The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Honduras | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2020 | Seq No: 2 | ARCHIVED on 15-Dec-2020 | ISR44641 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Education (Secretaría de Educación - SE), Ministry of Finance (Secretaría de Finanzas, SEFIN) Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 19-Mar-2020 Effectiveness Date: 11-Nov-2020 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 31-Jan-2023 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Jul-2025 Revised Closing Date: 31-Jul-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objectives of the Project are to improve (a) SE’s institutional capacity for preschool management; (b) teaching practices of preschool teachers and Educators; and (c) physical learning environments in preschools serving children in Targeted Areas. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Strengthening SE’s Institutional Capacity for Preschool Management:(Cost $5.75 M) Component 2: Updating Curricular Design for all Preschool Service Modalities and Improving Teaching Practices in CEPB and CCEPREB:(Cost $17.15 M) Component 3: Improving Physical Learning Environments in Selected Preschools Serving Children in Targeted Areas:(Cost $14.30 M) Component 4: Project Management and Evaluation:(Cost $2.30 M) Component 5: Contingency Emergency Response Component 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 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Project became effective on November 11, 2020, and the Ministry of Education is making good progress on filling key positions in the Project Implementation Unit (PIU). The Bank continues to provide technical assistance activities to MoE to support Project implementation, including in the areas of statistical capacity, human resource system strengthening, infrastructure standards and designs, preschool quality standards, and mapping of actors in the early childhood system. The Bank and MoE are working together to identify potential adaptations of project activities to meet needs arising from COVID-19 and Hurricanes Eta and Iota. A virtual launch mission is planned for January 2021. 12/15/2020 Page 1 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary High Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other Moderate Substantial Substantial Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve SE's Institutional Capacity for Preschool Management IN00927982 ►1. Preschool Education Management Model (PEM) implemented at school-level (Depth indicator) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.00 Date 09-Jul-2019 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 24-Jun-2024 This indicator tracks progress in the depth of school-level implementation of the Preschool Education Management Model (PEM). Depth refers to the intensity of implementation in terms of the percentage of visited preschool centers that carry out at least 70% of the dimensions of the PEM. The PEM entails organizational guidelines for the efficient management and administration of the subsector, as well as the necessary standards to provide quality education in preschool classrooms. PEM dimensions could include Comments: inter alia: 1) management and school norms; 2) personnel; 3) infrastructure and physical environment; 4) equipment and materials; 5) curriculum; 6) pedagogical practices; 7) assessment of child development and learning; 8) parental and community participation. The relevant dimensions in the PEM will incorporate material on climate change adaptation. The PEM will be implemented gradually throughout the course of the Project. The PEM will be approved in year 2 of the Project, piloted in year 3, and fully implemented in years 4 and 5. 12/15/2020 Page 2 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) Improved Teaching Practices of Participating Preschool Teachers and Educators Nationwide IN00927890 ►2. Participating preschool teachers and Educators with satisfactory teaching practices (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.00 Date 09-Jul-2019 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 10-Jun-2024 This indicator measures the percentage of preschool teachers and Educators participating in the In- service Training Program of preschool education service delivery in Honduras that have satisfactory Comments: teaching practices, as measured using a classroom observation tool. The indicator will be measured annually after the beginning of the In-service Training Program. Targets will be cumulative. Improved Physical Learning Environments in Preschools Serving Children in Targeted Areas IN00927981 ►3. Classrooms of preschool education centers in Targeted Areas with physical environments that meet quality conditions to promote learning (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 224.00 Date 09-Jul-2019 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 07-Jun-2024 This indicator tracks the construction, rehabilitation or expansion of classrooms in the beneficiary schools to verify that they meet the minimum conditions to promote learning, as established by the SE. The Comments: minimum standards of physical quality will be defined at the latest during Year 1 of the Project. Targets are cumulative Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Strengthening SE’s Institutional Capacity for Preschool Management IN00927985 ►IRI 1: PEM approved and implemented at school level (Breadth indicator) (Text, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Comprehensive Preschool Education Management Model designed (C-PEM). The C-PEM articulates