Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) AFRICA | Mozambique | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Specific Investment Loan | FY 2011 | Seq No: 12 | ARCHIVED on 12-Feb-2017 | ISR25888 | Implementing Agencies: Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:28-Apr-2011 Effectiveness Date:06-Feb-2012 Planned Mid Term Review Date:14-Oct-2013 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:30-Sep-2013 Original Closing Date:31-Jul-2015 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2018 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The original PDO is to improve access to and, quality and equity of education. No changes to the PDO are proposed in the restructuring. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Improving the quality of education:(Cost $146.80 M) Strengthening Local Governance and School-Based Management:(Cost $66.00 M) Supporting community-based Early Childhood Development activities:(Cost $40.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial 2/12/2017 Page 1 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project is rated Moderately Satisfactory on both implementation progress and meeting its development objectives. 1 . Component 1: Improving the Quality of Education: This component supports MINEDH’s efforts to improve learning outcomes through strengthening content knowledge among teachers, promoting effective classroom instruction, and providing relevant instructional materials. Implementation progress in this component is satisfactory. In teacher training (Subcomponent 1.1,) MINEDH has completed an evaluation of the 10+3 pre-service teacher training model which together with the costing exercise for various teachers training options supported by the Bank, provide the basis to make a decision on the new model for teacher training. The Education System Law which is in the process of being revised is expected to formalize the requisites for teacher training and qualification, which would then provide the legal framework for the operationalization of the new teacher training strategy. In textbook procurement (Subcomponent 1.2), the very first government-generated workbooks in Grade 1 language and mathematics are being printed and are expected to be in schools in January 2017, in time for beginning of the school year. However, the development of the teacher guide is seriously delayed, which puts at risk the timely development of the Grade 2 workbooks. It will be important to ensure the textbook provision strategy is updated in the medium-term Plano Operacional in order to guide textbook procurement in the coming year. In curriculum development (Subcomponent 1.3), the revised primary education curriculum has been disseminated into schools to be introduced in 2017 (Grade 1). Learning materials development continues in bilingual education but requires planning assistance to update curriculum and materials and prepare for procurement. 2. Component 2 (Strengthening Local Governance and School-Based Management): Building on the success noted during the previous mission of meeting the deadline of February 28th, 2016 for the transfer of ADE funds (Subcomponent 2.1), efforts are underway to increase the number of schools with bank accounts, to facilitate a faster and more efficient allocation of ADE directly to the beneficiary institutions and contribute to the sustainability of this activity. The external evaluation of ADE (2012-2014) indicated some positive aspects of ADE administration and recommended key areas to be improved, including: (i) Increasing capacity of managers at different levels; (ii) Revising the allocation criteria; (iii) Strengthening the role of the school councils; (iv) Improving school supervisions; (v) Designing a supervision model that includes district and provincial education services; and (vi) Improving the monitoring capacity of district and provincial education directorates to verify the documentation submitted by schools. Part of these recommendations are being addressed already. MINEDH continues to work towards increasing the functioning and role of the School Councils (also Subcomponent 2.1.). The approved school council manual prescribing the improved standards for transparency and accountability has been distributed widely early 2016 and a cascade-training process on use of the manual was initiated at provincial level in September/October 2016, based on a training kit targeting school directors. MINEDH has prepared a communication campaign strategy to promote the active role of school councils in improving school management and performance and is expected to launch the campaign by early March 2017. Moreover, the Ministry is focusing on improving monitoring and supervision at the district level (Subcomponent 2.2.). The District supervision manual has been tested, finalized and approved by MINEDH’s Conselho Consultivo and the distribution to Districts has been completed. The Ministry organized a training of trainers from all eleven provinces and central level staff on the use of supervision manual which was followed by training of district officials from June to October. Training of school directors also took place and an evaluation of the performance of school directors who benefited from training (Subcomponent 2.3) took place in October 2016 and the main challenge observed was the need to monitor the use of the new skills obtained by school directors. It is expected that ongoing supervision and monitoring activities will now include technical support to improve school management. 3. Component 3 (Supporting Community-based Early Childhood Development): Since the last mission, the increased attention and monitoring of this component by the relevant departments and MINEDH’s leadership has played a key role to unblock most of the bottlenecks, and as such, there has been an acceleration in implementation. For example, the signed amendment to the contract with the Third Party Providers (TPPs) has led to payments of the 2nd and 3rd disbursements and the start of activities in Phase II (200 communities). However, due to the previously accumulated delays, there will not be enough time to fully implement activities in all of Phase II communities by the end of the current contract in December 2016. As such, and in order to ensure maximum impact from the Phase II communities, MINEDH is considering a cost-extension amendment with the TPPs to extend activities with the communities in Phase I and Phase II until December 2017. In order to prevent further delays, the mission strongly recommends that MINEDH finalize negotiations with the TPPs as soon as possible and send the draft of the amendment to the World Bank by early December 2016. The mission was pleased to see that as part of the strategy to strengthen the sustainability of the program, the central team will be hiring two additional staff. The mission was informed of MINEDH’s plan to hold a mid-term review workshop in March 2017 to begin the discussion of the progressive transition of competencies and activities to the MINEDH at various level, including the districts. 2/12/2017 Page 2 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Substantial  Substantial Macroeconomic  --  High  High Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Moderate  Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Moderate  Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Moderate  Moderate Fiduciary  --  Moderate  Moderate Environment and Social  --  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  --  High  High Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Net enrolment rate of 6 years olds in Grade 1 (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 70.00 83.90 86.40 83.00 Date 28-Apr-2011 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 PHINDPDOTBL  Retention Rate until 3rd Grade (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 69.80 69.10 63.95 75.00 2/12/2017 Page 3 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) Date 31-Dec-2014 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 Comments Retention rate until grade 3 reduced in 2016 and this is partially due to the introduction of the new exam regulation in grade 2, which contributed for more failures than anticipated. PHINDPDOTBL  Parity Index of the Retention Rate until Grade 3 between the highest and lowest provinces (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.61 0.63 0.56 0.64 Date 31-Dec-2014 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 Comments The introduction of a new exam regulation may have contributed to worsen the retention rate in those provinces that are lagging behind. PHINDPDOTBL  Number of additional qualified primary teachers resulting from project interventions. (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 29,094.00 29,094.00 40,700.00 Date 28-Apr-2011 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 Comments This indicator is on track. The current value doesn't include graduates from 2016. PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of students (of Grade 1 and 2) with Portuguese and Mathematics textbooks (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 82.60 89.20 90.70 90.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 2/12/2017 Page 4 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) PHINDPDOTBL  Proportion of complete primary schools that comply with standards for transparency and accountability (Citizenship engagement) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.00 Date 01-Jan-2015 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 Comments Data on this indicator is yet to be confirmed. The verification of this indicator requires standardized supervision reports produced by the District Department of Education, which don't exist now. District supervision has been revitalized with the development and distribution of the new supervision manual, and training of Provincial and District officers, and the Ministry should be able to produce the necessary reports by the end of this calendar year. PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6,117,794.00 5,911,467.00 6,008,377.00 6,650,000.00 Date 28-Apr-2011 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 47.20 47.60 47.60 48.00 Overall Comments 2/12/2017 Page 5 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Numbers of teachers (1st cycle – grade 1 and 2) with in-service training (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 12,596.00 23,250.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Implementation of new textbooks operational plan (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Solicitation for Re-Updated New grade 1 books ptinting of Value NA Operational plan printed for introduction revised Grade approved on 2017 1 teacher guide Date 28-Apr-2011 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  System for learning assessment at the primary level (Yes/No, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N Y Y Y Date 28-Apr-2011 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Utility of the learning assessment system (Number, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 2/12/2017 Page 6 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of Complete Primary Schools supervised by the SDEJTs (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 25.00 75.00 Date 01-Jan-2015 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Number of primary school directors having participated in management training (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 517.00 1,248.00 3,000.00 Date 01-Jan-2015 01-Jan-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of the newly trained primary school directors having their performance evaluated the following year (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 10.00 35.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of Complete Primary Schools with ADE funds available before February 28th of each year (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 97.00 97.00 90.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 2/12/2017 Page 7 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) PHINDIRITBL  GPI upon 1st grade entry in ECD participating districts (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.92 0.91 0.93 0.96 Date 28-Apr-2011 01-Jan-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Number of parents/caregivers enrolled in the parenting information sessions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 19,880.00 42,000.00 Date 28-Apr-2011 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of which male (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 15.00 30.00 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of operating ECD centers that are rated of satisfactory quality or above (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 28-Apr-2011 01-Jun-2016 01-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2018 Comments No new data on this indicators. Data should be available next mission upon conclusion of the independent verification process. Overall Comments 2/12/2017 Page 8 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P125127 IDA-49300 Closed USD 71.00 71.00 0.00 68.95 0.00 97% P125127 IDA-51000 Effective USD 40.00 40.00 0.00 37.07 0.71 93% P125127 IDA-D0840 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 20.00 29.84 40% P125127 TF-99811 Closed USD 90.00 90.00 0.00 90.00 0.00 100% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P125127 IDA-49300 Closed 28-Apr-2011 18-Jul-2011 06-Feb-2012 31-Jul-2015 31-Jul-2015 P125127 IDA-51000 Effective 01-May-2012 29-Aug-2012 26-Feb-2013 31-Jul-2015 31-Dec-2018 P125127 IDA-D0840 Effective 24-Jul-2015 16-Sep-2015 01-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2018 P125127 TF-99811 Closed 18-Jul-2011 18-Jul-2011 11-Jun-2012 31-Jul-2014 31-Mar-2015 Cumulative Disbursements 2/12/2017 Page 9 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report MZ-Education Sector Support Program (P125127) Restructuring History Level Approved on 06-Aug-2013 ,Level 2 Approved on 20-Jan-2014 Related Project(s) P124729-MZ- AF to Education Sector Support Project ,P151185-Mozambique Additional Financing to Education Sector Support Project ,P160959- Additional Financing to the ESSP - III 2/12/2017 Page 10 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy