The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Egypt, Arab Republic of | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2018 | Seq No: 16 | Archived on 12-Sep-2024 | ISR01449 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Education and Technical Education 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 24-May-2021) The project development objective (PDO) is to improve teaching and learning conditions in public schools. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Component 1: Improved Early Childhood Education:(Cost 80,000,000.00) Component 2: Effective Teachers and Education Leaders:(Cost 120,000,000.00) Component 3: Comprehensive Assessment Reform for Improved Student Learning:(Cost 110,000,000.00) Component 4: Enhancing Education Service Delivery through Connected Systems:(Cost 170,000,000.00) Component 5: Project Management, Communication, and Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost 20,000,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Sep 12, 2024 Page 1 of 26 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The overall project implementation is aligned with the government's reform program and a number of adjustments were agreed to reflect the dynamic context. To date, the Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MOETE) has made progress in the following areas: (a) Finalizing the Kindergarten (KG) Quality Assurance (QA) system and launching quality enhancement plans, as well as delivering additional training to KG teachers; (b) Revising the draft continuous professional development framework for teachers and supervisors (including performance standards) and drafting the framework for education leaders; and (c) Publishing the results of the April 2023 grade 4 national assessment (literacy and numeracy) on the MOETE website and administering grade 7 national assessment in April 2024. The MOETE (with the World Bank's support) will continue to work towards achieving key results related to: Kindergarten (KG) quality assurance system, additional training for KG teacher to improve their teaching practices, and finalizing the continuous professional development framework to guide the development and delivery of new training modules and monitoring tools for teachers and supervisors, as well as remedial teaching for foundational literacy being rolled out in initially two governorates. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 015 - 30 Mar Proposed Rating 25 May 2021 2024 Political and Governance High Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies High 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 Low Low Low Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Overall High Substantial Substantial Sep 12, 2024 Page 2 of 26 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Improve Learning Conditions Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 1. Increased percentage of 0.00 Sep/2018 0.00 14-Mar-2024 0.00 19-Aug-2024 12.00 Mar/2025 Kindergartens (KG) that reach Comments on The KG QA system was finalized and approved by the Ministry of Education and Technical higher quality standards achieving targets Education. Quality Enhancement plans are being developed, ahead for data collection for the according to the Quality second time in April 2025 (pending closing date extension) to verify quality improvements in Assurance (QA) System 35% of KGs. (Percentage) Current school Sep/2018 Achieved - 14-Mar-2024 Achieved - 19-Aug-2024 Three Mar/2025 graduation Three Three consecutive system consecutive consecutive cohorts of "Thanawiya cohorts of cohorts of students 'Amma" students students graduate from 2. Three consecutive cohorts graduate from graduate from new school of students graduate from new school new school graduation new school graduation system graduation graduation system. (Text) system. system. Comments on MOETE continues to adopt the new school graduation system: results published on August 6, achieving targets 2024, with a success rate of 81.3%; driven by item-test bank, and fostering higher order thinking skills. The tests were scored digitally using the grading software managed by the National Centre for Examinations and Educational Evaluations. Improve Teaching Conditions Page 3 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 3. Percentage of grades 1-6 0.00 Jan/2020 0.00 14-Mar-2024 0.00 19-Aug-2024 25.00 Mar/2025 teachers of public schools Comments on The CPD framework for teachers and supervisors drafted, with performance standards for demonstrating effective achieving targets teachers finalized and monitoring tools being finalized. teaching practice (Percentage) Percentage of female 0.00 0.00 0.00 40.00 grades 1-6 public teachers demonstrating effective improved teaching practices (Percentage) 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Improved Early Childhood Education Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Does not exist Sep/2018 Achieved. 