Ghana - Basic Education Sector Improvement Program Project

Document of The World Bank Report No. 15570-GE STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT REPUBLIC OF GHANA BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM May 24, 1996 Population and Human Resources Division West Central Africa Department Africa Region  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (April 1996) Currency Unit = Cedis US$1.00 = 1550 cedis ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Africa Development Bank BE Basic Education BESIC Basic Education Sector Improvement Credit CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CSPIP Civil Service Performance Improvement Program CP Consultative Panel DACF District Assembly Common Fund DEO District Education Office DEOC District Education Oversight Committee GES Ghana Education Service ERP Economic Recovery Program EU European Union FCUBE A Program for Free, Compulsory and Universal Basic Education by the Year 2005 FIMTAP Financial Management Technical Assistance Project GER Gross Enrollment Ratio GNAT Ghana National Association of Teachers GOG Govemment of Ghana GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit ICB Intemational Competitive Bidding IDA Intemational Development Association IOC Implementation Overview Committee IPPD Integrated Personnel Payroll Data JICA Japan Intemational Cooperation Agency ISS Junior Secondary School KfW Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau LIB Limited Intemational Bidding MOE Ministry of Education MOF Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning MLGRD Ministry of Local Govemment and Rural Development MTR Mid-Term Review NCB National Competitive Bidding NGO Non-Govemmental Organization NIRP National Institutional Renewal Program NDPC National Development Planning Commission ODA Overseas Development Administration (U.K.) OHCS Office of Head of Civil Service PMU Project Management Unit PREP Primary Education Program (USAID) PSDP Primary School Development Project PTA Parent Teacher Association PUFMARP Public Financial Management Technical Assistance Project SDR Special Drawing Rights SMC School Management Committee SSS Senior Secondary School UNDP United Nations Development Program UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund USAID United States Agency for Intemational Development WDR World Development Report FISCAL YEAR EDUCATION STRUCTURE January I - December 31 Years 1-6 Primary SCHOOL YEAR 7-9 Junior Secondary September - June (Basic and Tertiary) 10-12 Senior Secondary and Technical January - December (Sr. Secondary) 13-16 University  4. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ................................................... 29 A. PROGRAM PREPARATION ................................................... 29 B. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION ................................................ 30 C. PROGRAM MONITORING, REPORTING AND SUPERVISION .................................. 31 D. PROCUREMENT ................................................... 32 E. DISBURSEMENT ................................................... 36 F. ACCOUNTING, AUDITING, AND REPORTING ................................................... 37 G. PROGRAM BENEFITS AND RISKS ................................................... 37 Program Benefits ................................................... 37 Program Risks ................................................... 39 5. AGREEMENTS TO BE REACHED AND RECOMMENDATION ........................... 39 ANNEXES I Basic Data Sheet 2 Descriptors of Basic Education 2-1 Participation Indicators 2-2 Efficiency Indicators 2-3 Student Achievement Indicators 2-4 System Outcome Indicators 2-5 Teacher Quality Indicators, 1989-1994 2-6 Manpower Indicator 3 Fiscal and Economic Analysis 3-1 Expenditure Analysis 3-2 Equity Analysis 3-3 Cost-Benefit Analysis 3-4 Fiscal Impact and Financial Sustainability Analysis 4 Letter of Sectoral Policy 5 Operational Plan 5-1 Key Performance Indicators 5-2 Summary Implementation Plan 5-3 Key Areas of Technical Assistance 5-4 Supervision Plan 5-5 Procurement and Disbursement Schedules 6 Draft District Education Oversight Committee Agreement 7 Proposed Organizational Structure for FCUBE Implementation 8 Management Roles and Relationships 9 List of Key Source Documents in Project File MAP: IBRD No. 28045  REPUBLIC OF GHANA BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TABLE OF CONTENTS CREDIT AND PROGRAM SUMMARY ......................................................................... iii 1. INTRODUCTION.. 2. THE EDUCATION SECTOR AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT ........................ 1 A. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OVERVIEW .................................................................... 1 B. EDUCATION SYSTEM OVERVIEW ......................................................................... 2 C. KEY ISSUES IN BASIC EDUCATION .......................................................................5 Poor Teaching and Learning Outcomes ....................................................... 5 Lack of Management Efficiency .................................................................. 6 Unsatisfactory and Inequitable Access and Participation ............................ 9 Inadequate Financing Arrangements .................. ....................................... 1I1 D. PREVIOUS BANK OPERATIONS IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR .............................. 13 E. OTHER DONOR SUPPORT FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR ..................................... 14 F. LESSONS FROM PREVIOUS IDA AND OTHER DONOR INVOLVEMENT IN GHANA EDUCATION ................................................................................... 14 G. RATIONALE FOR IDA INVOLVEMENT IN BASIC EDUCATION ................................. 15 3. THE BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ....................... 16 A. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ................................................................................... 16 B. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ................................................................................... 16 Component 1: Enhanced Quality of Teaching and Learning ........ ............ 17 Component 2: Management for Efficiency ............................................... 19 Component 3. Improving Access and Participation ................................. 22 C. PROGRAM COSTS AND FINANCING .................................................................... 24 Program Costs ................................................................................... 24 Program Financing ................................................................................... 26 Program sustainability ............................................................................... 27 This operation was prepared on the basis of a series of missions in 1995/1996, which worked closely with Govemment officials from the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service, and with donor agencies including ODA(UK), KfW (Germany), USAID, UNICEF and EU. Mission members comprised at different times Messrs/Mmes Gregory Hancock (Sr. Operations Officer), Kazuhiro Yoshida (Human Resources Economist), Josephine Woo (Project Officer), Irene Xenakis (Sr. Implementation Specialist), Tsri Apronti (Project Officer), Eluned Roberts-Schweitzer (Education Specialist), Sudharshan Canagarajah (Economist), Rebekah Kirubaidoss (Sr. Staff Assistant); and Kevin Brown, Gary Theisen, David Evans, Joanne Capper, Bing Deng, and Paul Turton (Consultants). Messrs/Mmes Rebekah Kirubaidoss, Geise Santos (Staff Assistant) and Ross Pfile (Projects Assistant) provided support for report production. Peer reviewers are Messrs/Mmes Marlaine Lockheed, Ward Heneveld, Nicholas Bumett and Dzingai Mutumbuka. Messrs. Ian Porter and Olivier Lafourcade are the managing Division Chief and Director, respectively, of the operation,  REPUBLIC OF GHANA BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CREDIT AND PROGRAM SUMMARY Borrower: Republic of Ghana Implementing Agency: Ministry of Education/Ghana Education Service Beneficiaries: School age children, teachers, Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, and district authorities Poverty Category: Program of Targeted Interventions. Focusing on issues of education quality, equity and efficiency, the program will particularly benefit educationally less advantaged groups of the Ghanaian population, directly school-age urban and rural poor children, and indirectly their parents and communities. Credit Amount: SDR 34.7 million (US$50 million equivalent) Terms: Standard IDA terms, with 40 years' maturity Financing Plan: For phase 1 (1996-2000) of the Government's Basic Education Sector Improvement Program: US$ million Ghana (Govenrment/communities) ,5120.9 Ongoing donor support 54.0 Proposed donorf0nancing IDA 50.0 UODA (UK) 23.0 equiv. (