The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report
DRC Girls Learning and Empowerment Project (P178684)
DRC Girls Learning and Empowerment Project (P178684)
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | Congo, Democratic Republic of | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY
2023 | Seq No: 4 | Archived on 24-Dec-2024 | ISR02536
Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education
1. OBJECTIVE
1.1 Development Objective
Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 28-Mar-2023)
To improve safe and equitable access to education, particularly for girls, and teaching-learning conditions in secondary
schools in selected provinces.
Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective?
No
2. COMPONENTS
Name
Component 1: Improved Access to Quality and Girl-Friendly Schools:(Cost 210,000,000.00)
Component 2: Improved Quality of Teaching-Learning for All:(Cost 175,000,000.00)
Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost 15,000,000.00)
Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response (CERC):(Cost 0.00)
3. OVERALL RATINGS
Name Previous Current
Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory
Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial
4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS
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4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions
This ISR reflects the results of a mission carried out from December 2 to December 6, 2024. As of now, the Project
Coordination Team (PCT) has been staffed in Kinshasa and the provincial recruitment is expected to be finalized by end of
February 2025. The PCT has started key activities related to civil works, textbooks, and teacher evaluation. There is a
need to accelerate the pace of project implementation to ensure that major project interventions will start with the
beginning of the school year 2025-2026.
5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL
Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating
Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 03 - 26 Jun Proposed Rating
28 Mar 2023 2024
Political and Governance High High High
Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial
Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial
Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate
Institutional Capacity for Implementation and
Substantial Substantial Substantial
Sustainability
Fiduciary Substantial Substantial High
Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial
Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate
Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial
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6. RESULTS
6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period
Indicator Name
Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year
Number of students enrolled 3,456,000 17-May-2024
in secondary school, in ten Comments on The number of students enrolled in a public secondary school.
selected provinces, achieving targets
disaggregated by sex (Text)
Number of girls 1,529,000 Jan/2023 1,529,000 17-May-2024 2,100,000 Dec/2028
enrolled in secondary Comments on The number of female students enrolled in a public secondary school.
school, in ten selected achieving targets
provinces (Text)
(Text)
Number of boys 1,927,000 Jan/2023 1,927,000 17-May-2024 2,432,000 Dec/2028
enrolled in secondary Comments on The number of male students enrolled in a public secondary school.
school, in ten selected achieving targets
provinces (Text)
(Text)
Survival lower 17-May-2024
secondary:
76.8 Survival
Survival rates for lower and upper
upper secondary, in ten secondary: 74
selected provinces (Text)
Comments on Lower secondary survival is the number of newly enrolled in Grade 9 divided by the total
achieving targets number enrolled in Grade 7 and expressed as a percentage.
Upper secondary survival is the number of newly enrolled in Grade 12 divided by the total
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number enrolled in Grade 9 and expressed as a percentage.
Survival rates for girls in 76.50 Jan/2023 76.50 17-May-2024 81.50 Dec/2028
lower secondary, in ten Comments on Lower secondary survival is the number of newly enrolled in Grade 9 divided by the total
selected provinces achieving targets number enrolled in Grade 7 and expressed as a percentage.
(Text)
Survival rates for girls in 73.00 Jan/2023 73.00 17-May-2024 79.00 Dec/2028
upper secondary, in ten Comments on Upper secondary survival is the number of newly enrolled in Grade 12 divided by the total
selected provinces achieving targets number enrolled in Grade 9 and expressed as a percentage.
(Text)
Survival rates for boys 77.10 Jan/2023 77.10 17-May-2024 80.10 Dec/2028
in lower secondary, in Comments on Lower secondary survival is the number of newly enrolled in Grade 9 divided by the total
ten selected provinces achieving targets number enrolled in Grade 7 and expressed as a percentage.
(Text)
Survival rates for boys 74.70 Jan/2023 74.70 17-May-2024 77.20 Dec/2028
in upper secondary, in Comments on Upper secondary survival is the number of newly enrolled in Grade 12 divided by the total
ten selected provinces achieving targets number enrolled in Grade 9 and expressed as a percentage.
