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Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No:ICR0000172 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (IDA-30120) ON A CREDIT Public Disclosure Authorized IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 111.8 MILLION (US$152 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT PRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized NOVEMBER 30, 2006 Public Disclosure Authorized Human Development Unit South Asia Region CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS ( Exchange Rate Effective 03/15/2006 ) Currency Unit = Rupee Rupee 1.00 = US$ 0.0285 US$ 1.00 = Rupee 46 Fiscal Year April 1 - March 31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AS Alternative School AWPB Annual Work Plan and Budget BAS Baseline Assessment Study BEP Bihar Education Project BRC Block Resource Center BSTPC Bihar State Textbook Publishing Corporation CAS Country Assistance Strategy CRC Cluster Resource Center CSS Centrally Sponsored Scheme DIET District Institute of Education and Training DISE District Information System of Education DO Development Objective DPEP District Primary Education Project DPO District Project Office ECE Early Childhood Education EFA Education For All EGS Education Guarantee Scheme EMIS Education Management Information System FM Financial Management GER Gross Enrollment Ratio GOB Government of Bihar GOI Government of India GOJ Government of Jharkhand HHS Household Survey ICDS Integrated Child Development Service IED Integrated Education for the Disabled JRM Joint Review Mission MAS Mid-term Assessment Study MDG Millennium Development Goals MS Mahila Samakhya NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training NER Net Enrollment Ratio PAD Project Appraisal Document PDO Project Development Objective QSA Quality at Supervision SAS Social Assessment Study SC Scheduled Caste SCERT State Council of Educational Research and Training SIDA Swedish International Development Agency SIEMAT State Institution of Educational Management and Training SPO State Project Office SSA Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan ST Scheduled Tribe TAS Terminal Assessment Study VEC Village Education Committee VSS Vidyalaya Shiksha Samiti Vice President: Praful C. Patel Country Director: Fayez S. Omar Sector Manager: Michelle Riboud Project Team Leader: Prema Clarke INDIA DPEP III (BIHAR and Jharkhand) CONTENTS 1. Basic Information 1 2. Key Dates 1 3. Ratings Summary 1 4. Sector and Theme Codes 2 5. Bank Staff 2 6. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design 3 7. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes 6 8. Assessment of Outcomes 10 9. Assessment of Risk to Development Outcome 15 10. Assessment of Bank and Borrower Performance 16 11. Lessons Learned 19 12. Comments on Issues Raised by Borrower/Implementing Agencies/Partners 20 Annex 1. Results Framework Analysis 21 Annex 2. Restructuring 23 Annex 3. Project Costs and Financing 24 Annex 4. Outputs by Component 26 Annex 5. Economic and Financial Analysis 32 Annex 6. Bank Lending and Implementation Support/Supervision Processes 36 Annex 7. Detailed Ratings of Bank and Borrower Performance 39 Annex 8. Beneficiary Survey Result 40 Annex 9. Stakeholder Workshop Report and Results 41 Annex 10. Summary of Borrower's ICR and/or Comments on Draft ICR 42 Annex 11. Comments of Cofinanciers and Other Partners/Stakeholders 50 Annex 12. List of Supporting Documents 51 MAP 53 1. Basic Information DPEP III (BIHAR and Country: India Project Name: Jharkhand) Project ID: P038021 L/C/TF Number(s): IDA-30120 ICR Date: 11/30/2006 ICR Type: Core ICR Lending Instrument: SIL Borrower: GOI Original Total XDR 111.8M Disbursed Amount: XDR 91.9M Commitment: Environmental Category:C Implementing Agencies Jharkhand Shiksha Pariyojana Parishad Bihar Shiksha Pariyojana Parishad Ministry of Human Resource Development Cofinanciers and Other External Partners UNICEF 2. Key Dates Revised / Actual Process Date Process Original Date Date(s) Concept Review: 12/19/1996 Effectiveness: 03/30/1998 03/30/1998 Appraisal: 07/20/1997 Restructuring(s): Approval: 12/04/1997 Mid-term Review: 11/20/2001 Closing: 09/30/2003 03/31/2006 3. Ratings Summary 3.1 Performance Rating by ICR Outcomes: Satisfactory Risk to Development Outcome: Moderate Bank Performance: Moderately Satisfactory Borrower Performance: Satisfactory 1 3.2 Quality at Entry and Implementation Performance Indicators Implementation Performance Indicators QAG Assessments (if any) Rating: Potential Problem Project at any Yes Quality at Entry (QEA): None time (Yes/No): Problem Project at any time Yes Quality of Supervision (QSA): Satisfactory (Yes/No): DO rating before Satisfactory Closing/Inactive status: 4. Sector and Theme Codes Original Actual Sector Code (as % of total Bank financing) Sub-national government administration 10 10 Pre-primary education 8 8 Primary education 72 72 Other social services 10 10 Original Priority Actual Priority Theme Code (Primary/Secondary) Improving labor markets Primary Not Applicable Participation and civic engagement Secondary Secondary Gender Secondary Primary Education for all Primary Primary 5. Bank Staff Positions At ICR At Approval Vice President: Praful C. Patel Mieko Nishimizu Country Director: Fayez S. Omar Edwin R. Lim Ralph W. Sector Manager: Michelle Riboud Harbison Project Team Leader: Prema Clarke Juan Prawda ICR Team Leader: Prema Clarke ICR Primary Author: David Harding 2 6. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design 6.1 Context at Appraisal This project in Bihar and Jharkhand was part of the Government of India's (GOI) District Primary Education Program (DPEP) introduced in 1994. Over the course of a decade this program was implemented in 18 Indian states. National recognition and commitment to creating a literate population were critical to the financial and programmatic support received by DPEP. The introduction of DPEP was also influenced by the international discourse on the importance of primary education highlighted at the UN conference in Jomtien in 1991 and represented the call for donor coordination in development support. DPEP was supported by the World Bank, UK's Department for International Development, the European Commission, UNICEF, and the Netherlands. The role of UNICEF was particularly significant to DPEP III as the UNICEF supported the Bihar Education Project (BEP) in the early 1990's, which was an important precursor of the DPEP program. UNICEF continued to be involved in DPEP III as co-financier. The objectives of DPEP III for Bihar and Jharkhand were consistent with India's ongoing education development policies and programs and the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy (CAS 1997). Low education enrollment, high drop-out rates and unacceptable low levels of education attainments were considered major constraints to the social and economic improvement of the poor and socially disadvantaged groups. The strategy for education presented in the CAS was to focus on medium-term assistance for education, with an exclusive focus on primary education given its underdeveloped status in India, its high social returns, and its importance to alleviating poverty. Within this strategy, targeting IDA's social assistance to Bihar and Jharkhand assumed paramount importance as these states represented two of the poorest states with the lowest literacy rates in India. 6.2 Original Project Development Objectives (PDO) and Key Indicators (as approved) The project assisted the Government of Bihar (GOB) to build and strengthen state, district and sub-district institutional capacity to ensure that more children, especially from socially disadvantaged groups (female, scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) students, working children, children with mild to moderate learning disabilities and other children from disadvantage communities with limited access to educational opportunities), complete a five-year primary education cycle of appropriate quality in districts with low levels of literacy. The indicators for the Project Development Objectives (PDO) were: (i) Expanding access with about 400,000 additional children in the age group 6-10 especially from disadvantaged groups enrolled from the year 2000 onwards; (ii) Attendance rate would improve by about 50 percent and 660,000 children attending school regularly. The retention rate would improve by 15 percent and about 330,000 children would graduate from a five year cycle. Learning achievement scores would improve; and (iii) Improved state and district capacity to manage primary education evident in functional State Project Office (SPO) and District Project Offices (DPOs). 3 6.3 Revised PDO and Key Indicators (as approved by original approving authority), and reasons/justification No revisions. 6.4 Main Beneficiaries, original and revised The project targeted about 5.5 million children aged 6-10 in the 17 educationally disadvantaged districts of Bihar (undivided Bihar). Special attention was given to the most socially disadvantaged groups: (i) 2.75 million girls; (ii) about 825,000 SC and 500,000 ST children; and (iii) children with mild to moderate learning disabilities, working children (at the time of project design, estimated at 275,000 for each group) and other children who had limited access to educational opportunities. 6.5 Original Components (as approved) The project had three components: (a) Expanding access to primary education, particularly for the disadvantaged groups by: (i) constructing new classrooms and schools, and repairing or rehabilitating existing classrooms; (ii) sanctioning new teaching posts and appointing teachers; (iii) developing and implementing targeted interventions for