Cambodia : Third Education Sector Development Program (ESDP III)
Cambodia's Rectangular Strategy for Growth, Employment, Equity, and Efficiency sets out the Government's education strategy. Particularly, it targets enhancement of human resources with high technical and scientific skills that effectively respond to the labor market. The National Strategic Development Plan 2006-2010 targets education as one of the important factors in poverty reduction. The plan endorses the Education Sector Plan (ESP) 2009-13. ADB's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Cambodia is closely aligned with national priorities, including supporting the Government's strategy for education sector development. The proposed Program is consistent with ADB's sector strategy, contributing to enhancement of human resources through improved quality of secondary education.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Sindhvad, Swetal P.
Southeast Asia Department
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Country/Economy
Cambodia -
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Sector
- Education
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| Project Name | Third Education Sector Development Program (ESDP III) | ||||
| Project Number | 43260-012 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Cambodia |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming |
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| Sector / Subsector | Education / Education sector development |
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| Gender | Gender equity | ||||
| Description | |||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Cambodia's Rectangular Strategy for Growth, Employment, Equity, and Efficiency sets out the Government's education strategy. Particularly, it targets enhancement of human resources with high technical and scientific skills that effectively respond to the labor market. The National Strategic Development Plan 2006-2010 targets education as one of the important factors in poverty reduction. The plan endorses the Education Sector Plan (ESP) 2009-13. ADB's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Cambodia is closely aligned with national priorities, including supporting the Government's strategy for education sector development. The proposed Program is consistent with ADB's sector strategy, contributing to enhancement of human resources through improved quality of secondary education. It would contribute to poverty reduction by promoting equitable access and improved education outcomes for disadvantaged groups, enhancing potential for economic opportunities, contributing to inclusive growth, and expanding Cambodia's human capital. | ||||
| Impact | Improved equitable educational attainment in Cambodia | ||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Increased participation in quality lower secondary education for girls and boys. |
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| Description of Project Outputs | The TA will (i) identify priority policy reforms for support under the policy grant, as well as specific targets for tranche conditions; (ii) prepare a situation and gaps analysis of the SE sector and detailed analysis of LSE provision in target areas; (iii) determine the scope and feasibility of proposed project investments, ranging from capacity building to civil works and equipment; (iv) prepare cost estimates and a financing plan; (v) analyze financial and economic viability and sustainability, and (vi) determine detailed implementation arrangements. It will prepare the project administration manual incorporating the above and other relevant aspects, to guide overall implementation of the proposed ESDP III. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
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| Environment | C |
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| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | Project Preparatory Technical Assitance (PPTA) has held regular bi-weekly meetings with relevant MoEYS officials and Project Management Unit staff to discuss project design. Consultations with Ministry of Economy and Finance, as well as development partners and NGOs. A stakeholder consultative workshop was held to discuss the project design and gain consensus with school teachers and principals, school management committees, and provincial and district education office officials. Informal interviews / discussions were conducted with out-of-school youth participating in skills bridging program to understand dropout issue. |
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| Consulting Services | Consultants will be engaged through an international consulting firm, indicatively including 21 person-months of international consultant inputs, and 12 person-months of national consultant inputs. ADB will select and engage consultants in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2010, as amended from time to time). The quality- and cost-based selection (QCBS), using simplified technical proposal procedures, will be followed. The quality and cost ratio for QCBS will be 80:20. The consultants may procure equipment through shopping in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines (2010, as amended from time to time). Some of the contingency funds will remain unallocated for individual consultants, to be identified as needed. Upon completion of the TA, equipment procured under the TA will be transferred to the EA. Inputs by the consultant firm may be augmented by a small number of resource persons as needed, to be recruited by ADB in accordance with ADB procedures. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Sindhvad, Swetal P. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Human and Social Development Division, SERD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport H.E. Nath Bunroeun, Secretary of State 148 Norodom Blvd. Phnom Penh Kingdom of Cambodia |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | 13 Sep 2010 to 22 Sep 2010 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 23 Nov 2010 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 07 Sep 2010 |
| Last PDS Update | 27 Sep 2012 |
TA 7657-CAM
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 23 Nov 2010 | 17 Dec 2010 | 17 Dec 2010 | 31 Jul 2011 | 28 Feb 2013 | 17 Sep 2013 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 700,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 800,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 674,801.54 |
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