English and IT skills are strongly connected to the labor market but the opportunities to develop and strengthen these skills in Bangladesh are limited, especially for adolescent girls. Girls and women in Bangladesh have less access to education and ICT than boys and men, and less access to learning English. This is resulting in a gender digital divide – which could lead to a serious gendered skill imbalance and unequal life chances for girls and women in the future. There are 28 million adolescents aged 10-19 years in Bangladesh which make up about one fifth of the total population. This is a big challenge for Bangladesh in terms of employability and skills development.

The partner would be expected to put forward experts in the following areas to contribute to different elements of the programme as required by the implementation plan: gender and education, uses of ICT for education, skills and language skills capacity building initiatives, non-formal education, educational research,.  Ideally the team of experts would be led by one individual who would decide, in consultation with the British Council and country partners, which expert(s) would be required for each deliverable.