The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (P143842) Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (P143842) AFRICA | Nigeria | Education Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2015 | Seq No: 9 | ARCHIVED on 31-Dec-2019 | ISR39346 | Implementing Agencies: Federal Republic of Nigeria, Universal Basic Education Commission, Federal Ministry of Education Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 08-May-2015 Effectiveness Date: 02-Nov-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 29-Sep-2017 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 03-Oct-2017 Original Closing Date: 29-Jun-2019 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The PDO is to improve access and quality of basic education in selected States, with particular attention to girls' participation. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Promoting School Effectiveness and Improved Learning Outcomes:(Cost $42.00 M) Increasing Access to Basic Education for Out-of-School Girls:(Cost $40.00 M) Strengthening Planning and Management Systems including Learning Assessment and Capacity Development:(Cost $18.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions Progress towards achievement of PDO and Overall Implementation Progress are both rated Satisfactory. Progress by Component is as follows: Component 1: Promoting School Effectiveness and Improved Learning Outcomes. Progress has been observed on a number of activities with the following achievements to date under Component: (i) number of NIPEP school grants awarded to pre-primary schools now reached 13,705 (exceeded the project target of 11,000); (ii) number of NIPEP school grants awarded to primary schools now reached 18,882 (exceeded the project target of 16,220; more than 30% of these pre-primary and primary schools were Islamiyya and Qur'anic Schools which have now integrated numeracy and literacy classes into their teaching. In addition, 100 nomadic schools in Sokoto are receiving schools grants; (iii) 86,350 SBMC members have so far benefited from training on resource management and in developing SIPs, etc.; and (iv) percentage of beneficiary schools (including pre-primary and primary) implementing 80 percent or more of its SIP activities is 80 percent (exceeding annual target of 60 percent); 12/31/2019 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (P143842) Component 2: Increasing Access to Basic Education for Out-of-School Children. Progress has been observed under key activities and the following has been achieved: (i) the number of early grade teachers who successfully completed training with NIPEP funds is now 123,365 which is above the project target of 96,000; (ii) the provision of scholarships to female teachers to upgrade and to attain the national certificate in education (NCE) remained 10,649 and (iv) the total number of girls receiving NIPEP scholarships is now 219,673 (exceeding the project target of 174,000). This value was revised down from 299,629 after a though audit of the awards. Additionally, community mobilization campaigns have been undertaken to raise awareness on the importance of girls' education. Component 3: Strengthening Planning and Management Systems including Learning Assessment and Capacity Development including end-line surveys and report of these impact studies to be completed by May 29, 2020. To date, there has been notable progress on the establishment of the national learning assessment (NLA) system and carrying out the EGRA exercise. The report of the mechanism in place for the administration of standardized test for learning at primary school level will be ready in December 20, 2019. The Bank reviewed and cleared the report of the consultancy on the EGRA exercise and a full discussion on the implication of the findings for programming and policy issues took place during the mission. It was agreed another EGRA exercise will be completed by June 15, 2020. The civil society organization third-party verification exercise of the project-supported activities was concluded and the Bank cleared a final report. The project planned to carry out another third-party monitoring verification, third-party independent monitoring of all the components and sub-components will be completed before the project closure. The intervention approaches of the two IEs on how social norms can promote retention and how provision of school improvement grants can contribute to pupils’ enrollment and completion rates were reviewed and cleared by the Bank during the mission. It was agreed that the end-line surveys to determine the impact of the intervention activities and survey reports for both studies needs to be completed by May 29, 2020. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- High High Macroeconomic -- High High Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Moderate Moderate Fiduciary -- Moderate Moderate Environment and Social -- Low Moderate Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To improve access and quality ofbasic education in selected States,with particular attention togirls IN00767586 ►Primary School Net enrollment rate (NER) disaggregated by gender (Percentage, Custom) 12/31/2019 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (P143842) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 48.00 46.40 57.00 52.00 Date 30-Apr-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 Number of P1-P6 pupils ages 6-11 enrolled in registered primary schools (public or Islamiya) divided by Comments: the projected population of6-11 year-olds IN00767587 ►Gender parity index (primary enrolment) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 72.00 83.00 90.00 76.00 Date 02-Mar-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 IN00767588 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5,104,829.00 6,348,829.00 5,700,000.00 Date 02-Mar-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 IN00767589 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 48.50 51.00 50.00 IN00767590 ►Hausa reading rate of students enrolled in the Primary 2 and 3 grades. