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Pakistan: Second Punjab Education Sector Project

Abstract*

The objective of the Second Punjab Education Sector Project (PESP II) for Pakistan is to support the education sector reform program of the Government of Punjab to increase child school participation (at multiple levels) and student achievement. The project comprises of two components: (1) a results-based component, component one, which will finance PESRP II, amounting to US$340 million (97 percent of the total credit); and (2) a Technical Assistance... Show More

Development Objective

The Project Development Objective (PDO) of PESP II is to support the education sector reform program of the Government of Punjab toincrease child school participation (at multiple levels) and student achievement.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P125958
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Scherezad Joya Monami Latif
Borrower 2
Government of Pakistan

Country
Pakistan
Disclosure Date
April 26, 2012
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
April 26, 2012
Effective Date
June 6, 2012

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 4407.00 million
Implementing Agency
Program Monitoring and Implementation Unit,School Education Department
Region
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Fiscal Year 3
2012

Commitment Amount
US$ 569.30 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
December 31, 2016

Consultant Services required
No
Last Stage Reached
Bank Approved
Last Update Date
September 6, 2022

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Education98%
- FY17 - Access to Education49%
- FY17 - Education Financing49%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Public Administration2%
- FY17 - Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance2%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Borrower/Recipient	3837.70
CANADA: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)	19.30
IDA Credit	350.00
UK: British Department for International Development (DFID)	200.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	350.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	350.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	219.30
Total Project Cost**	4407.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of October 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of October 31, 2025

No data available.

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2017-01-03
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2017-01-03
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2017-01-03
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2017-01-03
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2017-01-03
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2017-01-03
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2017-01-03

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-29-2017
Outcomes	Moderately Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome	Modest
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance	Substantial
Government Performance	Substantial
Implementing Agency	Substantial

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 12-28-2017	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Modest	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Substantial	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Average share of correct answers, independent test, grade 3 Value 55.00 60.00 60.00
Date September 15, 2014 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
Direct project beneficiaries Value 8.50 10.52 9.10
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
Female beneficiaries Value 44.70 47.40 48.40
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
NER, matriculate level, ages 14–15 years Value 25.00 29.00 32.00
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
NER, middle level, ages 11–13 years Value 37.00 38.00 44.00
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
Net enrollment rate, primary, ages 6–10 years Value 70.00 70.00 75.00
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
Number of additional qualified primary teachers resulting from project interventions. Value 0.00 33832.00 45000.00
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
System for learning assessment at the primary level Value Yes Yes Yes
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
Utility of the learning assessment system Value 4.00 4.00 4.00
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

DLI 10: Stipends for secondary school girls	Value	Attendance-tied stipend benefits offered on a quar	Supplemental stipends provided to female students	Attendance-tied supplemental stipend benefits foll
	Date	April 27, 2012	December 21, 2016	December 30, 2016
	Comment

DLI 1: Field-based teacher professional development	Value	Field-based system of teaching advisory support to	Primary grades of close to 100% of achievement poo	Primary grades of 100% of achievement-poor schools
	Date	April 27, 2012	December 21, 2016	December 30, 2016
	Comment

DLI 2: Teacher recruitment	Value	Present recruitment is objective but is not needs-	33832 teachers recruited to fill rationalized, sch	All teachers, both subject-specific and general, r
	Date	April 27, 2012	December 21, 2016	December 30, 2016
	Comment

DLI 3: Teacher rationalization	Value	Teaching posts are not allocated at the school lev	Teaching posts rationalized in all 36 districts. T	Allocation of sanctioned teaching posts to schools
	Date	April 27, 2012	December 21, 2016	December 30, 2016
	Comment

DLI 4: School nonsalary budgets	Value	No school-level budgeting, planning, and execution	Non salary budgets for 18 districts transferred as	(1) School-specific nonsalary budgets prepared in
	Date	April 27, 2012	December 21, 2016	December 30, 2016
	Comment

DLI 6: Teacher performance incentives	Value	Two bonus programs were introduced: “high-achiever	The program was implemented as per the design. The	Continued implementation of adapted teacher perfor
	Date	April 27, 2012	December 21, 2016	December 30, 2016
	Comment

DLI 7: School councils	Value	Schools councils formed province-wide, annual gran	Implemented in 50% of schools in 36 districts. A T	Reconstitution and operation of school councils in
	Date	April 27, 2012	December 21, 2016	December 30, 2016
	Comment

DLI 8: Provision and use of system and school performance information	Value	Delivery of information of any kind across the gov	District report cards disseminated to all 36 distr	District and school performance report cards, foll
	Date	April 27, 2012	December 21, 2016	December 30, 2016
	Comment

DLI 9: Private school vouchers	Value	Vouchers to attend private schools offered to chil	361,000 vouchers distrbuted in 36 districts.	Vouchers to attend private schools under a quality
	Date	April 27, 2012	December 21, 2016	December 30, 2016
	Comment

Nonsalary expenditures: Share of nonsalary expenditures in total recurrent expenditures Value 7.00 13.00 12.00
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
Recurrent nonsalary expenditures Value 8.00 23.99 15.00
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
Stipends for girls for secondary schooling (number of beneficiaries) Value 382632.00 411000.00 440100.00
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
Teacher absence rate Value 16.00 5.80 15.00
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment
Vouchers for private schooling: number of beneficiaries Value 140000.00 361000.00 200000.00
Date June 30, 2011 December 21, 2016 December 30, 2016
Comment