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For each child, education.

The Education System in Guinea-Bissau is guided by legal guidelines and coverage paperwork, corresponding to Basic Education Law of 2011 and the Education Sector Plan 20217-2025. These emphasize education as a human proper, obligatory and free on the major stage. Despite progress in enrollment, 27% of youngsters stay out of college (MIC 2018-2019), and first college completion charges are among the many lowest globally at 27%, as per the Global partnership for Education (GPE, 2023). Contributing elements embrace a scarcity of certified lecturers, inadequate studying supplies, and non-conducive studying environments.

Guinea-Bissau has reaffirmed its dedication to gender equality by ratifying a number of key worldwide agreements, together with the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, each ratified in 2008, in addition to the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Additionally, the nation is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Political Rights of Women and Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security, adopted in 2000.

In the education sector, the MICS6 report from 2018-2019 reveals that gender parity has been achieved in major education, with a Gender Parity Index (GPI) of 1.00 in each rural and concrete areas. However, disparities emerge within the third cycle of education (grades 7-9), the place the general GPI is 0.90, with rural areas sustaining parity at 1.00, whereas city areas lag at 0.80. According to the 2022 National Statistics Institute, the adjusted internet major enrollment charge for youngsters aged 6-11 stands at 68.09%, leaving 31.91% out of college. This disparity is extra pronounced amongst women, significantly within the areas of Oio, Bafatá, and Gabu, the place the out-of-school charges for women attain 40.61%, 40.78%, and 48.24%, respectively. Furthermore, rural areas exhibit decrease enrollment charges, with boys at 63.28% and women at 59.63%. In addition, women expertise education in differentiated methods than boys; educating supplies will not be persistently gender delicate, the educating pressure is predominately male, and anecdotal proof means that feminine college students in Guinea-Bissau face elevated ranges of bodily and sexual harassment and violence.

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is a partnership and mobilizes and delivers funding to nations most in want of education help to remodel their education system. GPE’s aim is to speed up entry, studying outcomes and gender equality by way of equitable, inclusive, and resilient education programs match for the twenty first century.  Guinea-Bissau’s Partnership Compact has been authorised by the GPE in November 2024. Based on the findings of the Enabling Factors Analysis, the partnership compact has articulated the final education sector precedence reform as guaranteeing that each one youngsters have entry to high quality primary education, with an emphasis on all youngsters finishing primary education with the mandatory primary abilities, strengthening the preparation of lecturers and the administration of the education system. The transformative thrust of this precedence reform is on bettering entry and retention of scholars and lowering grade repetition so that each one youngsters efficiently full grade 6.  The consequence areas recognized within the Compact and endorsed by Local Education Group (LEG) are:

  1. Strengthened fairness in entry, retention and inside effectiveness of scholars in colleges;
  2. Improved academic high quality by strengthening the pedagogical abilities of lecturers and bettering scholar evaluation;
  3. Strengthened governance of the education system at central, regional, college and neighborhood ranges.

The STG is meant to help the implementation of those precedence reforms that the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research (MENESIC) and its improvement companions have agreed upon, as set out within the Partnership Compact.

Under the GPE 2025 strategic plan, Guinea-Bissau is eligible for the STG of $5.71 million. The major objective of this grant is to help the nation in reworking its education system by making targeted, evidence-based investments in packages that unblock system bottlenecks.

MENESIC, with help from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) appearing as a Grant Agent (GA) for the STG, is at present creating the grant application and associated paperwork to entry Guinea-Bissau’s authorised indicative allocation for common GPE system transformation grant in accordance with the strategic parameters for GPE help

How are you able to make a difference? 

UNICEF is in search of a person short-term consultant to conduct a speedy gender analysis of the Education Sector that can inform the event of the Global Partnership for Education’s System Transformation (STG) application package deal for Guinea-Bissau in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Investigation (MENESIC) and in session with the Education companions.

The consultant will work in shut collaboration with the technical activity group comprised of MENESIC, improvement companions, Civil Society Organizations, and different key stakeholders.

It is predicted that the gender overview gives solutions and proposals on:

