INTRODUCTION The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) is preparing a project on Revitalizing Education Development in Sierra Leone (REDiSL). The REDiSL grant is processed under the development project financing instrument available to the government of Sierra Leone for the global partnership for education fund and it builds on the progress achieved through the previous EFA-FTI, and is also embedded in the Education Sector Plan (ESP) for 2014-2018. It aims to support interventions underpinned by authorities as they are laid out in the ESP, with the following objectives: Improve access, equity and completion; Improve quality and learning outcomes; Strengthen education service delivery The overall objective is to improve the learning environment in targeted schools and establish system for monitoring of education outcomes. As part of the process of project formulation, the preparation of the Environmental and social management framework (ESMF) was commissioned. The recommendations will be elaborated into project and site specific management action plans for the project as required by the World Bank. This ESMF is prepared by Dr Ralph Bona, former Environmental Manager of CEMMATS Group Ltd, the lead environmental consulting firm in Sierra Leone, and who is also now, the consultant for the Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPA-SL), with inputs from staff of the MOE and EPA-SL. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Project Components reviewed The REDiSL is a US$23.5 million processed under the Investment Project Financing (IPF) instrument available to the Government of Sierra Leone from the GPE Fund as well as the Sierra Leone Multi-Donor TF. It builds on the progress achieved through the previous EFA-FTI operation and is embedded in the ESP (2013-2018). It is funded by a $17.9 million allocation from GPE; and $5.6 million equivalent from a multi-donor TF, currently funded by DFID. COMPONENT 1 Improving the learning environment and opportunities in targeted – 1.1 Performance-based School Grants ($4.4 million) The objective of the performance-based school grants component is to improve the learning environment and opportunities in primary and junior secondary schools in targeted districts. Financial incentives (grants) will be provided to schools in most marginalized districts based on a fixed set of criteria related to poverty and education outcomes. Schools must meet agreed outputs or outcomes to receive funding. This is an innovation in the education sector in Sierra Leone, but it has been tested with some success in the health sector.
INTRODUCTION The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) is preparing a project on Revitalizing Education Development in Sierra Leone (REDiSL). The REDiSL grant is processed under the development project financing instrument available to the government of Sierra Leone for the global partnership for education fund and it builds on the progress achieved through the previous EFA-FTI, and is also embedded in the Education Sector Plan (ESP) for 2014-2018. It aims to support interventions underpinned by authorities as they are laid out in the ESP, with the following objectives: Improve access, equity and completion; Improve quality and learning outcomes; Strengthen education service delivery The overall objective is to improve the learning environment in targeted schools and establish system for monitoring of education outcomes. As part of the process of project formulation, the preparation of the Environmental and social management framework (ESMF) was commissioned. The recommendations will be elaborated into project and site specific management action plans for the project as required by the World Bank. This ESMF is prepared by Dr Ralph Bona, former Environmental Manager of CEMMATS Group Ltd, the lead environmental consulting firm in Sierra Leone, and who is also now, the consultant for the Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPA-SL), with inputs from staff of the MOE and EPA-SL. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Project Components reviewed The REDiSL is a US$23.5 million processed under the Investment Project Financing (IPF) instrument available to the Government of Sierra Leone from the GPE Fund as well as the Sierra Leone Multi-Donor TF. It builds on the progress achieved through the previous EFA-FTI operation and is embedded in the ESP (2013-2018). It is funded by a $17.9 million allocation from GPE; and $5.6 million equivalent from a multi-donor TF, currently funded by DFID. COMPONENT 1 – Improving the learning environment and opportunities in targeted 1.1 Performance-based School Grants ($4.4 million) The objective of the performance-based school grants component is to improve the learning environment and opportunities in primary and junior secondary schools in targeted districts. Financial incentives (grants) will be provided to schools in most marginalized districts based on a fixed set of criteria related to poverty and education outcomes. Schools must meet agreed outputs or outcomes to receive funding. This is an innovation in the education sector in Sierra Leone, but it has been tested with some success in the health sector.
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