Tenders Are Invited For Provision Of Goods, Works And Consulting Services For Support To Implementation Of T ... in Tajikistan

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Tenders are Invited For Provision of Goods, works and consulting services for Support to Implementation of the National Education Development Strategy Component 1: Learning Environment Upgrading: This component aims to improve access to a student-friendly education environment through construction of 53 schools and equipping them with suitable furniture, digital infrastructure, laboratory equipment and teaching and learning materials under the following sub-components: (i) Sub-component 1 School infrastructural development, (ii) School Furniture and laboratory equipment, and (iii) Digital infrastructural development. Procurement of civil works for construction of schools as well as procurement of school furniture, laboratory and digital equipment will be through National Competitive Bidding (NCB) method. Component 2: Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Education Services: This component will focus on improving the quality of education, teaching and learning assessments. It will focus on three key aspects of the Competency Based Education reform namely: 1) CBE based curriculum reform and upgrade; 2) Improving teacher preparation and professional development systems, and 3) integrating a system of student assessment. It will comprise of the following key sub-components: (i) Sub-component 1: Competency Based Education (CBE) Based Curriculum Reform and upgrade, including improvement in curriculum structures, development of curriculum framework, revision of subject-specific curricula, establishing a new approach to developing learning materials, and enhancing education system capacity and roll out of CBE based curricula. (ii) Sub-component 2 Teacher professional development reform covering improvement of pre-service and in-service teacher programs, pre-service methodology courses, implementation of the new model of pedagogical practicum and capacity building and institutionalization of Continuous Professional Learning (CPL). (iii) Sub-component 3 Learning Assessments & Achievement Monitoring which will include review and upgrade of National Learning Assessments (NLA), grading scale transition and development/ roll out of school level competency based summative assessment, including its piloting in sample of schools. This component will be implemented by UNICEF through Single Source Selection method. Component 3: Support for Project Implementation: This component will include consultancy services for reviewing the detailed design, preparation of bidding documents and evaluation reports, and supervision of project activities and M&E. A consultancy firm will be selected from a shortlist of member country firms based on QCBS method. Component 4: Financial Auditing Services: Under this component, a domestic financial auditing firm will be hired to ensure a comprehensive fiduciary assurance to IsDB on the overall project delivery. The engaged financial audit firm will review project financial statements and prepare audit reports and conduct audit of special account. A local certified auditing firm will be selected from a short list of local firms based on the Least Cost selection method. Tender Link : https://www.isdb.org/project-procurement/tenders

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