Pakistan: Balochistan Education Support Project - BESP

Abstract*

The Balochistan Education Support Project for Pakistan aims to promote public-private and community partnerships to improve access to quality primary education for girls in particular. Project components consist of: (a) establishing community schools in rural areas, (b) supporting private schools; and (c) capacity building for the Balochistan Education Foundation, the implementing agencies, the parent education committees, and teachers. The lattercomponent... Show More

Development Objective

The development objective of the project is to promote public-private and community partnerships to improve access to quality primary education, in particular for girls

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P094086
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Huma Waheed
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Pakistan
Disclosure Date
April 18, 2005
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
June 22, 2006
Effective Date
August 9, 2006

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 22.00 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
South Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2006

Commitment Amount
US$ 22.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Last Update Date
September 6, 2022
Closing Date
July 31, 2014

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

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 - Education34%
- FY17 - Access to Education17%
- FY17 - Education Financing17%
FY17 - Gender17%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Business Enabling Environment17%
- FY17 - Investment and Business Climate17%
FY17 - Public Private Partnerships10%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Inclusion17%
- FY17 - Participation and Civic Engagement17%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development16%
- FY17 - Rural Infrastructure and service delivery16%

Project Map

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	22.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	22.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	22.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	22.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of February 28, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of February 28, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-42030	Int Charges	71,983.28
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-42030	Int Charges	8,060.22
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-42030	Int Charges	8,060.22
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	393.73
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	260,523.44
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-42030	Int Charges	68,421.52
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-42030	Int Charges	68,421.52
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-42030	Int Charges	76,104.59
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-42030	Int Charges	76,104.59
Sep 10, 2014	IDA-42030	Loan Disb	430,943.00
Apr 24, 2015	IDA-42030	Loan Disb	-572,044.70
Apr 24, 2015	IDA-42030	Loan Cancel	609,740.20
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-42030	Int Charges	568.02
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-42030	Int Charges	568.02
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	256,610.73
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-42030	Int Charges	75,458.35
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-42030	Int Charges	75,458.35
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-42030	Int Charges	76,056.67
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-42030	Int Charges	76,056.67
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-42030	Int Charges	703.94
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-42030	Int Charges	703.94
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-42030	Int Charges	3,172.43
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-42030	Int Charges	3,172.43
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-42030	Int Charges	74,131.44
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-42030	Int Charges	74,131.44
Sep 30, 2014	IDA-42030	Loan Disb	523,146.00
Oct 29, 2014	IDA-42030	Loan Disb	637,644.44
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-42030	Int Charges	1,239.73
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-42030	Int Charges	1,239.73
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-42030	Int Charges	57,527.32
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-42030	Int Charges	57,527.32
Jul 25, 2013	IDA-42030	Loan Disb	2,102,588.00
Mar 27, 2014	IDA-42030	Loan Disb	1,868,532.20
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-42030	Int Charges	69,406.18
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-42030	Int Charges	69,406.18
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-42030	Int Charges	3,057.38
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-42030	Int Charges	3,057.38
Jun 24, 2014	IDA-42030	Loan Disb	1,122,329.00
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-42030	Int Charges	2,276.82
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-42030	Int Charges	2,276.82
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-42030	Int Charges	74,522.01
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-42030	Int Charges	74,522.01
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-42030	Int Charges	753.12
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-42030	Int Charges	753.12
Jun 22, 2006	IDA-42030	Loan Commitment	22,000,000.00
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	6,596.82
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	230,699.06
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-42030	Int Charges	60,510.42
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-42030	Int Charges	60,510.42
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	3,937.00
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	237,722.12
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-42030	Int Charges	59,810.65
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-42030	Int Charges	59,810.65
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	240,641.72
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	3,311.74
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-42030	Int Charges	61,293.32
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-42030	Int Charges	61,293.32
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-42030	Int Charges	59,479.78
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-42030	Int Charges	59,479.78
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	235,837.56
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-42030	Int Charges	0.01
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-42030	Int Charges	0.01
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	8,181.87
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-42030	Int Charges	68,267.58
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-42030	Int Charges	68,267.58
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-42030	Int Charges	317.77
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-42030	Int Charges	317.77
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	252,766.08
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-42030	Int Charges	65,403.22
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-42030	Int Charges	65,403.22
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	250,941.90
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-42030	Int Charges	69,829.35
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-42030	Int Charges	69,829.35
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	770.27
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	258,832.98
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-42030	Int Charges	63,981.38
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-42030	Int Charges	63,981.38
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-42030	Int Charges	69,697.02
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-42030	Int Charges	69,697.02
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-42030	Int Charges	6,162.61
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-42030	Int Charges	6,162.61
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	261,772.95
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	2,817.39
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	258,501.10
Sep 15, 2018	IDA-42030	Int Charges	4,745.31
Sep 15, 2018	IDA-42030	Int Charges	4,745.31
Sep 15, 2018	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	257,048.70
Sep 15, 2018	IDA-42030	Int Charges	73,089.28
Sep 15, 2018	IDA-42030	Int Charges	73,089.28
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-42030	Int Charges	71,762.07
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-42030	Int Charges	71,762.07
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-42030	Int Charges	168.34
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-42030	Int Charges	168.34
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	255,153.88
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	249,843.06
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-42030	Int Charges	69,136.03
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-42030	Int Charges	69,136.03
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	2,708.61
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	695.35
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-42030	Int Charges	1,469.65
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-42030	Int Charges	1,469.65
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	247,317.98
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-42030	Int Charges	73,267.98
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-42030	Int Charges	73,267.98
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-42030	Loan Repay	266,319.47
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-42030	Int Charges	71,983.28

