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Training of Teachers in Effective Delivery of Comprehensive Sexuality
Education (CSE) and Community Engagement on CSE in North-western Province of
Zambia

1\. Summary

UNESCO seeks the services of implementing partners to support the training of
teachers in effective delivery of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) at
school level and implementation of community engagement activities to increase
support for CSE and SRHR services under the five-year project entitled, Our
Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3) in the North-Western Province of Zambia.

2\. Background

In March 2019, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
approved a UNESCO proposal for a project entitled Our Rights, Our Lives, Our
Future (O3 Zambia). The O3 project seeks to improve sexual and reproductive
health (SRHR), gender, and education outcomes for adolescents and young people
in Zambia through sustained reductions in new HIV and other sexually
transmitted infections, early and unintended pregnancy, and gender-based
violence.

The project was conceptualized in alignment with the country’s thematic focus
on creating a resilient, diversified economy for sustained advanced growth and
social economic development as articulated in the 7th National Development
Plan (2017-2021). In this regard, the project will seek to contribute towards
Zambia’s vision of “A prosperous middle-income nation by 2030”. Actions for
this project are also consistent with the following national commitments: (i)
National HIV and AIDS Strategic Framework 2017-2021; (ii) National Adolescent
Health Strategy (2017-2021); (iii) National Health Strategic Plan (2017-2021);
and (iv) United Nations Partnership Framework (2016-2021).

3\. Project objectives

There are five objectives designed to contribute to the effective
strengthening of sexuality education programmes:

1\. To increase adolescent boys’ and girls’ access to good quality CSE
programmes that integrate content on HIV, GBV, prevention of EUP and child
marriage.
2\. To create safer, healthier, and inclusive school and community
environments that are free from GBV, bullying, and discrimination.
3\. To support the prevention and management of EUPs.
4\. To secure and sustain community support for CSE and SRHR services and
promote greater engagement of men and boys.
5\. To expand knowledge and evidence base on CSE for planning and
implementation.

The project aims to reach 100% of grades 5-12 learners in primary and
secondary schools by 2023 through strengthened life skills-based HIV and
sexuality education curricula. Specifically, the project aims to reach at
least 2 million learners in grades 5-12; 90,000 in-service teachers; 15,000
Pre-service teachers and 9,600 head teachers. The project is also expected to
reach 4,250,000 people (parents, guardians, religious leaders, young people
out of school) through mass and social media platforms.

4\. Training of In-service Teachers in effective delivery of CSE

Through the O3 Zambia programme, UNESCO is supporting the delivery of CSE that
aims to equip children and young people with knowledge, skills, attitudes and
values that will empower them to realize their health, well-being and dignity.
It aims to develop respectful relationships; consider how their choices affect
their own wellbeing and that of others; and understand and ensure the
protection of their rights throughout their lives. Through the O3 Zambia
programme, UNESCO is working to ensure that the CSE delivered is gender
transformative, through addressing unequal or harmful gender norms, and
preparing children to face gender-based violence both inside and outside of
schools.

UNESCO recognizes that school settings provide an important opportunity to
reach large numbers of young people with sexuality education before they
become sexually active, as well as offer an appropriate structure within which
to do so systematically over time. Teachers remain central to the process
given their critical role in effective delivery of sexuality education with
the right knowledge, skills and comfort levels. Adequate preparation of
teachers ensures delivery of accurate and age-appropriate CSE information to
learners. This information guides the learners through adolescence and enables
them to make responsible decisions that impact their current and future sexual
and reproductive health and overall well-being. The central role of teachers
in delivering good quality CSE is well-recognised, as are the challenges
associated with ensuring that teachers are properly trained and supported to
undertake the task. Teacher training is a key priority for the Zambia O3
Programme.

