The World Bank Report No: ISR9849 Implementation Status & Results Bangladesh BD: Reaching Out of School Children II (P131394) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: BD: Reaching Out of School Children II (P131394) Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 1 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 30-Mar-2013 Country: Bangladesh Approval FY: 2013 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: SOUTH ASIA Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME) Key Dates Board Approval Date 02-Oct-2012 Original Closing Date 31-Dec-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date 15-Jul-2015 Last Archived ISR Date Effectiveness Date Revised Closing Date 31-Dec-2017 Actual Mid Term Review Date Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The key project development objective is to improve equitable access, retention and completion in quality primary education for out-of-school children in selected under-served areas. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Increasing equitable access 113.50 Enhancing education quality 11.30 Improving project management and capacity 7.70 Establishing effective M&E 5.00 Overall Ratings Public Disclosure Copy Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Implementation Status Overview Bangladesh Reaching Out-of-School Children II (ROSC II) was approved by IDA Board on October 2, 2012. The Financing Agreement (FA) for the project was signed on January 10, 2013 and the Credit became effective January 30, 2013. ROSC II is expected to bring 720,000 children back to school in 148 most disadvantaged and remote upazilas, covering roughly about one third of the country. ROSC II is being Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR9849 implemented in the upazilas with high poverty and low school enrollment to provide primary education opportunities to those children who had missed out schooling at the right age or had been forced to drop out, mainly because of poverty. ROSC II is built on the success of the first ROSC project that provided a second chance for primary education to nearly 780,000 poor children in 23,000 ROSC Learning Centers (LCs) in 90 disadvantaged upazillas. Public Disclosure Copy ROSC II will continue to support students in currently operational LCs established in 2010 and 2011 to enable students to complete grade 5, and scale up the operation in another 100 new upazilas. The project will also pilot similar initiatives in selected urban slums and for child domestics, and a pre-vocational skills training scheme for older ROSC students. It will continue to empower the rural communities to establish, own and manage their LCs with support from the Government and the local education NGOs. ROSC II aims to enhance quality of education provision through increased attention to teacher development and to improve the quality of service delivery through an elaborate system of monitoring, including the use of information and communication technologies. Locations Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Bangladesh Rajshahi Division Rajshahi Division ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Dhaka Division Dhaka Division ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Chittagong Chittagong ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Khulna Division Khulna Division ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Borishal Borishal ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Sylhet Division Sylhet Division ✔ ✔ Bangladesh Rangpur Division Rangpur Division ✔ ✔ Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Beneficiaries: Number of out-of-school children Number Value 260000.00 720000.00 enrolled in LCs Date 31-Dec-2012 25-Feb-2013 31-Dec-2017 Public Disclosure Copy Comments Updated figures from initial validation of continuing students and Learning Centers (LCs) puts baseline as 201000 Percentage of female students enrolled in LC Percentage Value 50.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments To be updated after full validation in Mary 2013 Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR9849 Percentage of disadvantaged students Percentage Value 70.00 85.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments Will be updated using data on Public Disclosure Copy new students profile, to be available by June 2013 Average Grade retention rate Percentage Value 60.00 75.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments Next ISR will update this Completion rate for LC students Percentage Value 73.00 78.00 Date 31-Jul-2012 25-Feb-2013 31-Dec-2017 Comments Completion of systematic student learning Yes/No Value No Yes assessment Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments Intermediate Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Number of LCs supported Number Value 8400.00 21700.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 25-Feb-2013 31-Dec-2017 Comments 7359: Based on initial validation Student attendance rate Percentage Value 75.00 85.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments Number of students in urban slum pilots Number Value 0.00 12000.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments Public Disclosure Copy Number of teachers trained under the project Number Value 0.00 21700.00 Date 31-Oct-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments Number of skills training voucher utilized Number Value 0.00 25000.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments Number of CMC Members trained Number Value 86000.00 Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR9849 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments LC Report Card is disseminated on website Yes/No Value Yes Public Disclosure Copy and at LC level Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments Number of LCs utilized SMS Monitoring Number Value 17000.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments Number of Impact Evaluation Studies Number Value 0.00 4.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2017 Comments Data on Financial Performance (as of 18-Mar-2013) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P131394 IDA-51660 Not Effective 02-Oct-2012 10-Jan-2013 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P131394 IDA-51660 Not Effective XDR 86.20 86.20 0.00 0.00 86.20 0.00 Disbursement Graph Public Disclosure Copy Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR9849 Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation The implementing agency is expected to expedite project implementation in the next few months to establish and operationalize new LCs in new upazilas following agreed criteria and procedures set out the Operations Manual. Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Projects There are no related projects. Public Disclosure Copy Page 5 of 5