The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report College Education Development Project (P154577) College Education Development Project (P154577) SOUTH ASIA | Bangladesh | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 6 | ARCHIVED on 19-Feb-2019 | ISR35829 | Implementing Agencies: People's Republic of Bangladesh, National University, Ministry of Education Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 03-Jun-2016 Effectiveness Date: 13-Oct-2016 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 13-Jan-2019 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 14-Jan-2019 Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2022 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2022 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objectives are to strengthen the strategic planning and management capacity of the college education subsector and to improve the teaching and learning environment of participating colleges. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Strengtheing the strategic planning and management capacity:(Cost $48.00 M) Component 2: Improving the teaching and learning environment in participating colleges:(Cost $42.00 M) Component 3: Project Management, communication and monitoring and evaluation:(Cost $10.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions This ISR is based on the Mid-Term Review (MTR) mission which took place between January 13 - 17, 2019, since the last mission held during July 23 - 31, 2018. The project faced nearly two years of stagnant implementation progress since its effectiveness because of prolonged staffing issues which adversely impacted the implementation capacity at Project Management Unit (PMU). The Ministry of Education (MoE)-Secondary and Higher Education Division (SHED) has deployed the new Project Director (PD) and Deputy Project Director (DPD) in September 2018 to put in place an effective project leadership. The PMU under the new project leadership has been performing well to make up the initial delays in project implementation. 2/19/2019 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report College Education Development Project (P154577) Some activities need to be expedited, including: (i) award of first-round IDG to colleges; and (ii) deployment of learning management system for teacher training program; and (iii) commission of the first-round satisfaction survey. Proposed Restructuring: The mission confirmed that the project implementation progress has picked up significantly and the PDOs and all the project activities continue to be relevant. However, to ensure the achievement of PDOs, three areas of restructuring have been identified to adjust the operation. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial Substantial Substantial Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To strengthen the strategic planning and management capacity of the college education subsector IN00664557 ►Sector strategy and action plan developed, and the initial implementation started (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Meetings held for No strategic plan is The first year activities National Strategic Plan Value available for the tertiary -- have been Committee and expert college subsector. implemented. groups Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 IN00664575 ►Government college teacher vacancies filled (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 2/19/2019 Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report College Education Development Project (P154577) Vacancies: MoE has filled 3,500 MoE has completed a Value 2,700 -- government teacher needs assessment for vacancies teacher posts. Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 31-Dec-2020 To improve the teaching and learning environment of participating colleges IN00664586 ►Number of teachers and managers in Honours and Masters colleges trained in subject and pedagogical training under the Project (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 283 teachers and 8,000 college teachers Value 0.00 -- managers initiated and managers are training. trained. Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 IN00664587 ►Teaching and learning environment at Honours and Masters colleges upgraded (% of IDP activity milestones achieved) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Round 1: 70% Value 0.00 -- 0.00 Round 2: 70% Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Strengtheing the strategic planning and management capacity IN00667161 ►Students benefiting from direct interventions to enhance learning (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 1,800,000.00 2,100,000.00 Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 IN00667162 Students benefiting from direct interventions to enhance learning - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 828,000.00 1,050,000.00 IN00667148 ►Management in the participating colleges strengthened (% of grant supported colleges publish timely annual reports) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target R1: 80 Value 0.00 -- 0.00 R2: 80 Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 2/19/2019 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report College Education Development Project (P154577) Component 2: Improving the teaching and learning environment in participating colleges IN00667008 ►Number of colleges which completed self-assessment for quality assurance (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 IN00667009 ►Increased satisfaction levels of students and teachers of grant supported colleges about teaching and learning environment (targets set by % increase) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Student: Teacher: Value n.a -- Draft TOR developed. (30% increase from the baseline) Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 Component 3: Project Management, communication and monitoring and evaluation IN00667163 ►PMU is fully operational (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 Being fully operational is defined as having met three of the following four conditions: (a) Staffing (70 percent of PMU staff are in place); (b) Procurement (at least 70 percent of the procurement was Comments: completed as intended in the Procurement Plan); (c) M&E (at least 70 percent of the intended reports published and activities completed); and (d) FM (the previous IUFR is completed in time). IN00667164 ►Midterm and follow-up tracer study conducted (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target TOR for tracer study Follow-up Tracer study Value n.a -- developed. conducted Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 IN00667165 ►Web-based PMIS is established and regularly updated. (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target PMIS fully functional Value n.a -- Draft TOR developed. and regularly updated Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 IN00667166 ►Awareness raising activities are regularly conducted. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 2/19/2019 Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report College Education Development Project (P154577) Value 0.00 -- 3.00 10.00 Date 03-Oct-2016 -- 17-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P154577 IDA-58410 Effective USD 100.00 100.00 0.00 25.08 73.32 25% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P154577 IDA-58410 Effective 03-Jun-2016 08-Sep-2016 13-Oct-2016 30-Jun-2022 30-Jun-2022 Cumulative Disbursements 2/19/2019 Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report College Education Development Project (P154577) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 2/19/2019 Page 6 of 6