UNESCO implemented an offline face to face teacher training program as well as
an online training on CSE since 2014 in partnership with UNFPA. A cascade
model of In-service teacher training in effective delivery of CSE was
implemented in order to maximize reach. Evidence from the evaluation of the
phase 1 CSE project indicates that the quality of delivery among some teachers
that received training at the lower levels of the cascade model is low. Due to
the different layers involved, teachers trained at the lower levels of the
cascade often ended up not receiving high-quality training which impacted on
their ability to effectively teach and deliver quality CSE. These teachers
were less prepared to deliver CSE lessons and reported low comfort levels to
deliver CSE lessons at classroom level. Teachers that received training at
higher levels of the cascade are well-versed in CSE, more receptive to the
idea of teaching CSE, and more adequately prepared to teach it. Recognizing
the challenge associated with the cascade model, the O3 Zambia program will
use the model of teacher training colleges as CSE training hubs to facilitate
in-service CSE teacher training using college lecturers and CSOs as trainers
and targeting selected teachers from schools as direct recipients of the five
day CSE training using the process oriented approach (POA). The capacity-
building for in-service teachers in effective delivery of CSE at school level
will be provided in the five O3 Zambia focus provinces namely Lusaka, Central,
Southern, Eastern and North-Western provinces.

Technical support will be provided to popularise a standard teacher training
package that includes a component of values clarification, gender equality,
gender based violence and prevention of early and unintended pregnancy. This
package will be used for pre- and in-service teacher training. UNESCO and the
Ministry of General Education will work closely with selected implementing
partners to support teacher training at the college and school levels, using
the standard teacher-training package.

To ensure that the breadth and depth of content is covered, attention will be
paid to guarantee that the CSE delivered is gender transformative, through
addressing unequal or harmful gender norms, questioning gender stereotypes,
and preparing children to face gender-based violence both inside and outside
of schools. To do this, UNESCO will make use of gender sensitive tools and
capacity building resources from the Connect with Respect tool, teachers’
guides or lesson plans. Teachers and those who train them need to understand
how gender interacts with HIV, EUP and other sexual and reproductive health
issues and to apply a gender transformative approach to classroom methods.

Through the O3 Zambia project, a coaching and mentoring strategy will be
implemented to provide on-going supervision and mentorship to teachers through
systematic professional support focusing on the achievement of teaching
skills, strategies, and techniques for CSE delivery through development of
innovative teaching and learning approaches that stimulate learner-centred
delivery of CSE. The coaching and mentoring strategy will ensure the
development of the necessary values and attitudes without which the delivery
of good quality CSE has been previously hampered.

In addition to teacher training on CSE, UNESCO is working to ensure that
linkages between schools and health services are strengthened so that learners
are able to access the sexual and reproductive health services they need.
Further to this, UNESCO is implementing a campaign on early and unintended
pregnancy which was launched in 2019 and engagement of parents on CSE. These
are supportive activities which are aimed at reinforcing implementation of CSE
in the classroom.

5\. Scope of Work

The contractor will be expected to support activities in North-western
Province Only. The contractor is expected to support the training of teachers
in effective delivery of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) at the
teacher education colleges hubs and at school level in North-western Province.
The contractor is further expected to support implementation of community
engagement activities to increase support for CSE and SRHR services under the
five-year project entitled, Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3).
Specifically, the contractor will implement the following activities in North-
western province:

1\. Support the Ministry of General Education in training teachers and head
teachers to effectively deliver CSE lessons at classroom level. The first
level of support will be at the teacher training college hub in a respective
province where 5 teachers per school from selected districts will undergo the
5 day CSE training. The second level will be supporting the 5 teachers trained
at the College hub to train teachers at the school level.
2\. Implement community EUP prevention and management activities including the
engagement of communities (including men and boys) to reduce stigma around EUP
using different modalities including mass media
3\. Implement activities that promote parent-child communication and parental
involvement on the provision of CSE and access to SRHR services including
supporting the roll out of the parent and child communication manual
4\. Implement activities to strengthen linkages between schools and health
services providers
5\. Recruit and host an Associate program officer who will be stationed at the
teacher education hub to directly support the coordination of the CSE teacher
training programs at the teacher education college

6\. Number of Teachers to be trained and community members to be reached in
North-western Province
1\. North-Western Province at Solwezi Teachers Training College to train 600
teachers and reach 1,000 in-service teachers and 300,000 community members by
December, 2020.