SE’s PEM, which is internal to the Value No PEM --- No PEM preschool education sub-sector, with other education levels (initial and basic education), other sectors (health, nutrition, social inclusion, etc.) and 12/15/2020 Page 3 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) other more external actors. Date 19-Sep-2019 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 02-Sep-2024 This indicator tracks progress in the design, approval and breadth of implementation of the PEM nationwide. Breadth of implementation of the PEM refers to how widespread throughout the country the dimensions of the PEM have been implemented, which will be determined by assessing progress in each of the 4 regions (MoE uses 4 regions as administrative divisions of the country's departments). The PEM will include the organizational guidelines for efficient management and administration of the subsector, as Comments: well as the necessary standards to provide quality education in preschool classrooms. PEM dimensions could include, inter alia: 1) management and school norms; 2) personnel; 3) infrastructure and physical environment; 4) equipment and materials; 5) curriculum; 6) pedagogical practices; 7) assessment of child development and learning; 8) parental and community participation. The relevant dimensions in the PEM will incorporate material on climate change adaptation. IN00927989 ►IRI 2: Strengthened COMDEs and Activities carried out in Targeted Departments (Text, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target All of the COMDEs in the 6 most No accredited disadvantaged Value No accredited COMDEs --- COMDEs departments trained in the Strengthening Program Date 01-Apr-2020 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 01-Jul-2024 This indicator tracks progress in the design of the Program to Strengthen Municipal Councils for Education Development (COMDEs, as per their Spanish acronym) to improve the quality of preschool education (Strengthening Program) in the 6 most disadvantaged (targeted) departments, which were identified based on equity criteria. Additionally, the indicator also tracks progress in activities to improve the quality Comments: of preschool education by the accredited COMDEs in these 6 most disadvantaged departments. The Sub- directorate of Preschool Education and the Sub-directorate of Community and School Participation will ensure the Strengthening Program is designed with all its modules and including the process for the COMDEs to be accredited in the program. IN00927992 ►IRI 3: Strengthened human resource capacity for preschool education management at the central and departmental levels (Text, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Functional Review Design and official Functional Review including assessment approval by SE of a including assessment of of organizational sustainable and long- organizational structure structure and capacity Value --- term human resources and capacity of the of the human strategy for public human resources for resources for preschool teachers preschool management. preschool and Educators management. Date 09-Jul-2020 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 03-Jul-2023 Comments: This indicator tracks progress in the strengthening of the human resource capacity for preschool management at the central and decentralized levels, including the Regional Training Centers, to provide preschool education services. In particular, this indicator will focus on (a) reorganizing the Sub-directorate for Preschool Education (SDGEPB, as per its Spanish acronym) functions; (b) ensuring that there is sufficient and qualified staff at the different levels of the SDGEPB; and (c) designing and approving a sustainable and long-term human resources strategy for public preschool teachers and Educators, as specified in the verification protocols and in line with a functional review conducted by the World Bank in 12/15/2020 Page 4 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) May 2019 and a proposal to strengthen the human resources capacity for preschool management presented to SE in September 2019. IN00927995 ►IRI 4: Reformulation of SIPLAE and SACE (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 31-Jul-2020 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 This indicator is meant to confirm the fulfillment of the review, update and automation of MoE's systems Comments: for education statistics and strategic planning, operations, monitoring and evaluation. Component 2: Updating the Curricular Design & Improving Teaching Practices in Preschool Modalities IN00927983 ►IRI 5: Design and improvement of the curriculum, curricular tools, and learning materials (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 31-Jul-2020 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 This indicator tracks completion pf the design and improvement of the curriculum, curricular tools, and learning materials, so that they take into account themes of cultural diversity, mother tongue, and inclusion of indigenous and Afro-descendant children. The revised preschool curricular design will include content on gender and on resilience to violence, as well as incorporate material on climate change adaptation. Comments: The validation workshops of the curricula and curricular tools will be carried out with the participation of technicians from the central and decentralized level, including among them: Preschool Coordinators, Deputy Directors of Curriculum, Regional Center technicians and teachers. IN00927987 ►IRI 6: Centers with the adequate amount of curricular tools (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 65.