MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING (MOET)
ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC)
BURSARY UNIT
FUNDING: GLOBAL FUND
The Government of Lesotho has received a grant
from the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria Project and it intends
to apply part of the proceeds of the grant to
conduct a Baseline study on Ministry of
Education and Training (MOET) OVC Bursary
Programme.
Global Fund Coordinating Unit (GFCU) now invites
eligible person/consulting firm to indicate
their interest to conduct the
study. The objective is to obtain reliable and
relevant data on the baseline values of various
indicators on the MOET bursary M&E plan. The
information obtained from the study will be used
to inform programmatic interventions on OVC
bursary programme in Lesotho.
TERMS OF REFRENCE AND SCOPE OF WORK
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
The vision of the Ministry of
Education and Training (MOET) is that Basotho
shall be a functionally literate society with
well-grounded moral and ethical values; adequate
social, scientific and technical knowledge and
skills by the year 2020.
1.2
Mission Statement
To develop and implement policies which ensure
acquisition of functional literacy among all
Basotho and development of a productive, quality
human resource base through education and
training.
1.3
In order to fulfil two of the education
sector objectives; to improve access, efficiency
and equity of education and training at all
levels and to address the challenges posed by
HIV and AIDS in education and training, the MOET
has developed a free primary level education
policy and have been implemented since 2000.
Furthermore, a bursary program to assist
secondary school orphans and vulnerable children
(OVC) was established in order to improve
retention of children in school. Almost 20,000
OVCs were assisted to attend high school through
the MOET and other development partners.
2.0
Progress to date
2.1
In
April 2011, the MOET developed a monitoring and
Evaluation plan to monitor the bursary program.
The M&E plan has been approved by the MOET
senior management and it is therefore imperative
to establish the baseline information, so as to
make informed decisions on the management of the
bursary program.
3.0
GOAL and OBJECTIVES
3.1
The study is intended to obtain reliable and
relevant data on the baseline values of various
indicators on the MOET bursary M&E plan. The
information obtained from the study will be used
to inform programmatic interventions on OVC
bursary programme in Lesotho.
4.0
The specific objective of the study are
to:
Establish the baseline values of specific
Impact, outcome and output indicators for the
bursary program
Collect data from all secondary schools in
Lesotho to establish the current school
attendance, drop-out rate, C.O.S.C pass rate,
promotion rate, mean actual attendance rate, net
enrolment rate among OVC in Lesotho.
Identify other partners assisting MOET and
identify any area of duplication in terms of fee
payments.
5.0
Main Activities in the Consultancy
Under the supervision of Bursary program and the
Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (GFCU)
the consultant is expected to:
Undertake a desk review of all the documents
related Bursary program
To develop an appropriate tool for collecting
the required information
Undertake field work to collect the data,
Analyze, interpret and built inferences on the
data findings
Produce study report in line with the objectives
of the study using the format attached.
6.0 Expected Outputs/Deliverables
Study report based on the format attached
Power Point Slides indicating the summary
Presentation of the Report
7.0 Requirements of the consultant
The prospective consultant should possess
postgraduate degree in social/economic sciences
and have a background in the education system in
Lesotho. Suitable candidates must demonstrate
experience in research with sufficient knowledge
in data analysis.
8.0 Duration of the assignment
The consultant will be working with officers
from the bursary programme at district and
national levels for the period of a month.
9.0 Deadline of submission: September 14, 2011
on or before 12.00
HRS
Interested people/consulting firms should submit
their proposal(s) to the following address:
The National Coordinator
Global Fund Coordination Unit
Ground Floor Mafike House Kingsway Road
Or email at
info@gfcu.org.ls
For more information visit GFCU website at
www.gfcu.org.ls
