The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | El Salvador | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2012 | Seq No: 14 | ARCHIVED on 27-Dec-2018 | ISR34864 | Implementing Agencies: Republic of El Salvador, Ministry of Education Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 13-Dec-2011 Effectiveness Date: 12-Sep-2011 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 18-Jul-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 17-Oct-2016 Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2017 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2018 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) 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). Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Adoption of the IFTS Model:(Cost $55.36 M) Improvement of MINED's Institutional Capacity and the Schooling System's Governance:(Cost $4.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Project implementation has continued to improve substantially, with a large focus placed on understanding the Inclusive Full-Time School (IFTS) model during the last 12 months of implementation to improve the model and implement measures to ensure its sustainability. By Project closing, all activities, except for the information system (Sistema de Monitoreo, Evaluación y Seguimiento -SIMES), are expected to be fully implemented. In terms of the progress towards achievement of the PDO, the latest available figures on access (2016), retention (2017) and graduation (2017) show that four of the indicators have already surpassed the targets and a fifth one is almost at target level. Additionally, the preliminary results of the impact evaluation indicate that the implementation of the IFTS model had a positive effect on all three educational outcomes. 1/7/2019 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) On September 26-27, 2018, a workshop on the lessons learned from Project implementation was carried out in San Salvador, with the participation of all the technical units of the Ministry of Education (MINED) and the World Bank team. During these two days, the participants reflected on the evolution of the implementation of the different Project activities, the main bottlenecks encountered, and how these were resolved. Three macro conclusions can be extracted from the workshop discussions:  Process of continuous improvement: the Project was designed to pilot the IFTS model, to test and improve the different components before implementing it at a larger scale. In this spirit, most of the activities have experienced a change in implementation strategy. For example, the process for the development of the pedagogical plans was revised to make it more relevant to the context of the integrated system; for teacher training, the implementation of the workshops changed, both the content and the delivery approach; the strategy for delivery of transport and infrastructure was revised; the organization of the MINED was restructured, etc. Proof of these adaptations to overcome the challenges encountered are also reflected in the various restructuring of the Project undertaken by the Bank. This process of continuous improvement informed the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project, whose financing will allow for further sustainability of the model, aligned with the country's context.  Importance of communication: good communication between the different actors of the IFTS model (central and departmental levels of MINED, directors, teachers, students and parents) emergeded as a key requirement for their buy-in and successful implementation of the model. Likewise, it is very important that the processes are known, that the roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and that the different levels and Directorates of MINED act in a coordinated manner to ensure the correct implementation of the model.  Sustainability of the model: Now that the IFTS model is more mature, it is important to institutionalize it and ensure its sustainability, involving all the actors of the model in its implementation. In the area of teacher training, the institutionalization process has already begun, with the creation of the Teacher Training Institute. Additionally, MINED is working on a transition and sustainability plan on how the model will be implemented after the closure of the Project. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Low Low Macroeconomic -- Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies -- Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Substantial Substantial Fiduciary -- Moderate Moderate Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall -- Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve access to lower and upper secondary education IN00609853 ►Improvement in the Access Rate for lower secondary education (Percentage, Custom) 1/7/2019 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 96.60 94.10 94.10 96.60 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609854 ►Improvement in the Access Rate for upper secondary education (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 78.00 78.00 78.00 78.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 Improve retention in upper and lower secondary education IN00609855 ►Improvement in the Retention Rate for lower secondary education (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 91.00 93.90 93.90 91.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609857 ►Improvement in the Retention Rate for upper secondary education (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 92.50 93.10 93.10 92.50 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 Improve graduation in lower and upper secondary education IN00609859 ►Improvement in the Graduation Rate for lower secondary education (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 69.00 69.30 69.30 69.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609862 ►Improvement in the Graduation Rate for upper secondary education (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 71.50 70.70 70.70 71.50 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 Implementation of the Inclusive Full-Time School model IN00609863 1/7/2019 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) ►Number of schools that fully adopt the Inclusive Full-time School Model (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 22.00 160.00 163.00 213.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 28-Sep-2018 31-Dec-2018 Overall Comments PDO The final figures on access, retention and graduation rates in both lower and upper secondary will be updated after Project closure, since they are calculated using the school census data, that will only be available in January 2019. On the other hand, although the end target for PDO 4 “Number of schools that fully adopt the Inclusive Full- time School Model” will only be met at 77%, separately all the activities that constitute the IFTS model (tracked by IRIs 2 to 9) have been successfully implemented and will meet or even exceed the targets by Project closure. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Adoption of the IFTS Model IN00609852 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 96,549.00 151,856.00 151,856.00 96,549.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609874 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 49.00 51.60 51.60 49.00 IN00609856 ►Number of certified teachers from lower and upper secondary school (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,227.00 1,619.00 1,500.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 28-Sep-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609858 ►Number of certified directors (Number, Custom) 1/7/2019 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 474.00 285.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 28-Sep-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609860 ►Number of certified teacher trainers (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 530.00 585.00 750.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 28-Sep-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609861 ►Number of IFTS that are being equipped with educational material and equipment (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 35.00 195.00 195.00 195.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609865 ►Number of IFTS being renovated under the Project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 32.00 35.00 36.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 28-Sep-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609864 ►Number of newly built or renovated facilities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 563.00 718.00 697.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 28-Sep-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609866 ►Number of IFTS that receive transfers for repairs or other minor works (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 60.00 230.00 230.00 195.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609867 ►Number of students in grades 7 to 9 that have 30 or more weekly hours of pedagogical activities coordinated by the school (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 10,713.00 15,801.00 12,604.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 28-Sep-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609868 1/7/2019 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) ►Number of students transported to school in the Integrated System (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6,661.00 9,759.00 10,000.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 28-Sep-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609870 ►Number of "Integrated Systems" that implemented the communication strategy for IFTS (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 37.00 38.00 40.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 28-Sep-2018 31-Dec-2018 Improvement of MINED‟s Institutional Capacity and the Schooling System's Governance IN00609869 ►Number of "Integrated Systems" with a monitoring system (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 40.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 06-Dec-2017 06-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2018 IN00609871 ►Municipalities that have started a process evaluation of the governance system (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.00 Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609872 ►Baseline survey for evaluation has been collected (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 IN00609873 ►Follow-up survey for impact evaluation has been collected (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 31-Jul-2013 16-Apr-2018 16-Apr-2018 31-Dec-2018 Overall Comments IR 1/7/2019 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) By Project closure, all the indicators except for IRI 13 and 15 are expected to reach their final targets. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P126364 IBRD-81100 Effective USD 60.00 60.00 0.00 59.31 0.69 99% P126364 TF-10361 Closed USD 0.13 0.13 0.00 0.13 0.00 100% P126364 TF-14166 Closed USD 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.00 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P126364 IBRD-81100 Effective 13-Dec-2011 14-Mar-2012 15-May-2012 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2018 P126364 TF-10361 Closed 25-Aug-2011 12-Sep-2011 12-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2014 P126364 TF-14166 Closed 09-Oct-2013 09-Oct-2013 09-Oct-2013 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 Cumulative Disbursements 1/7/2019 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Education Quality Improvement Project (P126364) Restructuring History Level Approved on 24-Jan-2013 ,Level 2 Approved on 13-Jul-2015 ,Level 2 Approved on 28-Jun-2017 ,Level 2 Approved on 15-Mar-2018 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 1/7/2019 Page 8 of 8