PCR: Sri Lanka: Distance Education Modernization Project

Completion Report

Project Number: 33251 Loan Number: 1999 December 2011

Sri Lanka: Distance Education Modernization Project

CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit ? Sri Lanka rupee/s (SLRe/SLRs)

At Appraisal 8 May 2003 SLRe1.00 = $0.010301 $1.00 = SLRs97.075

At Project Completion 24 June 2011 $0.0091232552 SLRs109.53

ADB CDU DEPP ICT IT MIS MOHE NAC NDEN NOC NODES OUSL PMO PPP PSC SDR

ABBREVIATIONS

? Asian Development Bank ? content development unit ? Distance Education Partnership Program ? information and communication technology ? information technology ? management information system ? Ministry of Higher Education ? network access center ? National Distance Education Network ? Network Operation Center ? National Online Distance Education Service ? Open University of Sri Lanka ? project management office ? public?private partnership ? project steering committee ? special drawing right

NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the government ends on 31 December. (ii) In this report, $ refers to US dollars.

Vice-President X. Zhao, Operations 1

Director General S. H. Rahman, South Asia Department (SARD)

Director

S. Ra, Human and Social Development Division, SARD

Team leader Team member

S. Shakil, Social Sector Specialist, SARD C. Bantugon, Senior Social Development Officer (Gender), SARD

In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

CONTENTS

BASIC DATA

I.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

II. EVALUATION OF DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

A. Relevance of Design and Formulation

B. Project Outputs

C. Project Costs

D. Disbursements

E. Project Schedule

F. Implementation Arrangements

G. Conditions and Covenants

H. Consultant Recruitment and Procurement

I.

Performance of Consultants, Contractors, and Suppliers

J. Performance of the Borrower and the Executing Agency

K. Performance of the Asian Development Bank

III. EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE

A. Relevance B. Effectiveness in Achieving Outcome C. Efficiency in Achieving Outcome and Outputs D. Preliminary Assessment of Sustainability E. Impact

IV. OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS

A. Overall Assessment B. Lessons C. Recommendations

APPENDIXES

1. Program Framework 2. Allocation, Contract Awards, and Disbursements 3. Cost Estimates and Financing Agreements 4. Projected and Actual Disbursement 5. Status of Compliance with Loan Covenants 6. Summary of Consulting Inputs 7. Policy Matrix of Reforms by Component 8. List of National Online Distance Education Service Institutions and Programs 9. Proposal for the Sustainability of the National Online Distance Education Service 10. Summary of Sustainability Plan for the National Online Distance

Education Service 11. Open University of Sri Lanka Enrollment, Financing, and Cost Recovery

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