Background

For more than a decade, national and regional Human Development Report (HDR) teams have been helping to advance the human development conceptual framework and apply it to the most pressing development challenges of the day. Now published in over 135 countries, these reports, grounded in thorough analytic research, have become dynamic advocacy tools. They are helping to generate lively debates around the policies and actions needed to accelerate human development and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

With the support of the UNDP, two National Human Development Reports for Kuwait have been prepared. The first report was published in 1997 and it was a general report on human development and the second, published in 1999, focused on human development within the Economic Reform Plan of the Government. The 2017 Kuwait Human Development Report will be a stepping ground for policy makers to address certain aspects that will lead to development within the country. 

With education being one of the main pillars of human development, the 2017 report theme will be on education with a focus on private education. This theme will give policy makers an insight on the private education in contrast to public education.

This background paper will provide detailed information about the process of becoming a teacher in Kuwait.  It should consider (and differentiate between) teachers both in public and private schools.  The NHDR will be interested in contrasting how persons become teachers in Kuwait with how they become teachers in other countries

Duties and Responsibilities

Specific questions that the paper should address include:

• What is the process of becoming a teacher in Kuwait? 
  • Differentiate by level of teaching and subject area
• What courses are taken in university? 
• What is the student teaching or apprentice teaching process?
• Are teachers in Kuwait “certified”?  If so, what is the certification process? 
• What is the high school GPA of students who enter teaching programs at Kuwait’s universities/colleges?
• How are newly minted teachers placed in teaching jobs?  Are jobs posted and then students apply?  How is the teaching assignment determined?
• Since the NHDR will compare Kuwait with other countries, it would be best if a comparison could be made with other countries.  The countries could be one or two of the following:  the UK, France, US, Finland, and Australia; AND at least one of the following countries—Qatar, Bahrain, or the UAE.

Since the paper will provide content for the Kuwait Human Development report, it is important that every piece of information in the paper has appropriate citations.  Citations should be in the form of:

Author last name, author first name.  YEAR.  “Title of Article.”  Journal name, Volume (Number of journal): Pages.

Or for web sources:

URL.  Accessed DATE.

Competencies

EXPECTED OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES

The specialized consultant will be responsible for the following one deliverable, the duration and timeline of which is indicated in the below table:

Institutional Arrangement

The consultant will work under the supervision of the Lead Author and UNDP Project Coordinator. All submitted deliverables, developed papers are subject to UNDP, GSSCPD approval. These documents will serve as a justification of payments.

Duration of the Work

10 working days over a period of 2 weeks during October – November 2018

Duty Station: Kuwait.

Scope of Price Proposal and Schedule of Payments

Lump Sum Amount

The financial proposal submitted shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. The financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (number of anticipated working days).

Travel: No travels are envisaged under this assignment.

EVALUATION

Cumulative analysis

Total score=Technical Score + Financial Score.

Technical Criteria weight - 70%, 700 scores maximum

Financial Criteria weight - 30%. 300 scores maximum

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 490 from 700 points in the Technical part of evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation

The candidates will be evaluated based on the following criteria. Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 490 points (70%) at the Technical Evaluation would be considered for the Financial Evaluation.

Financial evaluation

Cumulative analysis will be used based on the following methodology: All the offers of individual consultants who scored 490 (70% from 700) and more points during the desk review are acceptable for financial evaluation. The lowest financial qualified proposal receives 300 points and all the other technically qualified proposals receive points in inverse proportion per the formula:

The candidate achieving the highest cumulative score for both Technical and Financial evaluations will be recommended by the Evaluation Committee for contracting.

DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS

1. Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability http://www.kw.undp.org/content/kuwait/en/home/operations/procurement.htmlusing the template provided by UNDP;
2. Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references;
3. Publications: Previous publications.
4. Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment
5. Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided.  If an Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP

Required Skills and Experience

I. Academic Qualifications:

• M.A. or PHD in Education, social science or relevant field.

II. Years of experience:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Academic or research institutions focusing on the field of Education.
• A research track record and analysis on education and knowledge about the Kuwait education system.

III. Language Requirements:

• Excellent command of English & Arabic (writing and speaking)