Posted on : November 10, 2024 Application deadline : November 16, 2024

Consultant (National) (Adv#252/2024) icddr,b is a Bangladesh-based international health research institute that strives to solve key public health problems through high-quality scientific research and innovation. icddr,b encourages women and people with disabilities. icddr,b invites applications from suitable candidates for consultancy with the Child Development Unit under the Maternal and Child Health Division. Background of the Project: Despite global efforts to improve smooth transitions and school readiness through early childhood care and education programmes, children often enter primary school with varying levels of preparedness. This project builds on previous successful work in Bangladesh, Nepal and Tanzania, that focused on the readiness of both children and caregivers to enter the preschool education programme, through an initiative called Every Newborn-Reach Up Early Education Intervention for All Children (EN-REACH). This new project will support the adaptation of the EN-REACH programme to incorporate key components on teacher readiness to facilitate easy transition to pre-primary education (EN-REACH-ED) Location: Mohakhali, Dhaka Expected start date: Last week of November Duration: Total 25 days Scope of Work: The main goal of this consultancy is to provide high-level guidance and inputs on development of two comprehensive manuals along with facilitating training for national-level master trainers on how to successfully include children with disabilities in government-run pre-primary educational settings. Specifically, the consultant will support in drafting and finalizing comprehensive guidelines and manuals that offer step-by-step guidance for encouraging the inclusion of children with disabilities in pre-primary education. Important topics may include identifying disabilities, creating an inclusive environment, modifying teaching strategies, and so on and strategies may include modifying the classroom, using assistive technology, and working with the parents etc. The training manuals will highlight the necessity of raising awareness and understanding of the issues that children with disabilities and their families experience. It will bring light on the barriers and discrimination that they face, with the goal of influencing teachers, parents, communities and other stakeholders to be compassionate, sensitive, and take a rights-based approach. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), as well as other national, and international laws and policies that promote disability inclusion in education, will be considered when creating the training manuals. Specific Responsibilities: