Consultants to strengthen teacher’s capacity on applying Gender-responsive, inclusive and Learner-Centered Approaches in teaching

1. Introduction:

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion, and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, supporters, and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood, and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national, and global levels using our reach, experience, and knowledge. For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries. We won’t stop until we are all equal.

Plan International has been working in northern and central Vietnam since 1993. Our work supports marginalised children and youth, especially adolescent girls, to start life and grow up physically and mentally healthy and as adolescents so they are leading the way to shape their own future. We believe girls have the power to change the world. Our ambition is to work alongside them and together take action so that 2 million girls in Vietnam can learn, lead, decide and thrive by 2027.

Plan’s project “EM GiRLS: Advancing ethnic minority gender-responsive learning and school environments in Lai Chau and Ha Giang (Year 1)” is being carried out in 05 communes of Sin Ho district, Lai Chau province, 04 communes of Meo Vac district and 04 communes of Yen Minh district, Ha Giang province in the duration of 31 March 2025 – 30 March 2026. The Project identifies three components with distinct objectives to support the goal to enable Ethnic minority students in primary and secondary schools in Lai Chau and Ha Giang province learn in gender-responsive study environments and actualize their sexual reproductive health: (1) improve the school environment, including dormitories, so that children can learn in a safe, gender- and disability-responsive environment; (2) strengthen the capacity of teachers in 13 primary schools and 13 secondary schools to deliver student-centered and inclusive sex education from a gender and disability perspective and (3) student-led learning and dissemination to help ethnic minority children understand their sexual and reproductive health and rights and protect themselves from harmful practices, including child early forced marriage and pregnancy.

2. Tasks: Under the Project, Plan International Vietnam is looking for consultants to strengthen teacher’s capacity on ing Gender-responsive, inclusive and Learner-Centered Approaches in teaching.

3. Timeframe: The consultancy is estimated to be undertaken within 12 working days in total starting from July 2025 and to be completed by September 2025. A detailed timeline will be worked out jointly with the consultants after recruitment.

4. How to : Please access this link for detailed TOR.

Consultants/experts who are interested in taking this consultancy, please submit the application package in English via email to: [email protected]

5. Deadline of submission: the application should be sent no later than 17.00, 17th June 2025. Only short-listed consultant groups will be contacted for interview.