The World Bank Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) REPORT NO.: RES31800 DOCUMENT OF THE WORLD BANK RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT APPROVED ON DECEMBER 13, 2011 TO REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR EDUCATION LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Regional Vice President: Jorge Familiar Calderon Country Director: Yaye Seynabou Sakho Senior Global Practice Director: Luis Benveniste Practice Manager/Manager: Reema Nayar Task Team Leader: Robert J. Hawkins The World Bank Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) I. BASIC DATA Product Information Project ID Financing Instrument P126364 Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Current EA Category Partial Assessment (B) Partial Assessment (B) Approval Date Current Closing Date 13-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2018 Organizations Borrower Responsible Agency Republic of El Salvador Ministry of Education Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The objective of the Project is to improve access, retention and graduation rates for students in the Lower Secondary Education and the Upper Secondary Education of the Borrower's public schools adopting the Inclusive Full Time School Model (IFTS Model). Summary Status of Financing Net Ln/Cr/Tf Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed IBRD-81100 13-Dec-2011 14-Mar-2012 15-May-2012 31-Dec-2018 60.00 50.91 9.09 TF-14166 09-Oct-2013 09-Oct-2013 09-Oct-2013 30-Jun-2015 0 0 0 TF-10361 25-Aug-2011 12-Sep-2011 12-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2014 .13 .13 0 The World Bank Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) Policy Waiver(s) Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)? No II. SUMMARY OF PROJECT STATUS AND PROPOSED CHANGES The Project is nearing its closing date and has mostly met its development objectives. The Project has achieved four of its seven Project Development Objective (PDO) indicators and is on track to meet most of its intermediate results indicators. The access rate for lower secondary is at 94.1%, just below the end target of 96.6%; and the upper secondary rate has met the end target of 78%. Retention rates for both levels have surpassed the end targets, with lower secondary at 93.9% (end target: 91%) and upper secondary at 93.1% (end target: 92.5%). Graduation rates are on track for lower secondary, reaching 69.3% (end target: 69%), and just below the target for upper secondary, reaching 70.7% (end target 71.5%). Finally, the number of schools adopting the Full-Time School Model is currently 160 of the 213 target. Implementation performance is rated as Satisfactory as disbursements are at 85%, with the remaining amount on track to be executed this year. The change proposed is a reallocation of US$1,105,848 across disbursement categories to strengthen and consolidate implementation of the Full-Time School Model in this last year of execution. Savings in various Project sub- components will be reallocated to support transfers to schools to execute academic programs through procurement of materials and contracting of instructors. Savings will also be used to consolidate system-level execution of the Model through the hiring of pedagogical coordinators and execution of a communication strategy to document key lessons learned and communicate the benefits of the Model to stakeholders. The specific changes are as follows: 1. A reduction of Category 1A due to savings in the teacher training and infrastructure components. 2. A reduction of Category 1B due to savings in hiring fewer contract teachers and identifying more appropriate non- contract teachers. 3. An increase in Category 2 to support increased resources for transfers to schools to purchase materials and hire non-contract teachers. 4. An increase in Category 3 to support the hiring of pedagogical coordinators and administrators, as well as evaluation consultants. Resources would also be used to implement the communication strategy. III. DETAILED CHANGES REALLOCATION BETWEEN DISBURSEMENT CATEGORIES Current Current Actuals + Proposed Disbursement % Ln/Cr/TF Expenditure Allocation Committed Allocation (Type Total) Category Current Proposed The World Bank Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) IBRD- GO,CW,CS,TR 81100-001 under Pts. A1, 49,950,000.00 41,095,175.50 49,820,134.00 100.00 100.00 Currency: A2, A3 USD Sobresueldo/ho ras clase - Pt. 1,500,000.00 437,706.99 524,018.00 33.00 33.00 A4 GO,CW,CS,OP,T 3,900,000.00 3,342,070.97 4,822,482.00 57.00 57.00 R under Pt. A5 GO,CW,CS,OP,T 4,500,000.00 3,386,701.50 4,683,366.00 100.00 100.00 R under Pt. B Unallocated 0.00 0.00 0.00 Total 59,850,000.00 48,261,654.96 59,850,000.00