International development - inclusive education programme: call for proposals

C. Programme Objectives

1. Proposals should consider the following as high-level starting points for the development of objectives and goals supported by the grant.

• Strand 1: Support a higher proportion of disabled children / those with additional needs (and girls in particular) to complete primary and secondary education (through outputs such as improving classrooms/learning environments or provision of assistive tech or teaching/learning materials or equipment)
• Strand 1: Help district and provincial government to identify and bring out-of-school disabled children into the mainstream school system
• Strand 1: Support the Ministry of Education to improve the capacity and development of teachers to support disabled children in mainstream contexts
• Strand 2: Support a higher proportion of young women to complete secondary education and transition from secondary to tertiary education and TVET (through the provision of scholarships and other interventions aimed at removing barriers to access).
• Strand 2: Increase girls and women’s participation in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects
• Strands 1 and 2: Ensure that programme design complies with our three underpinning approaches as set out in the Background section of this Call (our Principles, taking a feminist approach and equalising power). This therefore includes the requirements that programme design is legitimate and inclusive (including through participatory approach to involving government, civil society and women and girls) and well-aligned with national development plans of partner countries, and well-co-ordinated with partner country government Ministries of Education and other relevant development partners (for example through sector working groups).
• Strands 1 and 2: Ensure that programme funds are coherent with national development plans by being well-targeted and not spread too thinly among project activities or locations^[21]. Attention is also drawn in that regard to our commitment in our International Development Principles, to our programmes and spend being ”Accountable, transparent and safe”.