Secondary Education Project

DO Indicators:As stated in earlier PSRs in the PAD LogFrame, the Development Objective is to increase the number of students from disadvantaged groups who graduate from public and private secondary schools with higher performance. Two key D.O. indicators were identified: (a) the percentage of the age-cohort finishing secondary education (targetted to increase from a baseline of 15%, to 26% by the end of 2003); and (b) Girls completing secondary education (targetted to increase from a baseline of 29%, to 40% by the year 2003).In the DCA, on the other hand, 'The objectives of the Project are to support the Borrower's plan to expand and improve secondary education (through the four substantive project components)'. The DCA includes only output indicators, and omits the D.O. indicators from the PAD. While the PAD and DCA are each internally consistent, the variation between them has created a continuing problem for the evaluation of this operation. Finally the nominator and denominator used for the base line percentages are not included in neither the PAD nor DCA.We have decided that the DO indicators presented in the PAD would govern the assessment of the DO. Furthermore to provide a better overview the focus on improving outcomes would be monitored. Thus in summary these are the indicators:(i),,,,Total number of Completers/School age population ,,,,(17 years old) in all secondary schools (ii),,,,Girl completers/total number of completers (iii),,Girls pass rate (MSCE) in conventional schools (MANEB)Based on existing data for calculating the PDO (i) in the PAD will imply that the baseline is 13%.