ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION 17-Jun-2019 ____________________ International Development Association 1818 H Street NW Washington, DC 20433 United States of America Re: Credit Number 6438 -PK (Higher Education Development in Pakistan) Performance Monitoring Indicators Dear Sir/Mesdames: We refer to Section II of the Schedule 2 of the Financing Agreement (Higher Education Development in Pakistan) between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (“Recipient”) and the International Development Association (“Association”) and Section II of the Schedule to the Project Agreement between the International Development Association and the Pakistan Higher Education Commission. (“Project Implementing Entity”) of even date herewith for the above-mentioned Project. We hereby agree that the Performance Monitoring Indicators to monitor and evaluate the carrying out of the above-mentioned Project and the achievement of the objectives thereof are those set forth in the Attachment to this letter. Very truly yours, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN By__________________________ Authorized Representative HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION By_____________________ Authorized Representative Attachment Results Framework COUNTRY: Pakistan Higher Education Development in Pakistan Project Development Objectives(s) To support research excellence in strategic sectors of the economy, improve teaching and learning and strengthen governance, in the higher education sector. Project Development Objective Indicators RESULT_FRAME_T BL_ PD O Indicator Name DLI Baseline Intermediate Targets 1 2 3 4 5 Support research excellence in strategic sectors of the economy Number of faculty and students benefiting from competitive All: 100 All: 250.00 All: 350.00 All: 350.00 research grants and innovator seed 0.00 000 Females: 25 Females: 67 Females: 105 Females: 105 funds (of which females) (Cumulative) (i) 40 competitive research grants (i) 60 competitive research grants 30 competitive awarded in Year 2 have awarded in Year 2 have achieved research grants achieved 60 percent of 80 percent of their outcome Outcomes achieved under the their outcome targets targets awarded in Year 2 competitive research grants DLI 2 NA -- have achieved 30 (ii) 30 competitive (ii) 40 competitive research grants awarded under the project percent of their research grants awarded in Year 3 have achieved outcome targets awarded in Year 3 have 60 percent of their outcome achieved 30 percent of targets their outcome targets Improve teaching and learning Test administered for Test administered for the Progress in learning achievement of Test designed and -- -- the first time and -- second time and 5 percent AC students piloted baseline established increase over baseline RESULT_FRAME_T BL_ PD O Indicator Name DLI Baseline Intermediate Targets 1 2 3 4 5 Strengthen governance HEC has developed and Number of universities that have adopted criteria -- -- 3 6 10 enhanced autonomy (cumulative) for granting of enhanced autonomy PDO Table SPACE Intermediate Results Indicators by Components RESULT_FRAME_T BL_ IO Indicator Name DLI Baseline Intermediate Targets 1 2 3 4 5 Nurturing academic excellence in strategic sectors (i) HEC has awarded additional 75 HEC has developed and Competitive Research (i) HEC has awarded a adopted an Operations total of 75 Competitive Grants, over and above Manual for the Project those awarded in Year 2 HEC has awarded Number of Competitive Research Grants (25 GCF Research Grants and Innovator DLI 1 -- which includes the grant Grants, 35 TTSF Grants (25 GCF Grants, 35 TTSF additional 15 ISF Grants, funding mechanism for Grants and 15 LCF over and above those Seed Fund grants awarded and 15 LCF Grants) the Competitive Grants) awarded in Years 2 and 3 Research Grants and ISF (ii) HEC has awarded 15 (ii) HEC has awarded Grants. ISF Grants . additional 15 ISF Grants, over and above those awarded in Year 2. Number of Competitive (i)At least 15 CRGs have (i) At least 15 CRGs have Research Grants and Innovator female principle female principle At least 5 additional ISF, Seed Fund grants awarded to investigators (ii) At least investigators over and over and above year 2 proposals with female principle 5 ISF grants are led by above the target for year and 3 are led by female investigators/ led by female female recipients 2. recipients recipients (ii) At least 5 additional ISF grants over and above those awarded in year 2 are led by female recipients Revised scorecard ORICS: 20 ORICS: 30 ORICS: 40 ORICS: 50 Number of ORICs and BiCs developed for measuring performing satisfactorily N/A (cumulative) performance of ORiCS BiCs: 3 BiCs:5 BiCs:8 BiCs: 10 and BiCS Support to decentralized higher education institutions for improved teaching and learning An additional 4 AU’s An additional 5 AU’s An additional 3 AU’s An additional 5 AU’s over Number of functional QECAC in 3 AU’s have functional over and above Year 1 over and above Year 1, 2 AUs DLI 3 N/A over and above Year 1 and above Year 1,2, 3 and QECAC and 2 have functional and 3 have functional have functional QECAC 4 have functional QECAC QECAC QECAC (i) Additional 70 ACs over and above year 3 (i) Additional 70 ACs over (i) 60 ACs have enrolled have enrolled the first and above year 3 and 4 the first cohort in at cohort in at least one of least one of the AD have enrolled the first the AD programs cohort in at least one of programs developed in developed in Year 2 and Year 2 the AD programs 5 AD programs have 3 developed in Year 2, 3 and Need Assessment study been developed by HEC 4 Development and for developing AD in accordance with (ii) Additional 5 AD DLI 4 (ii) Additional 5 AD implementation of AD programs programs completed international best programs over and practice. programs over and (ii) Additional 5 AD above Year 2, have been above Year 2 and 3 , programs over and above developed by HEC in have been developed by accordance with Year 2, 3 and 4, have been HEC in accordance with developed by HEC in international best international best practice. developed accordance with practice. international best practice. Additional 19 Affiliated Additional 19 Affiliated Additional 19 Affiliated Additional 19 Affiliated Colleges, over and above Colleges, over and above 19 Affiliated Colleges Colleges, over