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-07-30
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-07-30
Counterpart Funding	Unsatisfactory	2014-07-30
Procurement	Satisfactory	2014-07-30
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-07-30
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-07-30
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2014-07-30

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 01-30-2015
Outcomes
Risk to Development Outcome	Substantial
Bank Performance
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 06-30-2015	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	High	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Unsatisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Substantial	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

An additional 35,000 students in primary schools established through community and public-private partnerships, by end of project period.	Value	0	26,248	35000
	Date	June 1, 2005	March 31, 2014	January 1, 2011
	Comment	752,000 primary school students (707,000 in govt schools and 45,000 in private/non-Govt. schools)- Source: GER from PSLMS (CWIQ)Survey 2004-05and Pop. Estim. from NIPS- PAD Annex 1	26,248 students in Community Schools in rural areas (gross enrollment); BEF is no longer collecting data from private schoolswith which it has completed its contract.Please note that there is a lag of 3 months between data collection and reporting.	Number of students in projects supported schools

Average Student attendance rate in project schools	Value	84% in community schools91% in private schools	84%	Average Student attendance rate >70%
	Date	May 29, 2008	March 31, 2014	July 31, 2014
	Comment	Baseline is average attendance in first year of school operation. First schools under project opened in March/April 2007.	Community school data only. Please note that there is a lag of 3 months between data collection and reporting.

Average Student grade completion rate in project schools	Value	70%	81%	Average Student grade completion rate> 70%
	Date	May 29, 2008	March 31, 2014	July 31, 2014
	Comment	Baseline is average grade completion of first year of school operation. First schools under project were opened in March/April 2007.	Community school data only. Please note that there is a lag of 3 months between data collection and reporting.

Average annual teacher attendance rate (net of leave entitlement) in project schools.	Value	95%	96%	Average teacher attendance rate in project schools
	Date	May 29, 2008	March 31, 2014	July 31, 2014
	Comment	Baseline is average annual attendance rate for first year of school operation. First schools under project were opened in March/April 2007.	Community school data only. Please note that there is a lag of 3 months between data collection and reporting.

At least 40% enrolment in community schools is of girls in project schools. (Aimed at decreasing the the gender disparity in primary education in Balochistan in pursuance of the MDG Goals )	Value	Not Measured as First schools under project open	42%	At least 40% enrolment in community schools is of
	Date	October 4, 2006	March 31, 2014	July 31, 2014
	Comment	PSLM 2004-05 Data Pakistan primary GER: M/F (94/77) Balochistan primary GER: M/F (83/49)	Community school data only. Please note that there is a lag of 3 months between data collection and reporting.

Average annual increase in Learning Achievement in Language and Mathematics in project schools	Value	No data available for Katchi (Kindergarden) and Gr	5% of children in grade 2 and 6% in grade 5 can	An annual increase of 3% and 5% respectively in La
	Date	October 4, 2006	July 11, 2014	June 30, 2014
	Comment		EGRA and EGMA tools were used in the last round to assess student learning.

System for learning assessment at the primary level	Value	No	Yes	Yes
	Date		July 11, 2014	July 31, 2014
	Comment		Balochistan conducts provincial level diagnostic assessments (based on a district representative sample). Although system exists,assessments not conducted annually.

Direct project beneficiaries	Value	0.00	26248.00	19500.00
	Date		March 31, 2014	July 31, 2014
	Comment	752,000 primary school students (707,000 in govt schools and 45,000 in private/non-Govt. schools)- Source: GER from PSLMS (CWIQ)Survey 2004-05and Pop. Estim. from NIPS- PAD Annex 1	Students enrolled in BESP supported community schools in remote rural areas; gross enrollment. Please note that there is a lag of3months between data collection and reporting.

Utility of the learning assessment system Value 0.00 2.00 2.00
Date July 11, 2014 July 31, 2014
Comment
Female beneficiaries Value 0.00 42.00 40.00
Date March 31, 2014 July 31, 2014
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Teacher training Value 0.00 1933.00 2100.00
Date October 4, 2006 July 11, 2014 July 31, 2012
Comment Number of teachers trained to date. No new training this FY.
PEC training Value 0.00 650.00 650.00
Date October 4, 2006 July 11, 2014 July 31, 2012
Comment No new training in current FY. Number of PECs trained

Number of community schools constructed	Value	0.00	192.00	225.00
	Date		July 18, 2014	July 31, 2014
	Comment		An additional 29 schools are in the final stage of completion and will be completed by July 30; 5 schools were dropped because ofcommunity conflict on land.

Female beneficiaries	Value	0.00	42.00	40.00
	Date		March 31, 2014	July 31, 2014
	Comment

Teacher training	Value	0.00	1933.00	2100.00
	Date	October 4, 2006	July 11, 2014	July 31, 2012
	Comment		Number of teachers trained to date. No new training this FY.

PEC training	Value	0.00	650.00	650.00
	Date	October 4, 2006	July 11, 2014	July 31, 2012
	Comment		No new training in current FY.	Number of PECs trained