The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Guyana | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2017 | Seq No: 14 | Archived on 09-Aug-2024 | ISR01237 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Education 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 27-Apr-2017) The objectives of the Project are to: (i) improve teaching practices and implement curricular reform at the primary level at selected schools; and (ii) strengthen the teaching capacity and improve the learning environment of the University of Guyana Faculty of Health Science. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Current Development Objective (Approved as part of Restructuring package Seq. 1 on 06-Jun-2022) The objectives of the Project are to: (i) improve teaching practices and implement curricular reform at the primary level at selected schools; and (ii) strengthen the teaching capacity and improve the learning environment of the University of Guyana Faculty of Health Science. 2. COMPONENTS Name Component 1: Integrated Curriculum Reform.:(Cost 5,360,000.00) Component 2: Strengthening the Teaching Capacity and Improving the Learning Environment for the University of Guyana Faculty of Health Sciences.:(Cost 6,910,000.00) Component 3: Project Implementation Support.:(Cost 1,060,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Aug 12, 2024 Page 1 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 013 - 13 Feb Proposed Rating 28 Apr 2017 2024 Political and Governance Low Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Moderate Moderate Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Aug 12, 2024 Page 2 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Improve teaching practices and student achievement in primary-level mathematics at selected schools Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year PDO 1: Number of schools 0.00 Jun/2022 445.00 01-Feb-2024 445.00 25-Jul-2024 90.00 Apr/2025 implementing the revised Comments on To date, 445 schools across the 11 districts are implementing the revised curriculum in the curriculum in the core achieving targets core subjects at the primary level, far exceeding the original target of 90 schools. This is due to subjects at the primary level the decision to scale it up across Grades 1 to 4 amongst all schools in the country during the (Number) life of the project. 7 May/2019 22 01-Feb-2024 22 25-Jul-2024 22 Apr/2025 Comments on Using the Teach methodology, the correct value for the baseline should have been 20.30 PDO 2: Increase in the achieving targets percent. An updated on this was provided in ISR #14. The final Teach observation conducted percentage of pilot school during Term 3 of academic year 2021-2022 has been completed and showed that 21.75 teachers meeting standards in percent of teachers are achieving the standards. Thus, this implies a 1.45 percentage point student-centered teaching increase in teachers achieving the standards. The final result following the impact assessment practices. (Text) report was expected to be reported on this this final ISR, but unfortunately is yet to be updated and will therefore be reported on in the Borrower Completion Report and Implementation Completion Report (ICR). Strengthen the teaching capacity and improve the learning environment of the UG FHS Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year PDO 3: Medicine program at Criteria are not Dec/2016 Two out of 01-Feb-2024 Two out of 25-Jul-2024 Criteria are Apr/2025 the University of Guyana met. three criteria three criteria met. Page 3 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) meets CAAM-HP accreditation have been have been criteria for course delivery, completed; completed; student performance whilst one is in whilst one is in assessment and facilities. progress. More progress. More (Text) precisely, 41 of precisely, 41 of 70 faculty 70 faculty members members completed the completed the University of University of Michigan Michigan course (course course (course delivery) and delivery) and the assessment the assessment strategy is strategy is complete and complete and being being implemented implemented (student (student assessment). In assessment). In progress, progress, however, is the however, is the construction of construction of the UG-FHS the UG-FHS building which building which began in began in November November 2023. 2023. Comments on Two of three criteria that need to be fulfilled under PDO indicator 3 in order to meet the end achieving targets target have been achieved, specifically: (i) half of the FHS UG lecturers are trained; and (ii) the assessment strategy is complete and being implemented. Criteria (iii) completion of the FHS UG building, is in progress but not yet achieved, though full accreditation has already been Page 4 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) granted. Therefore, support is being provided to ensure completion of the UG-FHS building in order to meet all three criteria by by April 30, 2025. 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Integrated Curriculum Reform. Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Dec/2016 1,458.00 01-Feb-2024 1,458.00 25-Jul-2024 1,477.00 Apr/2025 Teachers recruited or trained Comments on Currently, 1,458 teachers have been trained, almost meeting the end target for the indicator (Number) achieving targets (1,477). Number of teachers 0.00 Dec/2016 0.00 01-Feb-2024 0.00 25-Jul-2024 0.00 Apr/2025 recruited (Number) Teachers recruited or 0.00 1,420.00 1,420.00 1,262.00 trained - Female (RMS Comments on To date, 1,420 of the trained teachers were female, exceeding the target of 1,262. requirement) achieving targets (Number) 0.00 Dec/2016 1,458.00 01-Feb-2024 1,458.00 25-Jul-2024 1,477.00 Apr/2025 Number of teachers Comments on Currently, 1,458 teachers have been trained, almost meeting the end target for the indicator trained (Number) achieving targets (1,477). 