Quality Deaf Education in Vietnam (WB-P160543)

Countries
  • Vietnam
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
National-wide - Special Education Sector
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
C
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Voting Date
May 31, 2018
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
Government of Vietnam. Ministry of Education and Training
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 3.00 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)
$ 3.00 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Mar 27, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Oct 16, 2017

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

The project objective is to increase access for children with hearing loss to Vietnamese sign language-based primary and lower secondary education. According to bank documents, the key outcome of the project is that graduation rate of students with hearing loss will reach 60 percent of non-disabled students in the same province.

Other project disbursement indicators include:

- 1,200  students in primary school are taught in Vietnamese Sign language (VSL) and able to use it;

 - 300 secondary students are taught in VSL and able to use it;

 - 200 teachers trained in deaf education and VSL and use it in their teaching;

- A library of VSL videos based on the Maths and Vietnamese curriculum for primary and secondary education created and functional on MOET’s learning management system (LMS); and

 - The list of VSL signs will include an additional 4,000 signs for a total of 6,000 signs and is made publically available.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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Even though the project is ranked as Category C, the Safeguard Policies might be applied for Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10.

Investment Description
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Global Partnership on Output-based Aid   US$ 3million


Contact Information
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1/World Bank
Contact: An Thi My Tran,Anh Lan Vu,Inga Afanasieva,Inga Afanasieva
Title: Senior Education Specialist
Tel: 5777+8266
Email: atran1@worldbank.org

2/Borrower/Client/Recipient
Name: Ministry of Education and Training
Contact: Duc Huu Nguyen
Title: Deputy General Director
Tel: 0913579088
Email: ndhuu@moet.edu.vn

3/Implementing Agencies
Name: Ministry of Education and Training
Contact: Duc Huu Nguyen
Title: Deputy General Director
Tel: 0913579088
Email: ndhuu@moet.edu.vn

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