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The Project Development Objectives (PDO) are to: (i) improve the quality of teaching and learning in basic education with an emphasis on the early grades; and (ii) strengthen equity in primary education, particularly in four regions of the country. Components Component 1 : Improving the quality of basic education Component 2: improving equity in basic education Component 3: Strengthening the delivery of education services World Bank Supervision The proposed project, which will support the implementation of the Government’s ESP 2018-30, is a US$19.4 million Investment Project Financing Grant from the GPE. The resource of the proposed project may be pooled with other donors’ funds as in the two previous GPE projects if the donors wish to have pooled funds. The project comprises three components and includes a results-based approach using Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs). These DLIs include the GPE variable part (30 percent of the funding in accordance with the GPE guidelines) which will be disbursed based on results. After the DLIs have been achieved, the MEMP will use the DLI funds to support other activities under all three components. The results-based activities seek to establish incentives to carry out these activities that are critical to strengthen governance and administration of the education sector including management of teachers and institutional structure for systemic assessment of student learning. 36. The PDO-level indicators for improving the quality of teaching and learning in schools are: (a) Percentage of grades 1 (CI) and 2 (CP) primary teachers rated satisfactory by an external agency in the use of the new educational kit developed under the project15 (b) Percentage of students in grade 2 (CP) who attained defined minimum standards on national learning assessment tests in reading, total and of which % female (c) Percentage of students in grade 2 (CP) who attained defined minimum standards on national learning assessment tests in mathematics, total and of which % female |