14-Mar-2024 Achieved. 19-Aug-2024 Diagnostic study of Mar/2025 Diagnostic study Diagnostic KG teaching of KG teaching study of KG practices Diagnostic study of KG practices teaching conducted. teaching practices (Text) conducted. practices conducted. Comments on Additional KG teacher training modules driven by the results of the KG Diagnostics were Page 4 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) achieving targets developed and approved. 0.00 Feb/2021 0.00 14-Mar-2024 0.00 19-Aug-2024 70.00 Mar/2025 Percentage of In-service KG Comments on Additional KG teacher training modules driven by the results of the KG Diagnostics were teachers receiving additional achieving targets developed and approved. Trainings were launched in May 2024; two modules were delivered training driven by diagnostic and the other three modules were scheduled for in September/October 2024 but have not been study (Percentage) delivered yet Strengthened Mar/2022 Mostly achieved. 17-Mar-2024 Mostly 19-Aug-2024 Quality Assurance Mar/2025 Quality KG Quality achieved. KG (QA) System Assurance Assurance (QA) Quality developed and (QA) system is system Assurance made operational being developed and (QA) system for both public and developed, approved, and developed private KGs to with WB being used to and approved, include: (a) KG QA support, develop quality and being standards, (b) where the QA enhancement used to system of rewards standards and plans in 35% of develop and sanctions to monitoring KGs. quality incentivize A Quality Assurance System tools have enhancement compliance, and (c) for KG developed and made been drafted plans in 35% monitoring tools operational (Text) and utilized in of KGs. with corresponding the initial data protocols for collection assessing KG phase, and schools against said currently quality standards. being revised. Meanwhile, the incentives tied to improvement plans are Page 5 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) being developed to reward high performers and direct additional support to improve performance. Comments on In August 2023, the Quality Assurance (QA) System was developed and made operational for achieving targets both public and private KGs to include: (a) KG QA standards, (b) system of rewards and sanctions to incentivize compliance, and (c) monitoring tools with corresponding protocols for assessing KG schools against said quality standards Component 2: Effective Teachers and Education Leaders Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Does not exist Sep/2018 A draft CPD 17-Mar-2024 A draft CPD 19-Aug-2024 New CPD Mar/2025 Developed and implemented framework for framework for Framework used to Continuous Professional grades 1-6 grades 1-6 guide development Development (CPD) teachers and teachers and of teacher training framework for Grades 1-6 supervisors is supervisors is modules in grades Teachers and supervisors being finalized. being 1-6 (Text) finalized. New CPD Feb/2021 New CPD 17-Mar-2024 New CPD 19-Aug-2024 35 % of grades 1-6 Mar/2025 framework to framework to framework to teachers are Percentage of grades 1-6 guide training guide training guide training trained using the teachers are trained using modules still modules is not modules is not new training the new training modules being yet finalised. yet finalised. modules driven by (Text) developed CPD framework and standards Page 6 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) Comments on The performance standards for Teachers address gender sensitive and climate awareness achieving targets practices and behaviors Percentage of Female NA Feb/2021 NA 17-Mar-2024 NA 19-Aug-2024 of which 50% are Mar/2025 Teachers (Text) females Gender sensitive No No NA Yes behavior and Climate Comments on not yet awareness training are achieving targets included in teacher training modules (Yes/No) NA Feb/2021 The CPD 17-Mar-2024 The CPD 19-Aug-2024 35 % of grades 1-6 Mar/2025 framework to framework to supervisors are guide the guide the trained using the Percentage of supervisors development of development new training are trained using the new training modules of training modules driven by training modules (Text) for supervisors modules for CPD framework being finalized, supervisors and standards being finalized, Percentage of Female NA Feb/2021 NA 17-Mar-2024 NA 19-Aug-2024 of which 50% are