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.
Interested institutions should send a short covering letter tailored to the above requirements, expert CVs, and a short 2 – 3 page proposal indicating how the institution would approach this partnership to Gaynor.Evans@britishcouncil.org by 5pm local time on 01 June 2015. (Bangladesh is currently BST +5).
There will be an opportunity during the application period for interested parties to have a telecom with the programme manager if any clarification of the project is required. Please contact Gaynor Evans directly to arrange this.
Unfortunately we will not be able to respond to every application and will only contact those who meet the required standards by the deadline for CV submission.