2\. Deliverables

The deliverables of the partnership will be as follows;

1\. Quarterly reports on in-service teachers and head teachers trained in
effective delivery of CSE at the college hub and school level. The reports
must include the number and list of teachers trained disaggregated by gender
2\. Quarterly reports on community EUP prevention and management activities
implemented. The report must indicate the number of people reached
disaggregated by gender
3\. Quarterly reports on activities implemented to promote parent child
communication including the number of people reached disaggregated by gender
4\. Quarterly reports on activities implemented to strengthen the linkage to
services. The report must highlight the number of young people linked to
services disaggregated by gender
5\. Associate Program officer recruited and stationed at the college hub for
12 months

Duration

1\. Kick off meeting and review of project documents with Inception report by
31 July 2020
2\. Support the Ministry of General Education in training in-service teachers
and head teachers to effectively deliver CSE lessons at classroom level with
quarterly reports as deliverables August, September, December 2020 and March
2021.
3\. Implement activities to strengthen linkages between schools and health
services providers with quarterly reports as deliverables, August, September,
December 2020 and March 2021.
4\. Implement community EUP prevention and management activities with
quarterly reports as deliverables, August, September, December 2020 and March
2021.
5\. Implement activities that promote parent-child communication and parental
involvement on the provision of CSE and access to SRHR with quarterly reports
as deliverables, August, September, December 2020 and March 2021.
6\. Recruit and host an Associate program officer by August 2020

3\. Qualifications and Requirements

Expertise of the firm

> The implementing partners are expected to have the following qualifications and skills;
> Mandatory for the organisation to demonstrate a minimum of five years’ experience in implementing programs in the education and health sectors

> Mandatory for the organisation to demonstrate experience in implementing CSE and SRHR programs in Zambia, supported by a minimum of two references.
> Demonstrated experience with training in the education sector, supported by at least two references.
> Proven experience in report writing, supported by at least 2 references
> Experience working with UNESCO or other UN agencies is desirable

Personnel – individual candidates designated to undertake the assignment

> Mandatory for the Technical Lead for the firm/organisation to have a degree in social sciences, or public health, with minimum experience of 5 years in the implementation of education and health programs
> Mandatory for at least one team member to demonstrate expertise in implementing Comprehensive Sexuality Education and SRHR programs, supported by two references
> Mandatory for at least one team member to demonstrate expertise in project/program monitoring & evaluation, supported by two references

Reportin

The contract will be managed by the UNESCO Zambia office.

4\. Evaluation of Proposals

Interested CSOs are requested to submit a Technical and Financial proposal.
The Technical proposal will be evaluated on the basis of responsiveness to the
Terms of Reference (TOR).

Technical Proposal

The technical proposal should be no more than 25 pages and will be assessed on
the following:

Expertise of Firm

> The organization’s experience and expertise that will be of benefit to the proposed assignment

Work plan and Approach

> Approach to task that demonstrates to what degree the organization understands the requirements as set out in TOR.
> to what extent does the proposal elaborate and address the key tasks and deliverables as per the TOR, based on offer’s interpretation and understanding
> Feasible approach and methods, appropriate for fulfilling the overall objectives of the consultancy
> Overall clarity – Is the presentation clear and is the sequence of activities and planning logical, realistic and promise efficient / on time submission of deliverables?
> does the proposal include a realistic work plan with specific treatment of key deliverables and priorities, and also clear repartition of tasks amongst team members?

The organization is expected to submit one (1) work sample, which is related
to the consultancy. The quality of the sample will be assessed to determine
capacity of organization to support requirements set out in this terms of
reference (TOR).

Submission of Proposals

The offer, comprising of technical proposal and financial proposal should
reach the following email address no later than 03 July, 2020 at 17:00 hours
Central Africa Time (CAT)

en.sichimba@unesco.org

Submissions which do not meet the above mandatory requirements will not be
reviewed.



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