Mar/2025 Supervisors (Text) females Gender sensitive No No NA Yes behavior and Climate awareness training are included in Supervisors training modules (Yes/No) Percentage of principals, Monitoring Feb/2021 The CPD 17-Mar-2024 The CPD 19-Aug-2024 25% of School Mar/2025 vice-principals and district tools not yet framework for framework for Principals, Vice heads demonstrating developed Education Education Principals and Page 7 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) effective performance per Leaders is being Leaders is District heads new framework (Text) developed being demonstrate developed effective performance, as assessed by new CPD framework (performance standards) Comments on Professional standards for education leaders drafted achieving targets Percentage of Females 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 (Percentage) 43,500.00 Mar/2021 43,500.00 17-Mar-2024 43,500.00 19-Aug-2024 230,000.00 Mar/2025 Teachers recruited or trained Comments on 43,500 teachers trained on behavioral training (Number) achieving targets 28,680 KG teachers trained 43,500.00 Jul/2023 43,500.00 17-Mar-2024 43,500.00 19-Aug-2024 230,000.00 Mar/2025 Number of teachers Comments on 43,500 teachers trained on behavioral training trained (Number) achieving targets 28,680 KG teachers trained CPD Mar/2022 The CPD 17-Mar-2024 The CPD 19-Aug-2024 New CPD Mar/2025 Developed and implemented Framework framework for framework for Framework used to Continuous Professional does not exist. education education guide development Development (CPD) leaders to guide leaders to of training modules framework for Grades 1-6 training modules guide training for principals, vice- Principals, Vice-Principals, is being modules is principals, and and District Heads (Text) developed. being District heads in developed. grades 1-6 Restructuring and CCIMD Mar/2022 Achieved subject 17-Mar-2024 Achieved.The 19-Aug-2024 CCIMD Mar/2025 strengthening of CCIMD restructuring to ongoing restructuring restructuring plan (Text) plan drafted restructuring.The plan developed and Page 8 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) restructuring developed approved, Capacity plan developed and approved Building developed and approved by by the MOETE and used in guiding the MOETE institutional development of CCIMD staff, including towards teachers professional development. Comments on This indicator was marked for deletion in third project restructuring achieving targets Component 3: Comprehensive Assessment Reform for Improved Student Learning Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Students benefiting from 500,000.00 Nov/2018 4,084,706.00 17-Mar-2024 4,084,706.00 19-Aug-2024 4,000,000.00 Mar/2025 direct interventions to Comments on Achieved. enhance learning (Number) achieving targets Students benefiting 320,000.00 1,793,676.00 2,240,613.00 2,240,000.00 from direct interventions to enhance learning - Female (Number) Does not exist Sep/2018 Tests developed 17-Mar-2024 Achieved 19-Aug-2024 Increased public Mar/2025 Grade 10, 11 and 12 tests in and Tests confidence in the designed, developed and administered developed school leaving administered to promote nationwide, and examination higher order thinking skills informed by administered system (Text) item-test banks nationwide, Page 9 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) driven by higher informed by order thinking item-test skills aligned banks driven with the by higher assessment order thinking framework (mix skills aligned of MCQ and with the essay questions). assessment For grade 12, for framework 3 consecutive (mix of MCQ years. and essay questions). For grade 12, for 3 consecutive years. Does not exist Sep/2018 Achieved: grade 17-Mar-2024 Achieved: 19-Aug-2024 Grade 4 national Mar/2025 4 assessment for grade 4 assessment literacy and assessment successfully numeracy for literacy administered in Grade 4 sample-based administered in and numeracy April 2023 national assessment test April 2023 to a administered designed, developed and national in April 2023 administered (Text) representative to a national sample of grade representative 4 students. sample of grade 4 students. Grade 7 new national test Does not exist Sep/2018 Assessment 17-Mar-2024 Achieved. 