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: 5 | ARCHIVED on 27-Jun-2015 | ISR19251 | 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:19-Jan-2015 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:23-Feb-2015 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  Substantial 6/27/2015 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 information and data included in this ISR is based on the 2014 annual GPEG status report received in February 2015 and the findings from the recent joint implementation support mission and Mid term Review conducted from February 23-March 6, 2015. Project implementation has been observed to be very successful with most of the key performance indicators met or exceeded. Disbursements are in line with projections (80% disbursed to date), interventions are leveraging other donor support (DFID Girls PASS scholarships, USAID district grants and EGRA, UNICEF mobile report cards, etc.), and districts and schools have received mostly consistent and reliable financing over the last two plus years to deliver more improved education services. 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 2015 Annual Programs of Work (APW). While there have been some delays in collecting and validating data at the district and school level (and consolidating at the regional level), the GPEG has strengthened the participation of stakeholders in planning and management. Enrollment has increased and intensified monitoring and evaluation have improved both teacher and student attendance. Teaching and learning materials are being provided to schools and in service training in key areas are being offered 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 Mangagement Committees, improving school supervision, providing more timely collated reporting on school and district activities and improving the support for Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) trainees who are upgrading their credentials. 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). A recent report on the UTDBE program indicates significant progress in improving the quality of the residential courses. A lesson observation survey has just been launched to evaluate those teachers (a sample of the 6,626) in the UTDBE program and how they are utilizing these new skills in their classrooms. It is hoped that preliminary results from this survey would be available in time for the upcoming National Education Sector Annual Review to be held in Accra July 21- 24, 2015. During the Mid-Term Review (March 2015) it was agreed that the World Bank would process the extension of the closing date by an additional 10 months from the original closing date of October 31, 2015 to August 31, 2016. This would ensure that the results and impact of the activities would be captured to help guide government on future policy decisions. Under this restructuring, resources would also be reallocated from the unallocated category to support district grants. 6/27/2015 Page 2 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 6/27/2015 Page 3 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) 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 95.00 90.00 80.00 Date 29-May-2012 11-Dec-2014 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 98.00 95.00 75.00 Date 29-May-2012 11-Dec-2014 27-Feb-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 6/27/2015 Page 4 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) 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 1830230.00 1830230.00 1700000.00 Date 29-May-2012 11-Dec-2014 27-Feb-2015 31-Oct-2015 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 52.00 47.00 40.00 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators 6/27/2015 Page 5 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) 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 13280.00 6930.00 Date 11-Jun-2012 20-Jan-2014 27-Feb-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 0.00 798.00 1000.00 500.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Jan-2014 27-Feb-2015 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 50000.00 35000.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Jan-2014 27-Feb-2015 31-Oct-2015 Comments These numbers are being verified. It would include 6,246 on UTDBE and the rest on INSET. 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 98.00 91.00 70.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 11-Dec-2014 27-Feb-2015 31-Oct-2015 6/27/2015 Page 6 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) 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 50.10 65.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Feb-2014 27-Feb-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 84.00 90.00 75.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 11-Dec-2014 27-Feb-2015 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 27-Feb-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 0.00 100.00 10.00 100.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 20-Feb-2014 27-Feb-2015 31-Oct-2015 6/27/2015 Page 7 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Partnership for Education (P129381) PHINDIRITBL  Schools 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 89.00 100.00 75.00 Date 30-Sep-2012 11-Dec-2014 27-Feb-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 60.48 15.02 80% 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 6/27/2015 Page 8 of 9 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. 6/27/2015 Page 9 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy