Renovation of General Education Project (WB-P150058)

Countries
  • Vietnam
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
National-wide - Education Sector
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jun 30, 2015
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 77.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 77.00 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Oct 26, 2017

Disclosed by Bank Oct 1, 2014


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Project Description
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The Renovation of General Education Project for Vietnam aims to raise student learning outcomes by: (i) Revise and implement a competency-based approach curriculum (ii) Create and disseminate new textbooks together with the revised curriculum to improve the instruction’s effectiveness. According to the project’s abstract, there are 4 components to the project’s implementation: “The first component will support the development and implementation of a revised curriculum for all school subjects from grades 1-12. The second component is the development and dissemination of aligned textbooks. This component will support the development a set of textbooks aligned with the new curriculum and the provision of aligned textbooks to schools with high numbers of economically-disadvantaged students. This component includes two sub-components: development of textbooks aligned with the new curriculum; and provision of textbooks to disadvantaged schools. The third component is the learning assessment and analysis for continuous improvement of curriculum and policy. This component includes three sub-components: establishment of the National Centre for Sustainable Development of General Education Quality (NCSDGEQ) and the National Center for Foreign Language Testing (NCFLT); research and capacity-building on curriculum development and assessment; and expansion of the national large-scale assessment system. Finally, the fourth component is the project management. This component combines project management with monitoring and evaluations (M&E)”.
Investment Description
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Financing Source Amount BORROWER/RECIPIENT 0.00 International Development Association (IDA) 77.00 Total 77.00

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Responsible Agency: Ministry of Education and Training Contact: Doan Van Ninh Title: Chair of Standing Unit Telephone No.: 01184985853386 Email: dvninh@moet.edu.vn ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF WORLD BANK The World Bank Inspection Panel is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by a World Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Inspection Panel, they may investigate to assess whether the World Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can contact the Inspection Panel or submit a complaint by emailing ipanel@worldbank.org. You can learn more about the Inspection Panel and how to file a complaint at: http://ewebapps.worldbank.org/apps/ip/Pages/Home.aspx.

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