Education Development Trust Consultancy for Development of Materials for Secondary Mentorship Club jobs in Kenya

Education Development Trust Consultancy for Development of Materials for Secondary Mentorship Club jobs in Kenya

Education Development Trust, formerly CfBT Education Trust, is a not-for-for profit international education services company with over 50 years’ experience, working in more than 80 countries that specializes in primary and secondary education.

Our vision is to provide outstanding, sustainable education solutions that transform and improve the school education and life chances of children and young people worldwide. We have specialist experience in strengthening education systems and supporting school improvement in post-conflict, transition and early-recovery fragile states.

Ed Dev Trust has been working in Kenya since 1992. Since then, we have worked with governments and development partners to strengthen education systems in other African countries including Somalia, Rwanda, Mozambique, Malawi, Uganda, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa are mainly geared towards improving efficiency, effectiveness and relevance of national education systems and school programmes to increase access, retention, and quality of learning.

The organisation is currently implementing a DFID funded project In Kenya, described below.

Wasichana Wetu Wafaulu Project

Wasichana Wetu Wafaulu – WWW –T (‘Let Our Girls Succeed’) is a six-year DFID funded project serving in two contexts: Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) namely: Turkana, Samburu, Marsabit, Tana River, Kwale and Kilifi) and urban slums in Nairobi and Mombasa. It is aimed at supporting about 58,000 girls in 521 primary schools, 45 secondary schools and, also envisaged; 25 TVETs and institutions 25 catch-up centers for drop out girls.

The goal is to support the girls to complete their current phase of education, achieve improved learning outcomes and transition successfully to a productive and positive next phase. Through this project, our girls will gain the skills, qualifications, and confidence to take control of their lives.

Education Development Trust is the lead implementer in a consortium including AMURT, Concern Worldwide, Pastoral Girls initiative, KESHO and WERK. The project uses an integrated approach towards girl child education by putting in place strategies that address the girl herself, the girl at home, the girl at school and the girl in the community.

The principal government partners are the Ministry of Education Science (MoE) and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The project also works with other government agencies like KICD and CEMASTEA as well as County Governments.

Rationale for the Secondary School Mentorship Program

Wasichana Wetu Wafaulu project (WWW) is contributing to equity in learning and to other global education agendas including providing girls with opportunities to fulfill their learning full potential. WWW is being implemented in regions where girls’ enrollment and performance is low (project average of 238 in KCPE mean score) and with high drop out of school.

The key barriers to girls’ education in these regions include child betrothal and early marriage, teenage pregnancy, poverty that necessitates the children to work to complement the household income, negative attitude towards subjects, negative mass media influence, lack of role models and low self- confidence.

The project aims at improving the aspiration of the project girls to embrace more positive attitude towards learning and gain coping skills in their prevailing challenges. This, the project proposes to do through girls’ clubs in secondary schools and peer mentoring programmes in secondary.

Objectives for the Consultancy

Education Development Trust wishes to engage a consultant to develop two sets of materials: (1) Learner’s workbooks to be used in secondary school mentorship clubs and (2) Associated guidebook that will be used by the club patrons and student leaders of the club.

The objectives of the club materials include: