The World Bank Sindh Global Partnership for Education Project (P146451) REPORT NO.: RES29648 DOCUMENT OF THE WORLD BANK RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF SINDH GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION PROJECT APPROVED ON APRIL 2, 2015 TO ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN EDUCATION SOUTH ASIA Regional Vice President: Annette Dixon Country Director: Patchamuthu Illangovan Senior Global Practice Director: Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi Practice Manager/Manager: Keiko Miwa Task Team Leader: Umbreen Arif The World Bank Sindh Global Partnership for Education Project (P146451) I. BASIC DATA Product Information Project ID Financing Instrument P146451 Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Current EA Category Not Required (C) Not Required (C) Approval Date Current Closing Date 02-Apr-2015 29-Sep-2017 Organizations Borrower Responsible Agency Education and Literacy Department, Government of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Sindh Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The Project supports the implementation of the Sindh Education Sector Support Program (SESP). The Project Development Objective isto strengthen the institutional capacity to generate, disseminate and use information to support the implementation of key reformsunder SESP. Progress towards the achievement of the PDO will be measured by the following indicators: 1.Numberof districts for which monitoring data of at least 70% of schools is collected by DGME. 2. Number of districts forwhich monitoring data is analyzed and disseminated to ELD management and district administrators. 3. Number of Districtswhich submittedHRMIS reports to ELD. Summary Status of Financing Net Ln/Cr/Tf Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed TF-18672 25-Mar-2015 25-Mar-2015 25-Mar-2015 30-Jun-2016 21.73 21.73 0 The World Bank Sindh Global Partnership for Education Project (P146451) TF-18673 25-Mar-2015 25-Mar-2015 25-Mar-2015 29-Dec-2017 44.00 34.00 10.00 Policy Waiver(s) Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)? No II. SUMMARY OF PROJECT STATUS AND PROPOSED CHANGES The Sindh-Global Partnership for Education (S-GPE) project is a USD 66 Million grant provided by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). The S-GPE contributes to the main objectives identified in the World Bank IDA financed Sindh Education Sector project (SERP II) by supporting key aspects of governance and accountability mechanisms, to ensure the effective implementation of the larger share of essential education sector reforms and activities to improve (basic) education outcomes. SGPE has supported the Government of Sindh to establish a basic Human Resource and Information System (HRMIS), develop a comprehensive Sindh School Monitoring System (SSMS) and improve communication mechanisms for education reforms. The SSMS is now being implemented across Sindh in 29 districts through the Directorate General of Monitoring and Evaluation. (DG M&E). Both the establishment of the HRMIS and SSMS have been beneficial in identifying teacher absenteeism, absconder teachers and closed schools. A regular mechanism of meeting the districts to correct information from the field, as well as taking actions against absenteeism of teachers and students, and functionalization of schools is proving to be very useful in tackling some of the chronic problems of ghost teachers and non-functional schools. The Department is sharing monthly information of the Monitoring results with the Divisional and District heads to ensure the data is used to take necessary actions at the field level. Basic HRMIS has been developed and deployed at the Education Department Data Center. The system has all reports and functionalities available to start a detailed round of testing and quality assurance of the system. An exercise to standardize definitions of indicators across SED is being initiated that will help collection and reporting of data in a consistent manner across sources. The department has developed a comprehensive communication strategy and is implementing it effectively to enhance awareness of reforms as well as improve coordination mechanisms within the department. The Internal Communications System (ICS) pilot has been deployed and preparation for scale-up is underway. Although the project has achieved all major milestones identified in the Disbursement Linked Indicator (DLI) table and is on track to achieve the two lagging DLI's before the closing date of September 29, 2017, the Government of Sindh has requested an extension of the closing date by three months to ensure that all contractual activities under the technical assistance can be completed. It is extremely important that the contractual activities are completed to fully meet the objectives of the project. The restructuring paper proposes an extension of the closing date by three months from September 29, 2017 to December 29, 2017. III. DETAILED CHANGES LOAN CLOSING DATE(S) The World Bank Sindh Global Partnership for Education Project (P146451) Original Revised Proposed Proposed Deadline Ln/Cr/Tf Status Closing Closing(s) Closing for Withdrawal Applications TF-18672 Closed 30-Jun-2016 10-Aug-2017 TF-18673 Effective 29-Sep-2017 29-Dec-2017 29-Dec-2017 29-Apr-2018