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1 Public Disclosure Authorized MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Lebanon Education Global Practice IBRD/IDA Investment Project Financing FY 2011 Seq No: 14 ARCHIVED on 26-Feb-2018 ISR30494 Implementing Agencies: UNICEF, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education and Higher Education Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:30-Nov-2010 Planned Mid Term Review Date:25-Apr-2016 Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2016 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:29-Nov-2012 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:02-Feb-2016 Revised Closing Date:30-Jun-2018 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objectives of EDP II are to: (i) improve teaching quality and the learning environment in general education and in preschool; and (ii) increase governance and managerial capacity of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and schools. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Component 1: Early Childhood Education:(Cost $18.70 M) Public Disclosure Authorized Component 2: Supporting Improvements in Quality of Education:(Cost $6.10 M) Component 3: Education Sector Policy Development and Management:(Cost $15.10 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions 2/26/2018 Page 1 of 8

2 The Second Education Development Project (EDP2) implementation performance has been steady with significant achievements realized in the last five months. Disbursements have reached 90 percent of project funds and all remaining funds are committed. To date, the project has: 1) rehabilitated 162 KG schools and furnished 306 KG schools; 2) provided school improvement grants to 419 schools; 3) instituted professional standards for teachers, teacher trainers, pedagogical counselors, and psychosocial counselors; 4) established a School Information Management System (SIMS) in all public schools nationwide; and, 5) upgraded the examinations department facilities and equipment to streamline the examinations preparation, administration, scoring, and reporting processes. The project is expected to close satisfactorily on June 30, Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic -- Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- Low Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Substantial Substantial Fiduciary -- Substantial Substantial Environment and Social -- Low Low Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL Improved KG learning environment in beneficiary schools (as measured by an improvement in ECERS scores of 50 sample schools) (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 19-Feb Jul Jul Dec-2017 The endline is planned to take place in March-April 2018 to measure the improvement in KG learning environment using the ECERS tool. 2/26/2018 Page 2 of 8

3 PHINDPDOTBL Increase in percentage of 300 project schools with School Improvement Plans approved and under implementation (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 04-Aug Jul Jul Dec-2017 An additional 130 schools were added to the original 300 project schools to participate in the School Improvement Plan (SIP) program. Out of 441 schools (Cohorts 1,2,3 and 4), 419 schools completed the program successfully and received their grants (US$7,000 per school) to implement their SIP. This represents 140 percent of the target of 300 schools originally planned or 95 percent of the 441 schools that were registered in the program. PHINDPDOTBL Ability of the MEHE ICT system to host data for all schools and Regional Education Offices (Yes/No, Custom) Value N Y Y Y Date 04-Aug Jul Jul Dec-2017 The School Information Management System (SIMS) is rolled out in all schools and Regional Education Offices (REOs). The system is operational and schools are entering data through the system. The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) has also produced sample reports I November 2017 using the data from SIMS. Overall 2/26/2018 Page 3 of 8

4 Intermediate Results Indicators Increase in % of 3-5 year-olds enrolled in kindergartens in the 230 Component 1 project schools (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 01-Jun Jul Jul Dec-2017 The baseline in the 230 schools was12,001 KG students and it reached 18,467 KG students in , an increase of 53 percent. Number of KG schools furnished and equipped (Number, Custom) Value Date 01-Jul Jul Jul Dec-2017 Number of KG schools rehabilitated (Number, Custom) Value Date 01-Jul Jul Jul Dec-2017 Works have been completed in 162 KG schools and are still ongoing in one additional school. All works are expected to be completed before the end of the project. 2/26/2018 Page 4 of 8

5 Number of KG teachers in classrooms with project supported learning materials who are trained on pedagogic use of new materials (Number, Custom) Value Date 05-Aug Jul Jul Dec-2017 As the project delivered learning materials to an additional 30 KG schools, 306 KG additional teachers are planned to be trained in February and March Increase in % of the 300 project schools implementing the self-evaluation (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 01-Jun Jul Jul Dec schools from Cohorts 1,2, and 3 and 141 schools from Cohort 4 completed the self-evaluation. This represents 145 percent of the original 300 project schools, or 99 percent of the 441 which participated in the program by the end of the project. Number of teachers trained on the Teacher Training, Pedagogical Counselors training and Psycho-social Councelors traning (Number, Custom) Value Date 05-Aug Jul Jul Dec /26/2018 Page 5 of 8

6 Increase in cumulative number of regulations or modifications to regulations proposed and approved in order to enable efficient implementation of the ESDP-related reforms (Number, Custom) Value Date 21-Jun Jul Jul Dec-2017 Institutional Development Plan for MEHE capacity building developed and approved (Yes/No, Custom) Value N N N Y Date 05-Aug Jul Jul Dec-2017 Initial work was completed on the institutional development plan. A technical expert has been mobilized to develop and finalize the plan in March Network infrastructure meets standard penetration and internet security tests (Yes/No, Custom) Value N Y Y Y Date 05-Aug Jul Jul Dec-2017 Material and equipment installed and fully tested. 336 schools connected via OGERO and 600 connected via private ISP's to MEHEVON. Overall Data on Financial Performance 2/26/2018 Page 6 of 8

7 Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P IBRD Effective USD % Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P IBRD Effective 30-Nov Oct Nov Dec Jun-2018 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 21-Sep-2015,Level 2 Approved on 08-Nov-2016,Level 2 Approved on 10-May-2017,Level 2 Approved on 08-Dec-2017 Related Project(s) 2/26/2018 Page 7 of 8

8 There are no related projects. 2/26/2018 Page 8 of 8