TA-10406 REG: Accelerating Climate Action, Innovation, and Private Sector Development through Sector Operations - TVET Policy Expert (Quality Assurance) (E-058295-001)

The assignment will assess quality assurance (QA) arrangements for curricula and modules, the affiliation of public and private training providers, trainer and assessor accreditation, assessment centers, assessment results, and certification processes. The work will comprise desk review and stakeholder consultations. The desk review will cover the amended Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) Act and regulations, current affiliation procedures, curriculum development processes, examination and skills testing systems, and project documents related to modularization. Consultations will be conducted with relevant CTEVT divisions responsible for curriculum, affiliation, examinations, and skills testing; the National Skills Testing Board (NSTB); the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoES); provincial ministries overseeing pilot schools; selected pilot schools; and private training providers. Drawing on experience from South Asia, the assignment will develop recommendations for strengthening and modernizing QA systems to support modular qualifications and decentralized assessment. Detailed Tasks and/or Expected Output Task 1. Assessment of current quality assurance. Document how CTEVT assures curricula, affiliation of schools including private providers, trainers, assessment and certification. Compare rules with practice. The reference point is the modular structure and decentralized assessment as designed. Output: an assessment of each current function stating the rule, the practice, and how it performs including main implementation and governance challenges. Task 2. Gap analysis. Identify which quality assurance functions the modular and decentralized system requires that the current system does not perform or performs too weakly. Tie each gap to the reform feature that creates it. Draw on the experience of comparable systems in South Asia to confirm what a function must cover. Output: a table of reform feature, required function, current status and gap. Task 3. Proposal for new QA practices. Define the set of quality assurance procedures the modular and decentralized system needs and specify each at design level: what is checked, against what criteria, by which body, at what frequency or trigger, and with what consequence. Cover module and curriculum approval with a project period fast track and involvement of industry, affiliation and re-affiliation of schools, trainer approval and periodic review, assessor and assessment center approval, and certification decisions on decentralized results. Output: outline a proposal for needed QA procedure, plus a short note on risk based prioritization and digital support. Task 4. Proposal: institutional arrangement. Set out which body holds which function and how they check each other: developing versus approving, assessing versus certifying, affiliating versus monitoring, with appeals outside the line of decision. Position against existing government governance proposals and provincial ownership of government TVET institutes. Where a choice is political, such as where certification sits during the transition, present two options with a recommendation. Output: a function allocation table and a description of each unit with mandate and staffing. Task 5. Proposal: affiliation of private training institutions. Building on the Task 1 findings, set out what private providers must show to offer modules and run assessment, how affiliation links to certification access, and whether current practices are effective for private training providers. Based on findings and international practices, identify effective ways to affiliate private training providers. The goal is to suggest procedures that create an attractive environment for private training providers while enforcing effective QA. Output: affiliation approach for private training providers in view of the modular and decentralization freeform. Task 6. Implementation and investment approach. Separate what needs investment from what needs only a decision. Specify which procedures run through directives and which need regulation or bylaw change. Identify and cost investment items: quality assurance units, capacity development for QA officers, verifiers, assessors and school internal QA, an IT system for quality assurance linked to the learner record, and pilot period costs. And identify project output and outcome indicators. Sequence over the five year project with handover to permanent administration. Present the proposal to government counterparts in Nepal, record feedback, and revise. Output: instrument list, investment items with indicative cost, five year sequence, and the final revised proposal. Minimum Qualification Requirements • Master’s degree (or higher) in social science, economics or a related field • At least 8 years of experience in education and skills development working with national education agencies, working on topics related to quality assurance, accreditation and certification policy • Demonstrated experience working directly with national quality assurance agencies in South Asia on the policy level • Good knowledge of industry cooperation and sector skill councils in context of quality management of training regulations and/or standards • Some experience working with multi-lateral development bank is considered an advantage • Work experience in more than one country is considered an advantage Minimum General Experience 8 Years Minimum Specific Experience (relevant to assignment) 5 Years Regional/Country Experience Required Desired Not Required Deliverables Details Name Type Estimated Submission Date Inception Report and Work Plan Others 31-Oct-2026 Assessment and Gap Analysis Report Others 30-Nov-2026 QA Proposal Covering Procedures, Institutional Arrangements, and Private Provider Affiliation Others 10-Jan-2027 Implementation and Investment Approach for QA Reforms Others 28-Feb-2027 Schedule and Places of Assignment (chronological and inclusive of travel) Schedule Type Continuous Intermittent Max. Working Days/Week Home Office 6 Field 6 City and Country Estimated Start Date Estimated End Date Other Details (use if place selected is Others) Home Office, Other Search and Select: Place 16-Oct-2026 27-Oct-2026 Kathmandu, Nepal Search and Select: Place 28-Oct-2026 03-Nov-2026 Home Office, Other Search and Select: Place 04-Nov-2026 10-Nov-2026 Kathmandu, Nepal Search and Select: Place 11-Nov-2026 18-Nov-2026 Home Office, Other Search and Select: Place 19-Nov-2026 28-Feb-2027 Export to PDF Export to PDF Copyright (c) 1998, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1998, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Pick a Date Loading... Loading...