19-Aug-2024 New grade 7 Mar/2025 designed, developed and framework Assessment national baseline administered approved and framework assessment Page 10 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) (Text) assessment approved and successfully piloted. baseline administered administered. (baseline) Does not exist Sep/2018 Achieved: NCEEE 17-Mar-2024 Achieved: 19-Aug-2024 NCEEE functions as Mar/2025 functions as the NCEEE the national center Restructuring and national center functions as for tests and strengthening NCEEE for tests and the national examinations capacity (Text) examinations center for tests and examinations Large-scale 1.00 Oct/2021 3.00 17-Mar-2024 3.00 19-Aug-2024 3.00 Mar/2025 primary/secondary learning Comments on Achieved: Grade 12 school exit examinations (July 2023) ; Grade 4 national assessment (April assessments completed achieving targets 2023); and Grade 7 national assessment (April 2024) (Number) Component 4: Enhancing Education Service Delivery through Connected Systems Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Does not exist Sep/2018 Subject to 17-Mar-2024 Deleted under 25-Aug-2024 Education Mar/2025 project third Technology entity restructuring. restructuring fully operational: (a) adequately Established education staffed; (b) actively technology entity (Text) monitor and report on implementation; and (c) produce annual operational plans Digital Content Dashboard Does not exist Sep/2018 The Digital 17-Mar-2024 The Digital 19-Aug-2024 Digital Content Mar/2025 developed and made Content Content Dashboard is operational (Text) Dashboard is Dashboard developed and Page 11 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) being developed was made operational: developed (a) built to enable interoperability for future digital content platforms; (b) allows real-time data collection; (c) related reporting tools provided to MOETE’s different levels of administration on quarterly basis; and (d) reporting tools and quarterly Reports offer a variety of disaggregation by gender, grade, geographic and location. Comments on Being verified achieving targets Data provided through No No Yes Yes the Digital Content Dashboard are disaggregated by gender (Yes/No) Digital and TV Educational Does not exist Sep/2018 DLRs being 17-Mar-2024 Achieved - 19-Aug-2024 50% of targeted Mar/2025 Channels learning resources revised under Four waves of students, teachers accessed (Text) project the pulse have access to Page 12 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) restructuring survey digital and TV indicate educational access to learning resources learning by grades/subject resources Digital and TV Achieved. Digital Achieved. Digital and TV learning and TV learning Digital and TV learning Resources Digital and TV Resources for Resources for learning for grades 4-12 Educational Channels grades 4-12 grades 4-12 Resources for developed for new learning resources being developed. grades 4-12 curriculum in Developed (Text) developed developed. grades 4-6, for current curriculum in grades 7-12 Percentage of female 0.00 0.00 847 50.00 teachers with access to digital and TV educational learning resources (Percentage) NA Feb/2021 Not available yet 17-Mar-2024 Primary and 17-Mar-2024 50% of students Mar/2025 preparatory with access to (lower digital and TV Percentage of female secondary): educational students with access to 39% learning resources digital and TV Secondary: are females educational learning 65% ** based resources (Text) on High frequency pulse survey results Page 13 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) Does not exist Sep/2018 Achieved: 17-Mar-2024 Achieved: 19-Aug-2024 Functional Mar/2025 Functional Functional Platform:a.platform Platform:(a) Platform:(a) designed, tested platform platform and designed, tested designed, deployedb.data and deployed; tested and transfer, and (b) data deployed; and management, transfer, (b) data analysis and management, transfer, reporting platform analysis and management, for individual reporting analysis and assessment results platform for reporting developed and individual platform for deployed Tablet-based assessment assessment individual management and delivery results assessment platform (Text) developed and results deployed developed and deployed Comments on Teachers and school administrators were trained to create an item bank, manage the achieving targets administration and marking the tests, and make the grade 10, 11 and 12 scores available electronically to students, directorates, districts, and school principals in less than a month. (a) for grades 10 and 11 and 12, the tests were driven by the item test bank (for the MCQ-tablets and the paper-base essay questions); (b) tests were marked digitally for the MCQ items; and (c) for grades 10, 11 developed at the level of district with guidance from the NCEEE, and administered in schools; and developed and administered nationally. Smart Card “Student Digital Does not exist Mar/2022 Smart Card 17-Mar-2024 Achieved - 19-Aug-2024 