Rwanda - First Education Sector Project

Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY t~- i-i? --g *7 -- /7. Report No. 9136-RW STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT REPUBLIC OF RWANDA FIRST EDUCATION SECTOR PROJECT MARCH 1, 1991 Population and Human Resources Operation Div!sion South Central and Indian Ocean Department, Africa Region This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  Currency Equivalents Currency Unit = Rwandese Franc (FRW) USS 1 = FRW 130 FRW 100 = US$ 0.77 Measures Metric British/US Equivalent 1 meter (m) = 3.28 feet 1 square meter (sq. m) = 10.76 square feet 1 kilometer (km) - 0.62 mile 1 square kilometer (sq. km) - 0.39 sq. mile Glossary and Abbreviations CPE Conseil Prefectoral de l'Enseignement (Prefectoral Coun',il for Education - PCE) DFCS Direction du Financement et des Constructions Scolaires (Directorate of Financing and School Construction - DFSC) DPEPERAI Direction des Programmes de l'Enseignement Primaire, Rural et Artisanal Integre (Directorate of Primary and Rural Education - DPRE) ERAI Enseignement Rural et Artisanal Integre (Rural Education) ETO Ecole Technique Officielle (Vocational School) MINIFOP Ministere de la Fonction Publique et de la Formation Professionnelle (Ministry of Public Services and P-ofessional Training) MININTER Ministere de l'Interieur (Ministry of Interior) MINEPRISEC Ministere de l'Enseignement Primaire et Secondaire (Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education) MINESUPRES Ministere de l'Enseignement Sup6rieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research) NGO Non Governmental Organization (Organisation Non Gouvernementale - ONG) UNDP United Nations Development Program (Programme des Nations Unies pour le Developpement - PNUD) UNR Universite Nationale du Rwanda (National University of Rwanda) Fiscal Year School Year January 1 - December 31 October - June  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY RWANDA FIRST EDUCATION SECTOR PROJECT STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS DOCUMENTS IN PROJECT FILES CREDIT AID PROJECT SUMMARY I. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. THE EDUCATION SECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A. General Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 B. Sectoral Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. Infrastructure and Access to Education . . . . . . . . 3 2. Quality of Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. Educational Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 6 4. Financing, Budgeting and Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5. Resource Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 C. The Government Sectoral Strategy and Investment Program. a . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 D. The Bank Group's Role in the Sector . . . . . . . . . . . 11 III. THE PROJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 A. Project Objectives and Description . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1. Consolidation/Expansion of Primary Education. . . . . . 13 2. Quality of Primary Education . . . . . . . . . 14 3. Educational Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4. Costs and Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 B. Project Costs and Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1. Project Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2. Project Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 C. Project Management and Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . 22 IV. PROJECT BENEFITS AND RISKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 V. AGREEMENTS REACHED AND RECOMMENDATIONS .. . . . . . . . . . 28 This report is based on the findings of an appraisal mission that visited Rwanda in May-June 1990. The mission members were Messrs. Djamalddine Rouag (Mission leader, Sr. Education Planner), Peter Ngomba (Economist), Olivier De Messi6res (Architect, Consultant), Michel Bourgeois (Educator, Consultant) and Louis Vandevelde (Measurement and Evaluation Specialist, Consultant). Mr. Manuel Zymelman vas the lead advisor. The report was prepared by Mr. Rouag with contributions of Messsrs. hgomnba and De Messieres and edited by Mrs. Whitney Watriss. Mmes. Duch.sne and Vaselopulos provided secretarial support in the preparation of the report. Mr. Alain Colliou and Mr. Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa are the managing Division Chief and the Department Director, respectively for the operation. This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  Table of contents (continued) ANNEXES 1.1 Background Information 2.1 Basic Data on the Education System 2.2 Analysis of Primary Education Construction and Furniture 2.3 Simulations of the Development of the Primary Education system 2.4 Background Information on Main Departments and Divisions of MINEPRISEC to be Strengthened and Organization Chart of the MINEPRISEC 2.5 Information on the Prefectoral and Sector Inspectorates 2.6 Details of the Education Sector Investment and Expenditure Programs 3.1 Primary Education Funds Brief Description 3.2 Primary Education Funds Model for Allocating Funds for New Constructions 3.3 Strategy for Improving the Quality of Education 3.4 Strategy for In-Service Training of Teachers and Supervisors 3.5 Main Project Summary Accounts 3.6 Project Implementation Schedule 3.7 Summary of Specialist Services 3.8 Summary of Local and Foreign Training 3.9 Supervision Summary 3.10 Disbursement Schedule 3.11 Government's Sector Policy Statement _ap IERD No. 22709  RWANDA FIRST EDUCATIOk SECTOR PROJECT DOCU'dt * S IN PROJECT FILE REF NO. 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