Basic Education Project

Development Objective

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase access to improved basic education in four selected states in northern Sudan.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P112096
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Elizabeth Dulvy
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Sudan
Disclosure Date
February 10, 2009
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
May 12, 2009
Effective Date
September 30, 2009

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 15.00 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2009

Commitment Amount
US$ 15.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
May 31, 2013

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
December 20, 2023

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 - Education90%
- FY17 - Access to Education45%
- FY17 - Education Financing45%
FY17 - Gender10%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Multi-donor Trust Fund for North Sudan	15.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

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

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	15.00
Total Project Cost**	15.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of June 30, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of June 30, 2025

No data available.

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-06-22
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-06-22
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-06-22
Counterpart Funding	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-06-22
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-06-22
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2013-06-22
Project Management	Satisfactory	2013-06-22

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 11-26-2013
Outcomes	Moderately Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome	Substantial
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 02-24-2014	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Moderate	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Substantial	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Improvement in teachers' subject knowledge (based on tranings received) as measured by pre- and post- tests	Value	0.00	21.60	20.00
	Date	December 1, 2009	January 31, 2012	May 31, 2013
	Comment	Pre-training (initial score in %)Subject knowledge:Core: 25.52Math: 26.13Eng: 21.57Arabic: 39.08Teaching Skills:Core:41.21Math: 44.84Eng: 45.43Arabic: 27.86	Score after training (in %)Subject knowledge:Core: 32.7 (28%)Math: 31 (19%)Eng: 23.42 (9%)Arabic: 51.9 (33%)TeachingSkills:Core: 53.7 (30%)Math: 49.93 (11%)Eng: 49.02 (8%)Arabic: 37.32 (34%)	20% increase in knowledge based on evaluations. In-class evaluation expected to provide further analysis.

# Students enrolled in primary education in selected schools (number of boys and girls).	Value	7209.00	7949.00	7570.00
	Date	December 1, 2009	March 31, 2013	May 31, 2013
	Comment	3718 femalebaseline changed from 8599 because data has been adjusted to discount the 5 schools that have been canceled.	2013Total increase of 10.3%. Female:4,303 (15.7%)Male :3,646 (4.4%)Since enrollment data cannot be collected in Blue Nile andSouth Kordofan due to the conflict, verified data from June 2011 for these two states was used. Data from Red Sea and NorthKordofanwas collected and verified in Sept 2012. Enrollment numbers for the 5 schools currently under construction were notincluded since they will only be completed by the project end.

# Average number of days operational for schools supported	Value	123.70	149.60	160.80
	Date	December 1, 2009	March 31, 2013	May 31, 2013
	Comment	This is for Category B schools (i.e. those which are closed during the rainy season). 15 of the 30 schools are category Bschools.the number reported in the last ISR was the average for all schools (157 days). The indicator unit of measure is a numbernot a percentage.	This number is an average number of days open for seven category B schools under the project since the remaining seven were closedor canceled due to the ongoing conflict. The average number of school days open is 149.6 for 7 of the schools, one of which wasclosed for most of the year due to teacher retention issues. If we removed this outlier, the number of school days category Bschools would be open would be 159.3 school days, which is an increase of 29% from baseline.	30% increase over baseline. Indicator was slightly amended at restructuring to be "Average number of days targeted schools areopen annually (Category B)"

Direct project beneficiaries	Value	7209.00	19329.00	18950.00
	Date	December 1, 2009	March 31, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	Number of students enrolled in targeted schools at project start (minus 5 cancelled schools)	Includes the number of teachers trained (11,380) plus the number students enrolled in target schools (7,949)	Calculated as total students enrolled in targeted schools plus total number of teachers trained. 11380 plus 7570

Female beneficiaries Value 3718.00 12128.00 10732.00
Date December 1, 2009 March 31, 2013 June 30, 2013
Comment
# Students enrolled in primary education in targeted schools that were open during the life of the Project. Value 5539.00 6174.00 5816.00
Date December 1, 2009 January 31, 2012 May 31, 2013
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

New basic education curriculum framework established	Value	No	No	No
	Date	January 21, 2010	September 30, 2012	May 31, 2013
	Comment			The component was scaled down during the MTR. The n renewal of the English curriculum is instead underway.

# of teachers provided in-service training Value 0.00 11380.00 11380.00
Date December 1, 2009 September 30, 2012 May 31, 2013
Comment of which 7825 (70%) are female

# of additional/upgraded teachers training centers	Value	0.00	0.00	2.00
	Date	January 21, 2010	January 31, 2012	June 30, 2013
	Comment		Two TTIs - one in Red Sea and one in North Kordofan. Both are expected to be completed by April 2012.

Number of additional classrooms built or rehabilitated at the primary level resulting from project interventions.	Value	0.00	162.00	202.00
	Date	December 1, 2009	March 31, 2013	May 31, 2013
	Comment		This total number includes 18 classrooms that were rehabilitated and 144 new classrooms	Includes the classrooms within the five schools currently being constructed.

Female beneficiaries	Value	3718.00	12128.00	10732.00
	Date	December 1, 2009	March 31, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment

# Students enrolled in primary education in targeted schools that were open during the life of the Project.	Value	5539.00	6174.00	5816.00
	Date	December 1, 2009	January 31, 2012	May 31, 2013
	Comment