Smart Card Mar/2025 Page 14 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) Identity developed and made “Student Digital Smart Card “Student Digital operational - Smart card to Identity" being “Student Identity" developed integrate relevant student developed in Digital and made information, including Suez - reporting Identity" operational in one learning performance, being developed being governorate.Smart receipt of books/ tablets, developed in card to integrate schools attended, (Text) Suez - relevant student reporting information, developed including learning and performance, distributed to receipt of books/ grades 4-11 tablets, schools students in attended, Suez: 19,421 students and 1055 teachers Not yet Mar/2022 Data being 17-Mar-2024 19,421 19-Aug-2024 Total number of Mar/2025 Number of Students collated students: Students received receiving the Smart 8,534 males the Student Digital Card (by gender) and 10,887 Identity Card, and (Text) females by gender Component 5: Project Management, Communication, and Monitoring and Evaluation Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Grievances resolved within 0.00 Sep/2018 0.00 17-Mar-2024 0.00 19-Aug-2024 50.00 Mar/2025 the stipulated service Comments on Delays in extracting project level grievances standards for response times achieving targets (Percentage) Page 15 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) 6.3 Performance Based Conditions (PBC) Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) PBC Name Baseline Closing Period Value Date Value Date The ministry has The ministry has finalized the KG QA finalized the KG QA system and system and concluded the 1:DLI#2 concluded the baseline KG QA Strengthened baseline KG QA Value No QA system reports to use in Quality Assurance reports to use in creating 17-Mar-2024 19-Aug-2024 (QA) System for KG creating enhancement (Text) enhancement plans, plans, which are Partially achieved which are currently currently underway. underway. Allocated 0.00 0.00 0.00 Amount PBC allocation 60,000,000.00 KG in-service KG in-service Teacher 2:DLI#3: Extending Teacher training on training on new KG in-service new curriculum was curriculum was rolled KG Diagnostics being rolled out by the out by the MOETE in Teacher training Value 17-Mar-2024 19-Aug-2024 conducted MOETE in Summer Summer 2018. The (Text) 2018. The MOETE MOETE has finalized Partially achieved has finalized the the design and design and accreditation of Page 16 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) accreditation of additional teacher additional teacher training modules, training modules, which are ready for which are ready for delivery pending the delivery pending final approval of the the final approval training plan. The of the training plan. modules were driven The modules were from the KG driven from the KG Diagnostics as Diagnostics as follows: Story-telling follows: Story- learning; Phonics; telling learning; Formative Phonics; Formative assessment; Play- assessment; Play- based teaching; and based teaching; and Interactive teaching Interactive teaching Strategies. Strategies. Allocated 0.00 0.00 0.00 Amount PBC allocation 20,000,000.00 3:DLI#4: Improved DLI#4 shows DLI#4 shows Quality of teachers, cumulative delays. cumulative delays. As supervisors, school As of March 2024, of August 2024, principals and vice- performance performance DRAFT CPD principals, and standards for standards for Value framework for 17-Mar-2024 19-Aug-2024 district heads teachers and teachers and teachers professional supervisors have supervisors have development (Text) been finalized, a been finalized, a continuous continuous Partially achieved professional professional Page 17 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) development development framework framework (including (including monitoring tools) for monitoring tools) teachers drafted, and for teachers training modules are drafted, and being revised to align training modules with final set of are being revised to standards for align with final set teachers and of standards for supervisors. In teachers and addition, the supervisors. In restructuring plan for addition, the the GACD (formerly restructuring plan CCIMD) has been for the GACD finalized and (formerly CCIMD) approved by the has been finalized Central Authority for and approved by Organization and the Central Administration and Authority for MOETE Organization and Administration and MOETE Allocated 0.00 0.00 30,000,000.00 Amount PBC allocation 30,000,000.00 4:DLI#5 Expanding In addition to In addition to New Teacher MOETE’s training MOETE’s training on Value No CPD Framework 17-Mar-2024 