Background
Leonard Cheshire, ADD International and Sense International are consortium partners implementing a three years project (2022 — 2024) funded by the UK governments Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The project seeks to address the barriers to education to ensure Girls and boys with disabilities have equal access to participation and learning in quality pre-primary and primary education through the strengthening of collaborative and supportive systems and structures in the Shinyanga and Mwanza Regions of Tanzania.
Prior to implementation, there is a need for a baseline assessment to ascertain the existing conditions and therefore set a standard to measure change within the three domains of change and key outcome areas, as identified in the Task Order’s Results framework and a final evaluation to measure the impact of the interventions at endline
Expression of interest
The consortium partners are therefore seeking the long term services of a competent consultant(s) to conduct a comparative baseline (2022) and final evaluation (2024) to measure the progress, outcomes and impact of the programme as mentioned in the TOR (see contact details below)
Overview:
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide the project consortium partners with a detailed baseline information on the situation relating to the project outcomes, conduct a small comparative study to measure the impact of the interventions on attendance, transition and learning of children with disabilities and make recommendations to the programme to ensure achievement of the desired project outcomes.
The consultant will design a suitable methodology for collecting/analysing data from a representative sample of comparative schools, children and key stakeholders. implement and report on a baseline study within the project sites of Shinyanga Municipal Council Shinyaga District Council and Misungwi Disnict Council within and around a sample project and non-project schools.
Objectives of the Evaluation studies
This baseline evaluation will be guided by the following broad objectives:
I. To establish the current (baseline) situation and targets in relation to the three domains of change and outcomes with specific input and completion of the Task Order results framework and to assess progress against the targets over time at endline
II. To identify a small cohort of children with disabilities as identified by child functioning module Washington Group questions in both project and non-project schools that can be tracked for attendance, transition and learning outcomes at baseline and at endline.
III. At baseline to provide greater understanding and insight into the reasons why the identified situations exists including exploring the interlinkages between different government sectors and different key stakeholders, exploring existing structures, systems and tools, identifying the barriers, enablers or potential opportunities for change to strengthen greater disability programming and at endline how the project has been able to influence and strengthen these structures and systems over time to improve support for children with disabilities in school.
IV. To conduct a gender analysis to understand the existing gender norms in relation to disability and access to mainstream education in the project districts and assess how this may have changed at endline.
V. Assess the existing knowledge and practices in schools in the target districts on safeguarding that enhance educational access and retention and how this can be improved over time.
Application process
Interested consultants should contact +2557552705% or through email [email protected] for further information. The closing date for applications is by Spm (UK time) on 11th, April 2022
To view the Terms Of Reference(TOR) Please go to the link
https://leonardcheshire.org/our-international-work/international-consultants-and-suppliers