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 This indicator measures the percentage of ECCE centers that have an adequate number of curricular tools. Curricular tools include: standards, programs, didactic sequences, training modules for teachers Comments: and working notebook and evaluation appraisal for students. The adequate amount of tools will be defined with the design and approval of the PEM in Year 2. Yearly targets for this indicator are cumulative. IN00927990 ►IRI 7: Centers with adequate learning materials (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 12/15/2020 Page 5 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) This indicator measures the percentage of ECCE centers with adequate learning materials. Materials include fungible material and material for learning environments. The adequate amount of learning Comments: materials will be defined with the design and approval of the PEM in Year 2. Yearly targets for this indicator are cumulative. IN00927994 ►IRI 8: Certified preschool teachers and Educators with improvements in their customized professional development plan, and Educators receiving bonus payments for certification (Text, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 470 teachers & Educators certified (3rd cohort); 50% of certified teachers and Educators (3rd cohort) No certified teachers or No certified teachers Value --- with accredited Educators or Educators improvements in their customized professional development plan Date 31-Jul-2020 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 This indicator tracks progress in the development of the In-service Training Program and in the certification of preschool teachers and Educators in that Program. The indicator also tracks progress in the improvement of certified teachers and Educators in their customized professional development plans following certification. Certification means that they have successfully completed all of the requirements of the In-service Teacher and Educator Training Program focused on pedagogical practices and core curricular content. A customized professional development plan will be developed jointly between the Comments: teacher or Educator and her trainers and coaches at the end of the Program. Teachers’ coaches or trainers will assess progress in the implementation of the plan, which will be conducted within 4 months of the teachers’ certification. This assessment of progress will lead to an “accreditation of improvement” whenever the trainer, coach or other appropriate personnel (e.g. a trained enumerator) determines there have been improvements in a teacher’s professional development plan. Additionally under this indicator, Educators who were certified should receive bonus payments associated with being certified in the Diplomado. IN00927997 ►IRI 9: Preschool teachers and Educators that receive in-service training focused on pedagogical practices (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 This indicator measures the percentage of preschool teachers and Educators involved in the three modalities of preschool education service delivery in Honduras that receive in-service training focused on Comments: pedagogical practices. Component 3:Improving Physical Learning Environments in Preschools Serving Children in TargetedAreas IN00927984 ►IRI 10: Pre-investment education infrastructure studies for preschool developed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 300.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 18-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 12/15/2020 Page 6 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) This indicator measures the number of completed project profiles of civil works for preschool education centers that will be carried out under the Project. The 300 pre-investment education infrastructure studies selected from the 6 targeted departments will be carried out in two stages. Once the pre-investment Comments: studies have been completed, the preschool education centers will be selected for intervention by the Project. Yearly targets are cumulative. IN00927988 ►IRI 11: Number of training workshops held on school maintenance in beneficiary schools. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 224.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 18-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 This indicator measures the number of training workshops on preventive maintenance held for the education community (teachers, parents, and key community actors) in school centers receiving works Comments: under the Project. These workshops will emphasize the importance of the community’s support in the preventive maintenance of education centers, the need to carry out activities to generate funds for the sustainability of the works, and the importance of environmental and social care. IN00927991 ►IRI 12: Centers in targeted municipalities selected based on the targeting criteria (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 300.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 18-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 This indicator measures the number of preschool education centers selected in the most disadvantaged departments of Honduras, as determined by the defined targeting criteria, which involves equity and other Comments: considerations to carry out pre-investment studies. Yearly targets are cumulative. Corporate and Strategic Indicators IN00927986 ►IRI 13. Citizen Engagement Indicator: PEM - Teacher satisfaction survey – feedback received informs the future implementation of the PEM (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 31-Jul-2020 18-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 This indicator will track the incorporation of questions to assess teachers’ satisfaction with the implementation of the PEM to the larger survey that will measure progress in the implementation of the Comments: PEM. The indicator will be met once the survey is administered to the teachers in the public preschools across the country where the PEM is first implemented. The feedback received through the survey will inform the future implementation of the PEM. IN00927993 ►IRI 14. Number of teachers and Educators trained on unit on gender-appropriate pedagogy within the In-service Teacher and Educator Training Program (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,830.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 18-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 12/15/2020 Page 7 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) This indicator will monitor the number of teachers and Educators that are trained on a unit on gender- Comments: appropriate pedagogy in the In-service Teacher and Educator Training Program. The unit will be designed during the development of the Diplomado. Yearly targets are cumulative. IN00927996 ►IRI 15. Number of teachers and Educators trained on unit on adaptation measures for climate change within the In-service Teacher and Educator Training Program (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,830.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 18-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 This indicator will monitor the number of teachers and Educators that are trained on a unit on adaptation Comments: measures for climate change within the in the In-service Teacher and Educator Training Program. The unit will be designed during the development of the Diplomado. IN00927998 ►IRI 16. Number of teachers and Educators trained on unit on prevention measures for school crime and violence within the In-service Teacher and Educator Training Program (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,830.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 18-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 This indicator will monitor the number of teachers and Educators that are trained on a unit on prevention Comments: measures for school crime and violence in the In-service Teacher and Educator Training Program. The unit will be designed during the development of the Diplomado. Yearly targets are cumulative. IN00927999 ►Teachers recruited or trained (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,700.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 18-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 IN00928000 Teachers recruited or trained - Female (RMS requirement) (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,645.00 IN00928001 Number of teachers trained (Number, Corporate Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,700.00 Date 31-Jul-2020 18-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 31-Jul-2025 Performance-Based Conditions IN00928002 12/15/2020 Page 8 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) ►PBC 1 IRI 1: PEM approved and implemented at school level (Breadth indicator) (Text, Outcome, 1,385,000.00, 0.00%) Y4: 48 months after Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) effectiveness Value No PEM --- No PEM -- Date -- 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 -- IN00928003 ►PBC 2 IRI 2: Strengthened COMDEs and Activities carried out in Targeted Departments (Text, Intermediate Outcome, 580,000.00, 0.00%) Y4: 48 months after Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) effectiveness Value No accredited COMDEs --- No accredited COMDEs -- Date -- 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 -- IN00928004 ►PBC 3 IRI 3: Strengthened human resource capacity for preschool education management at the central and departmental levels (Text, Process, 1,700,000.00, 0.00%) Y4: 48 months after Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) effectiveness Functional Review Functional Review including assessment of including assessment of organizational structure and organizational structure Value --- -- capacity of the human and capacity of the human resources for preschool resources for preschool management. management. Date -- 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 -- IN00928005 ►PBC 4 IRI 8: Certified preschool teachers and Educators with improvements in their customized professional development plan, and Educators receiving bonus payments for certification (Text, Intermediate Outcome, 2,300,000.00, 5.82%) Y4: 48 months after Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) effectiveness No certified teachers or No certified teachers or Value --- -- Educators Educators Date -- 17-Jun-2020 01-Dec-2020 -- Data on Financial Performance 12/15/2020 Page 9 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P169161 IDA-65600 Effective USD 30.00 30.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 0% P169161 TF-B2218 Effective USD 9.50 9.50 0.00 0.00 9.50 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P169161 IDA-65600 Effective 19-Mar-2020 16-Jun-2020 11-Nov-2020 31-Jul-2025 31-Jul-2025 P169161 TF-B2218 Effective 19-Mar-2020 16-Jun-2020 11-Nov-2020 31-Jul-2025 31-Jul-2025 Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC 12/15/2020 Page 10 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Honduras Early Childhood Education Improvement Project (P169161) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/15/2020 Page 11 of 11