0.00 Dec/2016 27,041.00 01-Feb-2024 27,041.00 25-Jul-2024 25,367.00 Apr/2025 Students benefiting from Comments on Following the remaining rollout and teacher training for grades 1-4, the end target for the direct interventions to achieving targets indicator has been met, with 27,041 (of which, 11,737 female students) students benefitting enhance learning (Number) from direct interventions to enhance learning against a target of 25,367. Students benefiting 4,559.00 11,737.00 11,737.00 12,683.00 Page 5 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) from direct Comments on To date, 11,737 female students have benefitted from direct interventions to enhance interventions to achieving targets learning, falling short of the end target (12,683). However, this number is expected to be enhance learning - updated and increase prior to project closing. Female (Number) No Dec/2016 Yes 01-Feb-2024 Yes 25-Jul-2024 Yes Apr/2025 IRI 1: Curriculum framework Comments on This indicator has been achieved, and the curriculum framework informed the development of developed. (Yes/No) achieving targets the new curriculum. No Dec/2016 All core 01-Feb-2024 All core 25-Jul-2024 All core Apr/2023 subjects subjects subjects IRI 2: Core subjects' curricula revised. revised. revised. revised. (Text) Comments on This indicator has been achieved. To date, curriculum revision has been fully completed for achieving targets Nursery 1-2 and Grades 1-9 for all core subjects. No Dec/2016 Yes 01-Feb-2024 Yes 25-Jul-2024 Yes Apr/2023 IRI 3: Nursery curriculum Comments on This indicator has been achieved, as the curriculum for Nursery 1-2 has been fully revised. revised. (Yes/No) achieving targets 0.00 Dec/2016 1,458.00 01-Feb-2024 1,458.00 25-Jul-2024 1,417.00 Apr/2025 IRI 4: Teachers trained in the Comments on The end target has been exceeded, with 1,458 teachers having been trained against a target of new curriculum. (Number) achieving targets 1,417. No Dec/2016 This indicator 01-Feb-2024 Mathematics 25-Jul-2024 Mathematics Apr/2025 has been and and English achieved as English learning learning both assessments assessments IRI 5: Mathematics and Mathematics are aligned to aligned to the English learning assessments and the revised revised aligned with the revised English learning curriculum. curriculum. curriculum (Text) assessments are aligned to the revised curriculum. Page 6 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) Comments on This indicator has been achieved. achieving targets IE not Dec/2016 Baseline and 01-Feb-2024 Baseline and 25-Jul-2024 The results Apr/2025 developed. endline data endline data from the has been has been Impact collected and is collected and is Evaluation on IRI 6: Impact Evaluation on being analysed. being analysed. teaching teaching practices. (Text) practices are analyzed. Comments on Progress on the impact evaluation has continued and is expected to conclude prior to project achieving targets closing. No such survey Dec/2016 Survey to be 01-Feb-2024 Survey to be 25-Jul-2024 Survey Apr/2025 exists. done in year 7. done in year 7. conducted and IRI 8: Survey of teachers’ and Survey Survey results parents’ satisfaction with the instrument to instrument to analyzed. new curriculum and teaching be designed be designed methods conducted in together with together with conjunction with the Impact IE IE Evaluation. (Text) consultant(s). consultant(s). Comments on A survey of teachers' and parents’ satisfaction with the new curriculum and teaching methods achieving targets has been conducted and results will be shared in the Implementation Completion Report (ICR). Component 2: Strengthening the Teaching Capacity and Improving the Learning Environment for the University of Guyana Faculty of Health Sciences. Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year IRI 9: Lecturers at the UG 0.00 Dec/2016 41.00 01-Feb-2024 41.00 25-Jul-2024 35.00 Apr/2025 Health Sciences faculty Comments on The target for this indicator has been surpassed (117 percent of target achievement). trained in course delivery. achieving targets (Number) IRI 10: Health Science facility No Dec/2016 Construction of 01-Feb-2024 Construction of 25-Jul-2024 Construction Apr/2025 Page 7 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) constructed. (Text) UG-FHS in UG-FHS in completed. progress. progress. Comments on Works are ongoing and expected to be completed by Project closing. achieving targets No such survey Dec/2016 Baseline survey 01-Feb-2024 Baseline survey 25-Jul-2024 Survey Apr/2023 IRI 11: Beneficiaries’ survey to exists. conducted and conducted and conducted and University of Guyana Health results results results Sciences Faculty: students, analyzed. analyzed. analyzed. lecturers and administrative Comments on Baseline data has been collected and analysed, and the report was presented to FHS in Sept. staff. (Text) achieving targets 2018. The final beneficiaries' survey is dependent on the completion of the UG-FHS building (IRI 10), and will be administered, collected and analyzed then. IRI 12: Direct project 0.00 Dec/2016 43,968.00 01-Feb-2024 43,968.00 25-Jul-2024 26,854.00 Apr/2025 beneficiaries (IDA Core Comments on The end target of 26,854 direct project beneficiaries has been surpassed, with 43,968 (56% of Indicator). (Number) achieving targets which are female) beneficiaries directly benefitting from the project. Female beneficiaries 0.00 56.00 56.00 50.00 (Percentage) Page 8 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed IDA-60090 Effective 13.33 13.33 0.00 10.93 2.48 81.98% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IDA-60090 Effective 28-Apr-2017 22-Jun-2017 08-Aug-2017 30-Apr-2023 30-Apr-2025 8. KEY DATES Aug 12, 2024 Page 10 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Guyana Education Sector Improvement Project (P159519) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 28-Apr-2017 28-Apr-2017 Effectiveness 08-Aug-2017 08-Aug-2017 Mid-Term Review No. 01 30-Oct-2020 23-Oct-2020 Operation Closing/Cancellation 30-Apr-2025 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 19-Apr-2022 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Aug 12, 2024 Page 11 of 11