(Text)
Gender disparity in 9.50 17-May-2024
secondary gross enrollment Comments on The secondary gross enrollment ratio (GER) for boys minus the GER for girls. The GER is
ratio, in ten selected achieving targets calculated on the basis of students enrolled in secondary enrolled, expressed as a
provinces (Percentage) percentage of the estimated number of children aged 12-17 years.
0 Jan/2023 0 17-May-2024 40 Dec/2028
Girls’ knowledge and
Comments on A composite score that combines extent of knowledge and self-reported empowerment
empowerment on SEA/SH,
achieving targets using a numbered scale (where 1 is low self-reported empowerment and the upper number
SRH and MHM in public
o the scale is high self-reported empowerment). The knowledge and empowerment
secondary schools, in five
measurements will cover various domains. The SEA/SH domain will cover GBV risk, where to
selected provinces (Text)
seek help and how to define and identify safe spaces.
0 17-May-2024
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Teacher effectiveness score Comments on Effective teaching practices are measured using a secondary TEACH-adapted observations
among secondary teachers, achieving targets instrument, covering key domains of classroom management, social-emotional engagement
in ten selected provinces and instructional effectiveness.
(Text)
6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components
Not Categorized
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period
Indicator Name
Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year
Number of classrooms 0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 2,600.00 Dec/2028
constructed/rehabilitated Comments on The number of classrooms (including laboratories) constructed or rehabilitated with project
under the project in the five achieving targets financing and formally handed over to public ownership
core provinces (Number)
0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 1,260.00 Dec/2028
Number of schools with basic
Comments on Number of schools where basic WASH facilities have been installed with project financing
WASH facilities installed
achieving targets and formally handed over to public owners. WASH facilities must include one block each for
under the project (Number)
boys and girls; each block with four cabins; and the girl’s block includes also acabin for MHM.
(Number)
Must also include handwashing facilities hooked up to running water.
Percentage of schools with 0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 90.00 Dec/2028
basic WASH facilities installed Comments on The number of schools where WASH facilities installed under the project work as per
under the project that are achieving targets specifications and are being used by students, as a percentage of the number of schools
functional and used where there are WASH facilities installed under the project.
(Percentage)
Number of new female 0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 5,000.00 Dec/2028
teachers who are regularly Comments on Number of female teachers who are newly recruited to a budgeted and mechanized post,
paid and working at a public achieving targets and who regularly receive their salary. See PBC protocol for further details.
secondary school, in ten
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selected provinces
(Number) PBC
Number of girls regularly 118,000.00 Jan/2023 118,000.00 17-May-2024 165,000.00 Dec/2028
attending school in Kasai Comments on Number of girls enrolled in a public secondary school in Kasai province and independently
province (Number) achieving targets verified as having attended regularly
43.10 Jan/2023 43.10 17-May-2024 55.20 Dec/2028
Girls’ gross enrollment rate in Comments on The number of girls enrolled in a public secondary school in Kasai province as independently
Kasai province (Percentage) achieving targets verified by an independent monitoring agency, divided by the estimated number of girls
aged 12-17 years and expressed as a percentage.
Percentage of students with Lower: Jan/2023 0 17-May-2024 Lower: Dec/2028
access to a textbook in each 4Upper: 6 50Upper: 50
of Maths, SVT, Physics- Comments on Number of textbooks distributed to secondary schools in five target provinces; divided by
Chemistry, IT and EVC, in ten achieving targets the total number students enrolled in public secondary schools multiplied by five
target provinces, by lower
and upper secondary (Text)
Percentage of secondary 0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 50.00 Dec/2028
teachers in ten target Comments on The number of surveyed teachers working at public secondary schools who benefit from
provinces who have received achieving targets project interventions who have received mentoring feedback based on a structured
mentoring feedback based classroom observation, as a percentage of teachers surveyed.
on a structured classroom
observation within the
previous six months
(Percentage)
0.00 17-May-2024
Number of Smart Labs
Comments on Number of schools that have been equipped with a Smart Lab with project financing. The
provided under the project
achieving targets SMART lab will include digital devices for both the teacher and students; as well as any other
(Number)
equipment as defined in the PIM.
0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 85.00 Dec/2028
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Percentage of Smart Labs Comments on The number of Smart Labs surveyed that are observed to have been regularly used by
provided under the project achieving targets teachers and students, as a percentage of Smart Labs surveyed.
that are used by teachers and
students for teaching and
learning (Percentage)
0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 5,700.00 Dec/2028
Number of schools provided Comments on Number of non-SMART Lab schools that have been equipped with digital equipment with
with digital classrooms under achieving targets project financing. The digital equipment will be sufficient to enable two teachers to use the
the project (Number) equipment simultaneously, and will include teacher digital devices and projectors; as well as
any other equipment as defined in the PIM.
Percentage of digital 0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 75.00 Dec/2028
classrooms provided under Comments on The number of digital classrooms that are observed to have been regularly used by teachers
the project that are used by achieving targets and students, as a percentage of Smart Labs surveyed
teachers for teaching
(Percentage)
Grievances received and 0.00 17-May-2024 70.00 Dec/2028
addressed within the Comments on The number of grievances that have been addressed within the timeframe specified in the
specified timeframe achieving targets GRS Operational Guidelines (incorporated in the PIM), as a percentage of the total number
(Percentage) of grievances received.
Number of girls in project- 0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 120,000.00 Dec/2028
supported secondary schools Comments on Number of girls in project-supported secondary schools who attended the girls’ club sessions
benefiting from MHM achieving targets dedicated to MHM education
education (Number)
Percentage of teachers in 0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 100.00 Dec/2028
public secondary schools in Comments on Number of teachers working in public secondary schools who have signed Code of Conduct,
target provinces who have achieving targets as a percentage of the number of teachers working public secondary schools.
signed Code of Conduct
(Percentage)
0.00 Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 100.00 Dec/2028
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Percentage of SEA/SH Comments on Number of SEA/SH cases reported to the hotline that were referred to GBV service provision,
survivors from secondary achieving targets as a percentage of SEA/SH cases reported to the hotline.
schools in target provinces
that were referred to GBV
service provision
(Percentage)
Strategy is not Jan/2023 0.00 17-May-2024 Strategy based Dec/2028
drafted upon sectoral
analysis is
drafted and
discussed at a
Strategy to reform pre- stakeholder’s
service training for secondary forum
teachers is drafted and involving
discussed by decision-makers senior MESU
(Text) and MEPST
decision-
makers
Comments on A strategy of reform is drafted subsequent to an analysis of the pre-service training sector
achieving targets for secondary teachers, and is discussed by senior decision-makers of the MESU and MEPST
National secondary level No Jan/2023 No 17-May-2024
learning assessment Comments on Reports whether or not during the life of the project a national secondary level learning
conducted (Yes/No) achieving targets assessment was conducted or not
6.3 Performance Based Conditions (PBC)
Actual (Previous) Actual (Current)
PBC Name Baseline Closing Period
Value Date Value Date
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1:Increase Value 0
proportion of
female teachers at Allocated 17-May-2024
public secondary Amount
schools (Text)
PBC allocation 0.00
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7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
7.1 Cumulative Disbursements
7.2 Disbursements (by loan)
Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Historical
Disbursed
IDA-72840 Effective 400.00 400.00 0.00 36.07 363.93 9.02% 400.00
7.3 Key Dates (by loan)
Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing
IDA-72840 Effective 28-Mar-2023 30-Mar-2023 14-Jul-2023 29-Dec-2028 29-Dec-2028
8. KEY DATES
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Key Events Planned Actual
Approval 28-Mar-2023 28-Mar-2023
Effectiveness 14-Jul-2023 14-Jul-2023
Mid-Term Review No. 01 08-Sep-2026
Operation Closing/Cancellation 29-Dec-2028
9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY
10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S)
There are no associated operations
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