These projects aim to meet the priorities for the sector described in Archives for the 21st Century. Major development partners such as the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), UNICEF, the German Society for International Cooperation (GTZ), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the League of Corporate Foundations, and the Philippine Business for Education participated in support missions to monitor the implementation of the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda.Various civil society groups meanwhile helped promote good governance in education, monitor textbooks and school-building construction and provided knowledge support on international best practices. An innovation of the project was that it was implemented by the government itself through the Department of Education’s regular staff and used the country’s procurement and financial management systems.As of 2014, the project contributed to achieving encouraging results under BESRA: • Between 2005 to 2013, spending for public education almost tripled while spending per basic education student increased by around two-thirds, resulting in increased resources to improve access to basic education services especially of the poor and disadvantaged and to improve quality of learning;• The elementary participation rate for 6-11 year olds increased from 88.58% in 2005 to 95.24% by 2013.• The overall enrollment numbers also improved from 13 million to 14.4 million from 2005 to 2013. The Support for Philippine Education Reforms (SPHERE)Trust Fund amounting to AUD39.5, supported by AusAID and managed by the Bank, was also mobilized to complement the NPSBE support to the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda of the government. The World Bank Group works in every major area of development. The US$300 million loan, approved in March, 2014 will support the gains made under BESRA and NPSBE and aims to improve the reading and math skills of children in target regions and target schools with a special focus on disadvantaged groups. (School-based management) grants play a great role in order to improve the quality of education delivered to our learners. " More than 4 million students in the poorest regions of the Philippines will soon have an opportunity to improve their basic skills in reading and mathematics through a new The project likewise facilitated reforms that promoted decentralization and rationalization of the basic education system that in turn improved equity, quality, governance and financing of services. Of the amount, $53 million was used to strengthen school-based management; $9 million to improve teaching effectiveness; $136 million to enhance quality assurance through standards, assessment and support; and $2 million for effective resource mobilization. This is a substantial figure given that a substantial portion of the enrollment increase was largely from the poorest households.• The Grade 6 mean percentage score in math, science, Filipino, English and social studies improved from 54.66% in 2005 to 66.9% by school year 2012-2013, based on the National Achievement test.• The high school participation ratefor 12-15 years improved from 61.16% from 2005 to 64.8% by 2013.• High school enrollment numbers also showed improvement from 6.3 to 7 million from 2005 to 2013. It also helped government better coordinate donor assistance and mobilize resources from the private sector. "number of students enrolled mostly from the poorest households as of 2013