The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Renovation of General Education Project (P150058) Renovation of General Education Project (P150058) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Vietnam | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2015 | Seq No: 9 | ARCHIVED on 26-Dec-2020 | ISR43085 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Education and Training, SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 30-Jun-2015 Effectiveness Date: 08-Aug-2016 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 26-Nov-2018 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 27-Nov-2018 Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2020 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to raise student learning outcomes by: (i) revising and implementing the curriculum following a competency- based approach; and (ii) improving the effectiveness of instruction by creating and disseminating textbooks aligned with the revised curriculum. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Curriculum Development:(Cost $17.50 M) Development and Dissemination of Aligned Textbooks:(Cost $21.60 M) Learning Assessment and Analysis for Continuous Improvement of Curriculum and Policy:(Cost $35.40 M) Project Management:(Cost $2.50 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial High Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project encountered significant start-up delays during the first two years, largely due to external factors beyond MOET’s control. The causes for the delays included: a) a ten-month delay in GOV countersigning of the Financing Agreement; b) the National Assembly's request to postpone the introduction of the new GEC from September 2019 to September 2020; and c) the Government's complex centralized procedures on civil works investment causing the delays in issuing bidding documents for the project’s large construction packages. The project's implementation period is shortened by 12 months (the actual duration is four years, instead of five years). In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about various obstacles to the implementation of project activities. The National Assembly's decision to cancel the development of textbooks by MOET led to the cancellation of entire Component 2 and its associated funds. Many planned activities in Component 1 and 3 therefore could not be carried out, resulting in the low rate of disbursement. 12/26/2020 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Renovation of General Education Project (P150058) For the sustainability of the project, MOET is recommended to attend to the following issues: 1. Further deployment of face-to-face and online training to teachers and school managers on competency-based assessment and school-based curriculum development and implementation. 2. Further development of standardized large-scale tests at grade 5, 9 and 12 to support the review and revision of the GEC 2018 for quality assurance and continuous improvement purposes. 3. Follow-up reviews and revisions of textbooks and learning materials. 4. Further development of performance assessment indicators of the key competencies in the GEC 2018. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Low Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program High High High Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial High Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Other Low Low Low Overall Substantial Substantial High Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Raise student learning outcomes IN00880336 ►PDO1. Student learning gains (Text) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target PMU are drafting detailed plan for piloting new The planned Partially derived from A gain of at least 0.12 curriculum at grade 3, 8, assessment could not 2011 and 2014 Exams standard deviation in Value 11 for one year and then be executed as the and 1st iteration of the Math and Vietnamese conduct learning project is not Project’s NLSA. test scores. outcome assessment to extended. compare learning gains 12/26/2020 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Renovation of General Education Project (P150058) between control and treatment groups. Date 30-Jun-2016 18-Jun-2019 23-Dec-2020 30-Dec-2020 The assessment could not be carried out within the project time frame as the new curriculum has applied Comments: to Grade 1 only. Revising and Implementing a competency-based curriculum IN00880337 ►PDO2. Teacher preparedness for new curriculum (Percentage) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.13 33.76 25.00 Date 10-Nov-2015 31-Oct-2019 23-Dec-2020 30-Dec-2020 End target was 25 percent of teachers implementing the new curriculum will be certified as prepared for curriculum im of 80,510 (33.76%) Grade 1 teachers implementing the new curriculum in 2020 have been receiving and completing modules (module 1 and 2) by the reporting date. Comments: Improving the effectiveness of instruction IN00880338 ►PDO3. Equitable access to learning materials (Text) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Ratio of available textbooks in math and reading to enrolled Value 0.00 0.00 1.1 times baseline rate students in primary schools in disadvantaged areas. Date 10-Nov-2015 18-Jun-2019 18-Dec-2020 30-Dec-2020 The indicator could not be measured as the project did not provide textbooks as planned as Decree 86/2015/ND-CP by the Government stipulates that all students be provided with books, notebooks and school supplies by parents, schools or local authorities. Joint Circular No. 109/2009 / TTLT / BTC-BGDĐT Comments: by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education and Training stipulates the provision of textbooks to ethnic minority students and disadvantaged students. There was no survey on this indicator. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Curriculum Development IN00880339 ►IR1. Core Technical Committee Qualifications (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/26/2020 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Renovation of General Education Project (P150058) Value Committee seated Achieved 35.17 15.00 Date 10-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2019 23-Dec-2020 30-Dec-2020 Comments: Average Years of professional Experience Per member IN00880343 ►IR5. Curriculum Piloting (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 30 classrooms per No pilot available until Value Achieved Achieved grade + 30 classroom the revisions are made control monintored Date 15-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2019 01-Aug-2020 30-Dec-2020 Experimental 9732 class hours/ 15 subjects/ 1165 classes/ 48 schools of 3 grade levels Comments: IN00880346 ►IR2. Online Training System Readiness (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Temporary system by MOET used other 50.09% of teachers 50% of teacher have Value Viettel is being explored funding for development completed at least one had at least some for teacher training of LMS/TEMIS online module training Date 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 23-Dec-2020 30-Dec-2020 As the new CBE e-learning modules have recently been completed and the LMS platform adaptation have been fully developed to host these e-learning modules, the number of teachers received online training have risen rapidly. According to the real-time statistics provided by Viettel, 429,826/857,998 (50,09%) teachers have completed Module 1 on Guidance to the new CBE GEC 2018, 133,946 teachers have Comments: completed Module 2 on CBE teaching methods and 27,186 teachers have completed Module 3 on CBE assessment. It is expected that about an average of 50% teachers will be trained in all of three modules by December 31, 2020. IN00880348 ►IR3. Curriculum Champions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 9,043.00 20,750.00 8,000.00 Date 10-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2019 23-Dec-2020 30-Dec-2020 Number of curriculum champions completed training on Module 1 "Understanding new school curriculum" Comments: and Module 2 “CBE Teaching Practices” at primary education, including Grade 1, 5 and 9. IN00941749 ►IR9. Number of qualified primary teachers resulting from the project interventions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 6,546.00 150,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 23-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 Comments: Number of qualified primary teachers certified as completing at least some training from the online training system. 12/26/2020 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Renovation of General Education Project (P150058) IN00941792 Number of teachers trained (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 395,857.00 150,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 23-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 Development and Dissemination of Aligned Textbooks IN00880340 ►IR4. Textbook Production (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 110 textbooks/ Grade 1, 2, 6 for 9 subjects at No new textbooks have 32 Grade 1 textbooks 72 = 1 per grade per Value primary education and been approved have been approved academic subject 12 subjects at secondary education Date 10-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2019 23-Dec-2020 30-Dec-2020 The number of approved textbooks per subject exceeded the set target (1 per subject); however, the total number of approved textbooks have not yet met the target as only Grade 1 textbooks have been approved Comments: and are in use; Grade 2 and Grade 6 textbooks are being appraised and will be available by September 2021. Learning Assessment and Analysis for Continuous Improvement of Curriculum and Policy IN00880341 ►IR6. Expanded National Large-Scale Assessment System (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Achieved: 9 exams ready The official survey for Exams administered at Current system for official survey in April- grade 5-9-12 was 5th, 9th, and 12th Value measures learning of May 2020 for three completed nationally in grades for nationally- high school leavers only education levels (Grade June and July 2020 representative sample 5, 9, 12) with 14 exams Date 10-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2019 01-Aug-2020 30-Dec-2020 Large scale exams successfully implemented. The test items which were developed and piloted in the last two years were aligned with the new learning outcome standards in the new curriculum (launched in Comments: 2018). IN00880344 ►IR10. System for learning assessment at the primary level (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 01-Aug-2020 31-Dec-2020 12/26/2020 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Renovation of General Education Project (P150058) This indicates the existence of the assessment system at primary education level. The National Large Scale Assessment for primary education (Grade 5) in Math and Vietnamese language was completed in Comments: July 2020. The new curriculum has been rolled out gradually from Grade 1 from September, 2020. IN00880347 ►IR11. Utility of the learning assessment system (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 01-Aug-2020 31-Dec-2020 Tiered system scale as per World Bank Core Indicator Guidance. The learning assessments are available Comments: and their data is used to provide insights in education policy making. Project Management IN00880342 ►IR7. Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 9,043.00 5,412,805.00 5,000,000.00 Date 10-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2019 23-Dec-2020 30-Dec-2020 Direct beneficiaries are people or groups who directly derive benefits from an intervention (children who benefit from teachers (including curriculum champions); school managers, and lecturers at teacher training universities. Grade 1, wide have been benefiting from the new curriculum. Comments: IN00880345 IR8. Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 49.88 50.00 50.00 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P150058 IDA-56910 Effective USD 77.00 77.00 0.00 15.73 63.72 20% Key Dates (by loan) 12/26/2020 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Renovation of General Education Project (P150058) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P150058 IDA-56910 Effective 30-Jun-2015 08-Apr-2016 08-Aug-2016 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/26/2020 Page 7 of 7