  • The extent to which the education sector methods tackle the basis causes of demand-side gender-related limitations to education. Do context-specific, focused and evidence-based methods to deal with socio-cultural and monetary limitations to high quality education for marginalized women (or boys the place they’re at a drawback) exist? Are these methods applied and recurrently monitored with a deal with: neighborhood mobilization to deal with discriminatory gendered social norms, together with child marriage and gender-based violence; social safety measures, together with money transfers, college feeding, scholarships or stipends?
  • The extent to which the education sector plan/insurance policies help gender-transformative environments.  Does the nationwide education sector plan/insurance policies help gender-transformative environments with regard to not less than three of the next: (i) gender-responsive (OR TRANSOFRMATIVE) trainer pedagogy and curriculum; (ii) Girl-specific insurance policies corresponding to, for instance, sanitation infrastructure and hygiene education together with menstrual hygiene administration (MHM) or re-entry insurance policies for pregnant women and adolescent moms; (iii) insurance policies to stop and tackle SRGBV, together with bullying, corporal punishment and sexual harassment/abuse (iv) Teacher deployment i.e. improved gender stability amongst educating and administration workers throughout ranges of education, topic and/or areas;  Sufficient finances is on the market for the corresponding actions?
  • The stage of improvement of nationwide School Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV) prevention and response mechanisms.  Did holistic mechanisms of prevention and response to SRGBV are established on the nationwide, sub-national and native ranges? Did they embrace not less than 4 of the next: (i) gender analysis to map varieties of frequent types of violence and websites of violence in and round colleges; (ii) codes of conduct for lecturers and college governance and school-wide monitoring mechanisms; (iii) protected areas (e.g. women’ golf equipment) for peer help, mentoring and co-curricular actions; (iv) functioning college based mostly reporting, response (together with counselling help) and multi-sectoral referral programs; (v) curricular approaches to stop violence and promote gender equality (vi) On-going pre and in-service coaching of lecturers, head lecturers and SMC/PTA members on SRGBV and gender-transformative pedagogy?
  • To what extent is knowledge from the Education Management Information System (EMIS) disaggregated by gender?
  • What are the federal government incentives for feminine (or male when related) lecturers the place they’re under-represented (particular areas, topics or ranges of education)?
  • To what extent does the education sector plan/insurance policies help gender-transformative educating and studying? Does the nationwide education sector plan/insurance policies help gender-transformative educating and studying with regard to all the following: (i) Gender-transformative curricula and/or studying supplies; (ii) gender responsive pedagogy; and (iii) decreasing gender-based disparities in studying together with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) topics. Is their enough finances obtainable for the corresponding actions. 
  • The extent to which the nationwide education/coaching insurance policies and plans help the mainstreaming of gender fairness in alternatives for abilities improvement. Does the nationwide education/coaching coverage(s) and/or sector plan consists of and absolutely implements not less than three of the next: i) insurance policies for gender parity in scholar enrolment and studying in historically gendered vocational coaching programmes and topics corresponding to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM); ii) insurance policies for gender parity within the trainer workforce in vocational coaching programmes and STEM topics; iii) curricula and supplies for abilities improvement (together with abilities for studying, private empowerment, lively citizenship and/or employability) programmes which might be gender-transformative and explicitly promote gender equality; iv) incentive mechanisms (e.g. scholarships, apprenticeships, money transfers, and many others.) for deprived adolescent women to entry coaching aiming for formal sector employment (e.g. STEM, enterprise and different formal sector).

Scope of Work:

The scope of the gender overview will cowl pre-school and primary education (grade 1-9) education ranges, together with various education (i.e. formal and non-formal accelerated studying programmes, abilities improvement, vocational trainings, employability programmes).

The consultant is predicted to:

  1. Develop a timeline and methodology for knowledge assortment and analysis, together with each qualitative and quantitative knowledge. The methodology ought to embrace a desk-review of present legal guidelines, MENESIC and authorities insurance policies, sector improvement plans, the nationwide finances, administrative knowledge from the EMIS and college mapping, tutorial analysis, the Partnership Compact and different GPE strategic paperwork, and determine key stakeholders and actors to be interviewed (e.g., authorities companies, NGOs, lecturers, mother and father, civil society, neighborhood leaders, college students, and many others.).
  2. Review the Guinea-Bissau curriculum, together with educating and studying supplies, in addition to educating practices by way of websites visits and classroom observations, to evaluate the extent to which they’re gender delicate (or transformative).
  3. Conduct qualitative knowledge assortment, together with however not restricted to secondary doc overview knowledge assortment, and first analysis together with interviews, focus teams, web site visits and classroom observations.
  4. Complete an analysis of quantitative knowledge, together with EMIS, college mapping, and finances knowledge
  5. Analyse the social, cultural, or financial limitations (inside and outdoors of the education sector) that impede women’ proper to high quality education in Guinea-Bissau, in addition to concrete recommendations on the way to tackle the basis causes of those limitations
  6. Develop a complete gender analysis that examines the extent to which the Guinea-Bissau education system is gender delicate/gender transformative, in addition to suggestions on the way to rework the education system in order that it’s extra equitable for women and boys. The gender analysis  ought to, at a minimal, study the next elements:
    1. Enabling setting and governance (education insurance policies and budgets, monitoring and supervision)
    2. Access (infrastructure, security and violence)
    3. Quality and studying outcomes (trainer attitudes and practices associated to gender, curriculum)

The gender analysis ought to suggest actionable suggestions to deal with recognized gaps and challenges, in addition to embrace not less than one case study highlighting systemic/supply-side limitations or demand-side limitations (social, cultural, and financial) impeding entry to education for adolescent women.