and above Colleges, over and above Implementation of 4 year those considered for those considered for have enroled the first those considered for those considered for Years 1 and 2 targets, Years 1, 2 and 3 targets, Bachelor program DLI 5 N/A cohort of students in a Year 1 target, have Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 targets, have enroled the first have enroled the first 4-year Bachelor enroled the first cohort have enroled the first cohort of students in a cohort of students in a Program. of students in a 4-year cohort of students in a 4- 4-year Bachelor 4-year Bachelor Bachelor Program. year Bachelor Program. Program. Program. (i) Additional 7 CCs over and above those (i) Additional 7 CCs over considered for Year 3 and above those (i) 6 CCs have target, have considered for Year 3 and implemented at least implemented at least 4 target, have one of the courses one of the courses implemented at least one HEC has carried out a developed in Year 2 developed in Year 2 and of the courses developed Development and needs assessment study 5 skills courses have 3 in Year 2, 3 and 4. Implementation of Skills DLI 6 N/A for the development of been developed (ii) Additional 5 courses Courses for CCs skills courses over and above those (ii) Additional 5 courses (ii) Additional 5 courses accounted for Year 2 over and above those over and above those target, have been accounted for Year 2 accounted for Year 2,3 developed and 3, have been and 4, have been developed. developed. An additional 20% of An additional 20% of An additional 20% of faculty and staff of An additional 10% of 10% of faculty and staff faculty and staff of faculty and staff of public Affiliating faculty and staff of public of public Affiliating public Affiliating public Affiliating Universities and public Affiliating Universities and Universities and public Universities and public Afilliated Colleges Universities and public public Affiliated Colleges Affiliated Colleges Affiliated Colleges Affiliated Colleges implementnig New implementnig New implementing New implementing New implementing New Proportion of faculty and staff Associate Degree Associate Degree trained DLI 7 0.00 Associate Degree Associate Degree Associated Degrees and Programs and 4-year Programs and 4-year Programs and 4-year Programs and 4-year 4-year Bachelor Bachelor Programs, over Bachelor Programs, over Bachelor Programs have Bachelor Programs, over and above the Programs, over and and above the cumulative been trained and above the 10% above the cumulative cumulative 30% required 70% required under Years required under Year 1 50% required under under Years 1 and 2 1, 2, 3 and 4 targets, have target, have been Years 1, 2 and 3 targets targets have been been trained trained . have been trained trained. Students benefiting from direct interventions to enhance 750,000.00 825,000 907,500.00 998,250 1,098,075 1,207,883 learning (CRI, Number) (Cumulative) Students benefiting from direct interventions to 300,000.00 338,250 381,150 429,248 483,153 531,468 enhance learning - Female (CRI, Number) (i) 75 additional HEIs, (i) 90 additional HEIs, over and above those (i) 75 additional higher over and above those considered as baseline education institutions considered as baseline plus those required in plus those required in Years 1 and 2, have been (HEI), over and above those considered as Year 1, have been connected to PERN; connected to PERN; baseline, have been (ii) 20 additional HEIs, 60 additional HEIs, over connected to PERN (ii) 15 additional HEIs, over and above those and above those PERN is available to 278 over and above those considered as baseline considered as baseline Expansion of PERN DLI 8 institutions, of which 38 (ii) 15 additional HEIs, considered as baseline plus those required in plus those required in offering eduroam over and above those plus those required in Years 1 and 2, offer Years 1, 2 and 3, have considered as baseline, Year 1, offer campus- campus-wide Eduroam; been connected to offer campus-wide PERN. wide Eduroam; and and Eduroam; and (iii) 26 additional HEIs, (iii) 23 additional HEIs, (iii) 21 HEIs have over and above those over and above those established smart required in Year 1, have classrooms. required in Years 1 and established smart 2, have established classrooms smart classrooms. Proportion of women’s only Twenty-six percent of all affiliated colleges in affiliated colleges benefiting 50 50 50 50 from project interventions Pakistan are “women’s only” Equipping Students and Higher Education Institutions with Modern Technology 200 new programs 400 new programs 800 new programs Blended learning programs -- - -- offered using blended offered using blended offered using blended (cumulative) learning learning learning Higher Education Management Information System and Data Driven Services (i) Universities have (i) HEC has produced (i) HEC has published a (i) HEC has published a directly fed data into and published an annual second annual report third an annual report HEC’s Data Repository report using the and a strategic plan, using information derived (i) HEC has established a information derived using a web-based leveraging data from the from its Data Repository central Data Repository from its Data Repository its Data Repository Universities digitizing their reporting system (ii) Additional 10 administration DLI 9 0.00 (ii) 10 universities have (ii) Additional 10 (ii) Additional 10 universities, over and (ii) Additional 10 universities, over and piloted a digitized universities, over and above those counted in universities, over and above those counted in administration. above those counted in Years 1 and 2, have above those counted in years 1, 2, 3 and 4, have Year 1, have piloted the migrated their Years 1, 2 and 3, have migrated their digitized administration. administration to a migrated their administration to a digitized system. administration to a digitized system. digitized system. Capacity Building through partnerships, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Second survey Citizen Engagement: First survey designed Third survey administered administered and and administered. and satisfaction level of Stakeholder feedback survey N/A satisfaction level of conducted Baseline satisfaction stakeholders increased by stakeholders increased levels established 10 percent by 5 percent