19-Aug-2024 Professional on new curriculum new curriculum for Development for KG1-2 and KG1-2 and grades 1- Page 18 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) Program (Text) grades 1- 6 6 teachers, new Partially achieved teachers, new teacher’s behavioral teacher’s program was behavioral program previously provided was previously to 43,500 teachers in provided to 43,500 14,500 schools. teachers in 14,500 There have been schools. There have delays in developing been delays in the new training developing the new modules triggered by training modules delays in finalizing triggered by delays the CPD framework in finalizing the CPD (now scheduled for framework (now March - September scheduled for 2024). March - September 2024).Note: DLI subject to restructuring. Allocated 0.00 0.00 34,000,000.00 Amount PBC allocation 60,000,000.00 5:DLI#6: Expanding The CPD The CPD Framework Education Leaders Framework for for education leaders (school principals, education leaders (principals, vice- vice-principals, and (principals, vice- principals, and Value No framework yet 17-Mar-2024 19-Aug-2024 district heads) principals, and District heads) are (Text) District heads) are now expected to be now expected to be finalized by October Partially achieved finalized by July 2024 to guide the Page 19 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) 2024 to guide the development of the development of the monitoring tools and monitoring tools subsequent training and subsequent modules in grades 1- training modules in 6 education leaders. grades 1-6 There have been education delays in developing leaders.There have and delivery of the been delays in new training modules developing and triggered by delays in delivery of the new finalizing the CPD training modules framework. triggered by delays in finalizing the CPD framework.Note: DLI subject to restructuring. Allocated 0.00 0.00 30,000,000.00 Amount PBC allocation 30,000,000.00 To date and since To date and since the 6:DLI#7 Successful the launch of the launch of the reform implementation of reform of of secondary reform of secondary secondary assessment system in No framework for all assessment system 2018/ 2019, new graduation and Value 17-Mar-2024 19-Aug-2024 3 grades in 2018/ 2019, new grades 10,11, and 12 assessment system (Text) grades 10,11, and tests are driven by 12 tests are driven the new item test Partially achieved by the new item bank fostering higher test bank fostering order thinking skills Page 20 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) higher order and moving away thinking skills and from rote learning moving away from aligned with the rote learning grades 10,11,12 aligned with the assessment grades 10,11,12 framework. assessment framework. Allocated 0.00 0.00 48,000,000.00 Amount PBC allocation 60,000,000.00 Grade 4 assessment Grade 4 assessment framework was framework was developed, and two developed, and two rounds of grade 4 rounds of grade 4 tests were 7:DLI#8: Grades 4 tests were administered and and 7 national administered and results published on assessments are results published the MOETE website. Grade 4 framework designed, on the MOETE The grade 7 Value drafted and being 17-Mar-2024 19-Aug-2024 developed and website. The grade assessment reviewed successfully 7 assessment framework was administered (Text) framework was finalized in December Partially achieved finalized in 2023 and baseline December 2023 was administered in and baseline will be April 2024 and a administered in summary of the April 2024. report will be publicly in September 2024 Page 21 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) Allocated 0.00 0.00 25,000,000.00 Amount PBC allocation 25,000,000.00 DLI# 9 fully DLI# 9 fully achieved.All DLI achieved.All DLI related activities related activities were conducted, were conducted, including training of including training of staff to create an staff to create an item bank, manage item bank, manage the administration the administration and marking of the and marking of the tests, and make the tests, and make the 8:DLI#9: NCEEE grade 10, 11 and 12 grade 10, 11 and 12 restructured as a scores available scores available national testing and electronically to electronically to NCEEE restructuring Value students, 17-Mar-2024 students, 19-Aug-2024 examination center undergoing (Text) directorates, directorates, districts, and school districts, and school Achieved principals in less principals in less than than a month; as a month; as well as well as capacity capacity building for building for NCEEE NCEEE staff staff successfully successfully implemented. implemented. Moreover, the Moreover, the NCEEE NCEEE restructuring restructuring plan plan was officially was officially approved and made approved and made available on the available on the Page 22 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) ministry website in ministry website in December 2022. December 2022. Allocated 0.00 0.00 0.00 Amount PBC allocation 25,000,000.00 The Bank team recognizes MOETE’s efforts to leverage The Bank team technological recognizes MOETE’s infrastructure in efforts to leverage the past two years technological and the roll-out of infrastructure in the education past two years and 9:DLI#10 technology in the roll-out of Educational learning, as well as education technology Technology Value ETE not established MOETE’s response in learning, as well as enabling to COVID-19.There 17-Mar-2024 MOETE’s response to 19-Aug-2024 environment and have been further COVID-19.There have platform (Text) progress under the been further Partially achieved DLI for the Smart progress under the Student digital ID DLI for the Smart being piloted in Student digital ID Suez. Note: DLI being piloted in Suez. subject to restructuring. Allocated 0.00 0.00 80,000,000.00 Amount PBC allocation 80,000,000.00 Page 23 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) Equipping students and teachers in grades 4-12 with curated digital and Equipping students TV learning and teachers in resources and grades 4-12 with mapping of the curated digital and national curriculum TV learning resources Equipping students to digital learning and mapping of the and teachers in resources for use national curriculum secondary education by students and to digital learning with digital learning teachers over resources for use by resources and 2018/2019- students and 10:DLI#11: Digital mapping of the 2021/2022 teachers over and TV Educational Value national curriculum (DLR#11.1 achieved 2018/2019- Learning Resources to digital learning 17-Mar-2024 and verified). 2021/2022 (DLR#11.1 19-Aug-2024 (Text) resources and Meanwhile, the achieved and Partially achieved expanding digital and data are being verified). Meanwhile, onscreen resources compiled to the IVA report is to grades 4-9 in support the being finalized for response to COVID19 verification of the verification of DLRs#11.4a and DLRs#11.4a and #11.4b related to #11.4b related to access and usage of access and usage of learning learning resources. resources.Note: DLI subject to restructuring. Allocated 0.00 0.00 30,000,000.00 Amount Page 24 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) PBC allocation 30,000,000.00 Assessment Assessment management management platform is platform is operational and operational and deployed for grades deployed for grades 10 and 11 tests in 10 and 11 tests in 2019/2020, 2019/2020, including including item bank item bank and 11:DLI# 12 and accessibility to accessibility to data Successful data by students, by students, Implementation of teachers, principals Value No Platform teachers, principals computer-based and district officers. 17-Mar-2024 and district officers. 19-Aug-2024 assessment The platform has The platform has management been deployed in been deployed in platform (Text) subsequent years subsequent years to Achieved to support tablet- support tablet-based based testing in testing in grades 10 grades 10 and 11, and 11, and the and the grade 12 grade 12 paper- paper-based test.** based test.** DLI#12 DLI#12 fully fully disbursed. disbursed. Allocated 0.00 0.00 0.00 Amount PBC allocation 60,000,000.00 screening tool being 12:NEW DLI#13: Value developed New Screening and remedial system Allocated 0.00 44,000,000.00 Page 25 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) developed and Amount operational in early grades (Text) PBC allocation 44,000,000.00 Page 26 of 28 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed IBRD-88520 Effective 500.00 500.00 0.00 308.40 191.60 61.68% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IBRD-88520 Effective 13-Apr-2018 21-Apr-2018 28-Aug-2018 01-Sep-2023 03-Mar-2025 8. KEY DATES Sep 12, 2024 Page 25 of 26 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting Egypt Education Reform Project (P157809) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 13-Apr-2018 13-Apr-2018 Effectiveness Not Available 28-Aug-2018 Mid-Term Review No. 01 20-Sep-2021 12-Sep-2021 Operation Closing/Cancellation 03-Mar-2025 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 23-Mar-2022 Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 24-Mar-2021 Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 05-Mar-2024 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Sep 12, 2024 Page 26 of 26