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- Country: Ethiopia
- Summary: Consultancy Services to Conduct Tracer Study Focuses on Kombolcha Polytechnic College
- ETT Ref No: 52925331
- Deadline: 17 May 2021
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: World Bank (WB)
- Purchaser Ownership: -
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: ET-ET-KOMOBOLCHA-230478-CS-CQS
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- Expression of Interest are invited for Consultancy Services to Conduct Tracer Study Focuses on Kombolcha Polytechnic College The objectives and results of the project will be achieved through. Strengthening 16 selected Regional TVET flagship institutes out of which 7 are found in Ethiopia; and Kombolcha Polytechnic College (KPTC) is one of the institutes, which specializes in the field of transport with focus to the Automotive Sub-sector. Creating national TVET enabling environment and Enhancing regional collaborative capacity in TVET and project coordination. At the Institute level, the objectives of the project will be achieved through Strengthening governance and management Institutionalizing industry links; Developing market relevant and competency-based training programs; Training of TVET managers and teachers/trainers; Provision of key training facilities and equipment; Outreach and support for non-project national TVET institutes One of the project beneficiary TVETs among the others under this project is the Kombolcha Polytechnic College in Kombolcha City Administration which is found in Amhara region, Ethiopia. Accordingly, as one of the project activities, Kombolcha Polytechnic College has planned to deploy a consultant to get the required services of the consulting services, i.e for conduct a tracer study to measure the relevance of Kombolcha polytechnic college training programs and the number of graduated trainees who have been employed or unemployed in their fields of training and self-employed, as well as to assess their skill gaps for further training curriculum review and to design new curriculum. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSIGNMENT GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE CONSULTING SERVICE: The main objectives of this tracer survey is to trace the number of graduates who have been either employed in their fields of training, or unemployed, or self-employed The Specific objectives of the assignment To provide adequate information on the where about and skill adequacy and employability of TVET graduates To learn how effective and efficient training centers are meeting their objectives of creating qualified skilled labor force To learn the entrepreneurial attitudes among graduates for self-employment To assess the skills gab and training needs of the TVET graduates To know the number of graduates finding employment on the field of occupations they had been trained. To asses why unemployed trainee graduates could not be able to find employment in the labor market To gain insight into Automotive field of study SCOPE OF WORK: The consultant will be required to do the following basic pre, and post activities including the others Design the whole survey procedures with the college management and PIU staff, and present Upon signing the contract produce an inception report detailing the research design (including, research questions, data collection methods, sampling method, and data collection tools and data analysis plan) in close consultation with PIU, and the college management. Review and comment on the survey instruments, format the questionnaires Recruit and train the enumerators for the phone interviews of the pilot test and main survey. Develop survey manuals (including phone interview protocol), and others based on the objective of the study Recruit and train the enumerators/phone operators to conduct the main phone interview/survey. Prepare and submit a survey completion report to the client, which describes (i) final sample size (indicate non-traceable respondents), (ii) how survey was implemented, (iii) issues with implementation, including logistical problems, response rates, etc. SCOPE OF THE TRACER STUDY AND SAMPLING The scope of this tracer study will be focused on Kombolcha polytechnic college graduates of the academic year of 2019/2020 for all departments and all levels who passed the national competence examination, Location of the survey: As per our preliminary assessment, we identified that more of the respondents found in 19 Woredas of Amhara region, and 4 respondent found in outside of the region (Adama, Afar,Addis Ababa, and Bishoftu) Total Population of the survey( Graduates in the academic year of 2019/2020 ), it should be need further verification 369 EXPECTED QUALIFICATION OF THE CONSULTANT: Consultants should have the following basic skills and experiences among the others: Team composition: The consulting firm is expected to have a good mix a minimum of five professionals having the following qualification and work experience: Team leader should have MSC/MA in statistics / economist/ Education/ Business/ Social Science/Electrical & digital application with minimum 10 years' work experience in tracer studies and Business research or related assessments. Statistician: should have MSC in statistics with minimum 8 (eight) years' work experience in data collection and analysis in a research firm. Mechanical or Automotive Engineering: should have MSC in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering with 8 (eight) year's work experience in Automotive sector. Education specialist: should have MA in education with minimum 8 (eight) year's work experience in the TVET sector. Demonstrated experience in conceptualizing, devising and conducting/ engaging in Tracer Study or similar works/ research, The Consultant should have at least 10 years of experience and track records on conducting the similar survey and also have a strong team to carry out the assignment. The Consultant should have experience in designing, developing and implementing surveys in educational institutions including universities, public and private agencies and employers' associations Demonstrated ability in advanced both qualitative and quantitative data analysis Demonstrable experience in using statistical software such as STATA, SPSS, or other data analytic techniques and tool, Knowledge of the regional context will be considered. Criteria for Short listing: Qualification and Experience of the firm such as general and relevant experience ( technical competency), technical and managerial capability of the Firm( particularly in Education sector, Particularly TVET Past performance on Client contracts Quality of Officials / Key Personnel of the Firm in line with the stated above skills, and criteria.
- Documents :
Purchaser : KOMBOLCHA POLY TECHNIC COLLEGE
P.O. Box: 383, Ethiopia
Office Telephone: 0335516384 / 0335513534/ 0335512795/0335512490,
Fax: 0335512491
Email :kmobolchapolytechniccollege@gmail.com
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