The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Early Childhood Development in the West Bank and Gaza (P168295) Improving Early Childhood Development in the West Bank and Gaza (P168295) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | West Bank and Gaza | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2020 | Seq No: 10 | Archived on 01-Feb-2025 | ISR03094 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 18-Dec-2019) Improve the coverage and quality of targeted early childhood development services for children from gestation until age 5 in West Bank and Gaza. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Promoting early healthy development:(Cost 3,000,000.00) Improving access to high-quality kindergarten services:(Cost 4,950,000.00) Project management and implementation support:(Cost 1,050,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS Feb 01, 2025 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Early Childhood Development in the West Bank and Gaza (P168295) 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project has made good progress since the last ISR (June 28, 2024). Under Component 1 ("Promoting early healthy development"), delivery of emergency medical supplies required for provision of essential maternal, neonatal, and child health services in Gaza has been completed. In the West Bank, most of the medical equipment for improved maternal and child health services has been deployed. Under Component 2 ("Improving access to high-quality KG services"), the Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) activity concluded in May 2024, benefitting a total of 995 children. The rollout of the in-service professional diploma for two cohorts of private kindergarten teachers has concluded as well, and a total of 889 teachers have successfully graduated from the program. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 09 - 10 Jul Proposed Rating 18 Dec 2019 2024 Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program High High High Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Low Low Low Overall High High High Feb 01, 2025 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Early Childhood Development in the West Bank and Gaza (P168295) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Improve coverage of targeted ECD services Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of children enrolled 0.00 Jan/2020 10,628.00 27-Jun-2024 10,628.00 14-Jan-2025 9,800.00 Dec/2025 in safe KG2 classrooms as a Comments on Number of children enrolled in KG2 as a result of the project. The number of children will be result of the project, achieving targets disaggregated by those enrolled in public KG2, those enrolled through the newly created disaggregated by public public-private partnership (PPP) classrooms, and those enrolled in rehabilitated KG2 provision, PPP provision, and classrooms in Gaza. rehabilitation in Gaza (Number) Number of health facilities 0.00 Oct/2023 23.00 27-Jun-2024 23.00 14-Jan-2025 15.00 Dec/2025 receiving project financed Comments on Number of public health facilities (primary, secondary, tertiary, temporary/mobile facilities) supplies for provision of achieving targets which have received project financed drugs, medical supplies, and other medical items for essential MNCH services provision of essential maternal, newborn, and child health services (including but not limited (Number) to prenatal and postnatal care, mental health for children, vaccines). Improve quality of targeted ECD services Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Share of KG2 classes that 0.00 Jan/2020 0.00 27-Jun-2024 0.00 14-Jan-2025 20.00 Dec/2025 reach higher quality Comments on A new Quality Assurance (QA) system will be used to assess KG2 classes along a quality standards based on the new achieving targets classification continuum. This indicator tracks the percentage of KG2 classes that reach at QA system (Percentage) least one higher level in the KG quality classification continuum. Feb 01, 2025 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Early Childhood Development in the West Bank and Gaza (P168295) 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Promoting early healthy development Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of children 0.00 Jan/2020 0.00 27-Jun-2024 760 14-Jan-2025 20,000.00 Dec/2025 undergoing early screening Comments on Number of children undergoing early screening for auditive problems, using the newly for auditive problems achieving targets procured medical equipment (Number) Number of service providers 0.00 Jan/2020 179.00 27-Jun-2024 220 14-Jan-2025 179.00 Dec/2025 trained to administer a Comments on Number of PHC staff, social workers, and nursery staff trained to administer the parenting psychosocial support achieving targets intervention at their corresponding PHCs, nurseries and home visits, disaggregated by intervention (Number) gender Improving access to high-quality kindergarten services Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of public-private 0.00 Jan/2020 33.00 27-Jun-2024 33.00 14-Jan-2025 28.00 Dec/2025 partnerships (PPP) for KG2 Comments on This indicator will track the number of KG2 classes that are created and become operational created and operational achieving targets as a result public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements. (Number) Number of KG teachers who 0.00 Jan/2020 889 27-Jun-2024 889 14-Jan-2025 600.00 Dec/2025 completed the KG Comments on Number of KG2 teachers who complete the KG professional diploma professional diploma achieving targets (Corporate Results Indicator) (Number) Share of KG2 teachers who 0.00 Jan/2020 92.00 27-Jun-2024 92.00 14-Jan-2025 75.00 Dec/2025 find that the KG professional Comments on Share of KG2 teachers who complete the KG professional diploma and find that it meets diploma meets their achieving targets their professional development needs. professional development Feb 01, 2025 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Early Childhood Development in the West Bank and Gaza (P168295) needs (Citizen Engagement Indicator) (Percentage) Number of KG classes 0.00 Jan/2020 889 27-Jun-2024 889 14-Jan-2025 2,100.00 Dec/2025 supplied with teaching or Comments on Number of classes supplied with KG Teacher Toolkits learning materials achieving targets (Number) Number of KG classes where 0.00 Jan/2020 279 27-Jun-2024 279 14-Jan-2025 400.00 Dec/2025 teaching practices or Comments on A new Quality Assurance (QA) system will be developed for KG classes. This indicator will children's learning has been achieving targets track the number of KG classes where teaching practices and children's learning is assessed assessed (Number) using the QA system. Students benefiting from 0.00 Jan/2020 13,335 27-Jun-2024 13,335 14-Jan-2025 30,000.00 Dec/2025 direct interventions to enhance learning (Number) Students benefiting 0.00 6,667 6,667 15,000.00 from direct interventions to enhance learning - Female (Number) Feb 01, 2025 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Early Childhood Development in the West Bank and Gaza (P168295) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed TF-B1614 Effective 9.00 9.00 0.00 8.42 0.58 93.54% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing TF-B1614 Effective 18-Dec-2019 16-Jan-2020 02-Mar-2020 31-Jan-2025 31-Jan-2026 8. KEY DATES Feb 01, 2025 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Early Childhood Development in the West Bank and Gaza (P168295) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 18-Dec-2019 18-Dec-2019 Effectiveness 02-Mar-2020 02-Mar-2020 Mid-Term Review No. 01 30-Aug-2024 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Jan-2026 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 23-Aug-2021 Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 29-Oct-2023 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Feb 01, 2025 Page 7 of 7