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4.00 4.00 5.00 10.00 Date 02-Mar-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 IN00767591 English reading rate of Primary 3 pupils as measured by EGRA survey. (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 3.00 3.60 10.00 Date 02-Mar-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 IN00767592 ►System for learning assessment at the primary level (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 02-Mar-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 IN00767593 Utility of the learning assessment system (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/31/2019 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (P143842) Value 0.00 2.00 4.00 3.00 IN00767594 Utility of System for Learning Assessment (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 4.00 3.00 IN00767595 Utility of System for Learning Assessment (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 4.00 4.00 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Promoting School Effectiveness and Improved Learning Outcomes IN00767596 ►Percentage of Beneficiary schools (including pre-primary and primary) implementing 80% or more of its SIPs activities. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 80.00 100.00 100.00 Date 30-Apr-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 Divide the “number of schools disbursing 80% or more of their school grants” by the “number of schools Comments: receiving NIPEP grants.” Subject to third-party validation. IN00767599 ►Number of NIPEP school grants awarded to pre-primary schools. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 7,516.00 13,750.00 11,000.00 Date 30-Apr-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 IN00767602 ►Number of early grade teachers who successfully completed training with NIPEP funds. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 73,808.00 123,365.00 96,954.00 Date 30-Apr-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 The number of early grades primary teachers (KG-P4) participating in project supported in-service skills Comments: training. Increasing Access to Basic Education for Out-of-School Girls IN00767597 ►Number of Girls receiving NIPEP scholarship. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/31/2019 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (P143842) Value 0.00 299,629.00 219,673.00 300,000.00 Date 30-Apr-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 Number of girls receiving scholarship support though NIPEP (cumulative), the baseline reports scholarships under existing schemes. This is the actual number including those who received scholarship Comments: as the time Bank's commitment was given IN00767600 ►Percentage of NIPEP-supported female teachers receiving NCE scholarship. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 38.54 38.54 50.00 Date 30-Apr-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 The numerator is the number of teachers who receive NIPEG scholarship who either continue with or complete the NCE course in the following year (year “n+1”). The denominator is the total number of Comments: female teachers in that year. IN00767603 ►Number of School Based Management Committees trained. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 8,635.00 8,635.00 12,130.00 Date 30-Apr-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 Schools must have an SBMC and be newly trained in accordance with state developed guidelines. The committee trained consist of not less than 10-15 members. The 8,635 here implies at least more than Comments: 86,000 members were trained. Strengthening Planning and Management Systems including Learning Assessment and Capacity Development IN00767598 ►Number of State Annual Education Sector reviews. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Date 30-Apr-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 The completion of a state annual education sector review. Each of the 5 states has completed an AESR. Comments: IN00767601 ►Number of State EMIS in place producing timely data. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Date 30-Apr-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 There are functional state EMIS which produce data annually. Timely means production of ASC before Comments: April of the proceeding year. IN00767605 Number of state EMIS in place producing timely data (Number, Custom Breakdown) 12/31/2019 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (P143842) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.00 Date 02-Mar-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 IN00767604 ►Number of State that developed and administered standardized test. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 Date 30-Apr-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 Comments: The piloting of state NAS instruments in Hausa. IN00767606 Number of State that administerd standardized test (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 Date 02-Mar-2015 21-May-2019 20-Dec-2019 29-Jun-2020 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P143842 TF-18918 Effective USD 100.00 100.00 0.00 85.78 14.22 86% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P143842 TF-18918 Effective 08-May-2015 22-May-2015 02-Nov-2015 29-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 Cumulative Disbursements 12/31/2019 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (P143842) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 11-Jun-2019 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/31/2019 Page 7 of 7