| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
The Project for Construction of Primary Schools in Phnom Penh in the Kingdom of Cambodia |
| Duration |
Exchange of Note Date: June 2004, Project Completion Date: October 2005 |
| Donor |
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
| Implementiong Organization |
The Education Youth and Sport and Sport Service of Phnom Penh Municipality |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Education |
| Region |
Phnom Penh |
| Financing |
Grant Limit: 509 million yen, Actural Grant Amount: 493 million yen |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Japan International Cooperation Agengy (JICA), The Education Youth and Sport and Sport Service of Phnom Penh Municipality, Taisei Corporation, System Science Consultants Inc., Waseda Research Institute Corporation (WRI) |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
As an indirect impact of the project, the executing reported that the use of the classrooms that were planned to function also as meeting rooms includes their use for various cluster activities by teachers as well as voluntary work by community members. In this connection, from 30 to about 100 people a time engage in this sort of activity with a frequency of once or twice a month.
Also, there were no reports of problems associated with the natural environment, land acquisition, and resettlement nor were there any reports of major negative impact. |
| Gender |
The project sought to improve the girls' enrollment and graduation rates by the indirect means of eliminating a constraints to the increase in their enrollment, by improving the girls' toilets. The report mentioned that there was the reponse from the executing agency that having sanitary toilets for girls has improved the attendance rate, promoted greater awareness of hygiene and health, and aided hygiene education by the teachers. |
| Impact Analysis |
The project is relevant to the Education Strategic Plan (ESP) and the Education Sector Support Program (ESSP) that had the objective of providing "Education for All". After the completion of the project, an action program titled Education for All (EFA) was adopted to accelerate efforts toward the goal. In addition, the ESP for 2006-2010 was prepared with the medium-term targets of improvement of education quality and internal efficiency, assuring fair access to educational opportunities, so the project is deemed to be consistent with development plans. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
No information regarding ownership and partnership |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
No information regarding policy coherence and harmonization |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
The evaluation was conducted by Miho Kawahatsu from Waseda Research Institute Corporation (WRI), from January 2010 to December 2010. Some constraints of the evaluation study were pointed out in the evaluation report. Some uncertainty regarding details for this evaluation review exist, because the target schools are five in number and there are some deficiencies in the financial balance information obtained by use of the questionnaire for the executing agency, meaning that evaluation results are susceptible to the level of information available. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
Total project cost was 493 million yen; the amount in the E/N was 509 million yen, so the accomplishment was within planned budget (97%). For the project period, both the original plan and actual project period were 16 months (100%). There are some changes made concerning output from the Japanese side. The location of toilet and other facilities was changed at the AnuWat Reach Teany primary school site. This was done because of installation of water drainage lines by the city of Phnom Penh. Strengthening of joists for the foundation and footings at BakTouk and AnuWat Reach Teany was done and the dimensions of columns were changed. This was done because of in driving piles change within the allowable margin of the design had to be made in the location of the piles.
In the regards to sustainability, the report states that there observed some financial problems regarding operation maintanance. It was not expected at the time the project was planned that there would be a large increase in the cost of operating and maintaining the facilities and equipment, power and water utility charges were assumed to be borne by each school. However, the added costs of O&M caused by the project come to from 9.4% to 38.2% of annual income of the school. Thus, it is thought to be essential to secure stable funding for the schools. For this reason, the sistainability of the project was considered fair. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Other Remarks |
Since JICA only provides the simplified version of ex-post evaluation report for this project, the imformation available is somewhat limited. |
