Project Performance Audit Report

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PPA:PAK 21124 PROJECT PERFORMANCE AUDIT REPORT ON THE PRIMARY EDUCATION (GIRLS) SECTOR PROJECT (Loan 977-PAK[SF]) IN PAKISTAN September 2000CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit – Pakistan Rupee/s (PRe/PRs) At Appraisal At Project Completion At Operations Evaluation (August 1989) (December 1997) (April 2000) PRe1.00 = $0.0474 $0.0285 $0.0184 $1.00 = PRs21.103 PRs35.09 PRs54.19 ABBREVIATIONS ADB − Asian Development Bank CMS − community model school DEO − district education officer FCU − federal coordinating unit FGD − focus group discussion GCET − government college for elementary teachers MOE − Ministry of Education NWFP − Northwest Frontier Province OEM − operations evaluation mission PCR − project completion report PED − provincial education department PIU − project implementation unit PPAR − project performance audit report PTA − parents-teachers association SAP − Social Action Program SMC − school management committee NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government ends on 30 June. (ii) The school year (SY) starts in April. (iii) In this report, “$” refers to US dollars. Operations Evaluation Office, PE-550 CONTENTS Page BASIC DATA ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iii MAP v I. BACKGROUND 1 A. Rationale 1 B.Formulation C. Purpose and Outputs 1 D. Cost, Financing, and Executing Arrangements ...