverage even wider stakeholder consultations. The team is pleased to see efforts by the project to continue to strengthen capacity at the district and school levels to implement APWs and school performance improvement plans (SPIPs) in line with the aims of the GPEG development objective. 12/24/2014 Page 2 of 8 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 Macroeconomic  --  --  Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies  --  --  Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program  --  --  Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  --  Substantial Fiduciary  --  --  Moderate Environment and Social  --  --  Low Stakeholders  --  --  Moderate Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  --  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 86.00 95.00 80.00 Date 29-May-2012 30-Dec-2013 11-Dec-2014 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 98.00 75.00 Date 29-May-2012 20-Jan-2014 11-Dec-2014 31-Oct-2015 12/24/2014 Page 3 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) 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 23-Dec-2013 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 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date -- 02-Apr-2013 02-Apr-2013 31-Oct-2015 PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1755541.00 1830230.00 1700000.00 Date 29-May-2012 20-Jan-2014 11-Dec-2014 31-Oct-2015 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 46.70 52.00 40.00 12/24/2014 Page 4 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) Date 29-May-2012 20-Jan-2014 11-Dec-2014 31-Oct-2015 Overall Comments 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 7857.00 7857.00 6930.00 Date 11-Jun-2012 20-Jan-2014 20-Jan-2014 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 0.00 798.00 798.00 500.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Jan-2014 20-Jan-2014 31-Oct-2015 PHINDIRITBL  Teachers trained under the project (disaggregated by UTDBE and INSET) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 28064.00 28064.00 35000.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Jan-2014 20-Jan-2014 31-Oct-2015 12/24/2014 Page 5 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) 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 0.00 100.00 98.00 70.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Feb-2014 11-Dec-2014 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 46.30 46.30 65.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Feb-2014 20-Feb-2014 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 79.00 84.00 75.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Jan-2014 11-Dec-2014 31-Oct-2015 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 30-Dec-2013 30-Dec-2013 31-Oct-2015 12/24/2014 Page 6 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) 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 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Feb-2014 20-Feb-2014 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 86.40 89.00 75.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Feb-2014 11-Dec-2014 31-Oct-2015 Overall Comments Many of the indicators are updated on an annual basis. Last year the results were available after the collation of district level data in February 2014. The schedule is again to collect this information during the training workshops with all districts in January/February 2015. At that time, the indicators would be updated to present results from 2014. With many of the indicators already met or exceeding the original targets, the team would discuss with the Government during the upcoming Mid-Term Review on whether to revise project end target values. 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 46.60 28.90 62% 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-Oct-2015 Cumulative Disbursements 12/24/2014 Page 7 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 14-May-2013 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/24/2014 Page 8 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy