The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Yunnan Early Childhood Education Innovation Project (YECEIP) (P152860) Yunnan Early Childhood Education Innovation Project (YECEIP) (P152860) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | China | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 5 | ARCHIVED on 27-Nov-2018 | ISR33825 | Implementing Agencies: Yunnan Provincial Department of Education, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 09-Dec-2016 Effectiveness Date: 01-Jun-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 02-Sep-2019 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: -- Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2021 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2021 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to improve the access and quality of ECE provision in the project counties in Yunnan Province. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Increasing access to ECE programs:(Cost $42.41 M) Component 2: Improving ECE Quality:(Cost $28.06 M) Component 3: Creating an ECE enabling environment:(Cost $0.33 M) Component 4: Project management, monitoring and evaluation:(Cost $0.61 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Project implementation has been going well, thanks to the strong leadership, and the commitment and hard work of all the Project staff. The 30 rural community-based ECE centers in Weishan County and Qiaojia County continued to deliver quality ECE services to rural children in a cost effective manner. The endline data collection for the piloted shared reading activity in Zhanyi was completed successfully. Civil works is completed in most project counties, allowing more children to enroll in upgraded facilities. Teacher training activities have started with mostly positive feedback so far. 11/27/2018 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Yunnan Early Childhood Education Innovation Project (YECEIP) (P152860) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Low Low Low Macroeconomic Low Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Moderate Moderate Moderate Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Low Low Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve the access of ECE provision in the Project counties in Yunnan Province IN00589843 ►3-year kindergarten GER in the Project counties (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 54.00 61.70 62.45 69.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 IN00589845 ►3-year kindergarten GER in rural areas in the Project counties (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 45.00 54.00 54.00 69.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 IN00589862 ►3-year kindergarten GER (ethnic minorities) in the Project counties (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 64.00 81.90 81.90 69.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 11/27/2018 Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Yunnan Early Childhood Education Innovation Project (YECEIP) (P152860) IN00589863 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 787.00 1,426.00 17,291.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 IN00589873 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 47.50 48.46 50.00 Improve the quality of ECE provision in the Project counties in Yunnan Province IN00589865 ►Percentage of teachers with kindergarten teaching certificates (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 43.00 43.10 43.10 59.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Increasing access to ECE programs IN00589864 ►Number of kindergarten classes constructed or renovated under the Project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 21.00 21.00 170.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 Component 2: Improving ECE Quality IN00589866 ►Percentage of rural and private teachers that participate in training under the Project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6.40 10.81 90.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 IN00589867 ►Student-teacher ratio (Project county) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 11/27/2018 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Yunnan Early Childhood Education Innovation Project (YECEIP) (P152860) Value 20.00 14.40 14.40 14.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 IN00589868 ►Student-teacher ratio in rural areas (Project county) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 24.00 14.90 14.90 17.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 IN00589869 ►Number of university faculty with PhD or Masters (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5.00 5.00 20.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 IN00589870 ►University graduate employment rate, as kindergarten teachers (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 68.00 86.00 86.00 91.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 IN00589871 ►Parental satisfaction towards kindergarten quality (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 95.60 95.60 90.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 Component 3: Creating an ECE enabling environment IN00589861 ►Number of kindergartens that comply with the new kindergarten quality standards (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 158.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 IN00589872 ►Number of policy suggestions adopted (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 11/27/2018 Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Yunnan Early Childhood Education Innovation Project (YECEIP) (P152860) Component 4: Project management, monitoring and evaluation IN00589844 ►Number of kindergartens that use child development measurement instrument (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 88.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Apr-2018 07-Nov-2018 30-Nov-2021 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P152860 IBRD-86710 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 13.99 36.01 28% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P152860 IBRD-86710 Effective 09-Dec-2016 06-Mar-2017 01-Jun-2017 31-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2021 Cumulative Disbursements 11/27/2018 Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Yunnan Early Childhood Education Innovation Project (YECEIP) (P152860) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 11/27/2018 Page 6 of 6