  1. Present the findings to stakeholders for validation and suggestions and collaborate on a roadmap for implementing suggestions, together with creating a framework for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of suggestions (together with indicators to trace progress on gender fairness within the education sector).

Work Assignment #1

Develop a complete timeline and methodology for knowledge assortment and analysis, overview key coverage paperwork and techniques associated to education and gender, analyse curriculum supplies for gender biases, study related legal guidelines and plans, and determine key stakeholders for collaboration.

Deliverables (10 working days)

  • Desk overview/inception report submitted in English, with:

    • A proposed timeline and methodology for knowledge assortment and analysis, together with the proposed construction of the ultimate report;

    • Mapping of key stakeholders to be consulted.

Work Assignment #2

Analyse the social, cultural, and financial limitations to gender equality in education and their intersection with elements like poverty, ethnicity, and incapacity, utilizing a structured methodology that features interviews, focus teams, and surveys with numerous stakeholders.

Assess disparities in entry, high quality, and studying outcomes in pre-school and primary education ranges, whereas evaluating gender-sensitive options of college infrastructure (together with WASH services), security mechanisms, and trainer practices.

Review the combination of gender fairness in insurance policies, budgets, textbooks, and education administration programs to determine gaps and suggest enhancements.

Propose prioritized, actionable suggestions achievable in 3-5 years.

Provide a concise report with findings, supported by knowledge and case research.

Deliverables (30 working days)

  • A complete Gender Analysis of the Education Sector Report is submitted in Portuguese and English*, together with:
    • A desk overview of key insurance policies, methods, education sector budgets, tasks and interventions to determine gender gaps and challenges;
    • Findings from interviews, focus teams, and surveys with college students, lecturers, mother and father, and education authorities;
    • Detailed analysis of gender disparities in entry, high quality, and studying outcomes in pre-school and primary education ranges;
    • Recommendations to deal with recognized limitations and disparities in education entry, high quality, and outcomes;
  • At least one case study highlighting systemic/supply-side limitations or demand-side limitations (social, cultural, and financial) impeding entry to education for adolescent women, together with potential responses

 Work Assignment #3

Present findings for stakeholder validation.

Develop a collaborative implementation roadmap, that combine a monitoring and analysis framework with indicators.

Deliverables (5 working days)

  • A nationwide workshop is organised with key stakeholders and findings from the Rapid Gender Analysis are validated.

  • A PowerPoint presentation (in Portuguese) which summarizes the Gender Analysis with slide(s) on Key findings and

    Recommendations

  • A roadmap (in Portuguese) to help implementation of suggestions is developed with SMART indicators.
 

To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have… 

  • An superior college diploma (Master’s or increased) in a social and behavioural science, together with sociology, anthropology, communication for improvement, gender research, psychology and/or associated area is required.
    *A primary University Degree in a related area mixed with 2 further years {of professional} expertise could also be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree. 
  • Demonstrated expertise enterprise gender analyses, ideally within the education sector.
  • A minimal of 5 years of related skilled expertise in creating, implementing, evaluating, and managing social and behavioural change methods and content material is required.
  • Demonstrated experience in using social and behavior change science, theories, analysis, and analysis, to help the event and or implementation of insurance policies, improvement programme/venture is fascinating.
  • Proven capacity to handle social analysis, together with quantitative, qualitative, and participatory strategies for formative assessments, figuring out behavioural drivers, and monitoring, measurement and analysis of social change is fascinating.
  • Ability to have interaction and work with a wide range of stakeholders (Government, improvement companions, civil society, oblique and direct program/venture beneficiaries).
  • Familiarity with new and rising approaches corresponding to behavioural insights, human centered design, social listening, gender analysis, amongst others is a plus.
  • Sound data of GPE pointers and processes is a plus.
  • Analytical, with good laptop and knowledge analysis abilities.
  • Familiarity with the Guinea-Bissau education context or comparable fragile or low and middle-income nations.
  • Experience of labor in a UN group is fascinating.

Criteria for Selection – Interested candidates ought to submit the followings:

  1. A canopy letter
  2. A CV/resume (together with the variety of profitable Gender Reviews carried out)
  3. A technical proposal
  4. A monetary proposal, together with a breakdown of their all-inclusive charges (together with skilled charges, journey associated prices for not less than 22 days in Guinea-Bissau).

The remaining choice will probably be based mostly on the precept of “best value for money” i.e. reaching desired consequence at lowest potential price.

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Only shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

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The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the whole interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking on the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and will not be anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF for the length of their consultancy contracts. 

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