Child Rights Education Situation Analysis- Consultancy at Save The Children

Purpose

• As Save the Children in Nigeria prepares to scale up its existing education portfolio, there is need for a detailed analysis of the extent to which children's right to education in particular is being met across the country.
• As such the organisation is looking for a consultant to develop a Child Rights Education Situation Analysis.
• Once completed, the Child Rights Education Situation Analysis (CRESA) will serve as an integral part of decision-making and will, in particular guide the development and finalisation of Save the Children Nigeria’s five-year Education Strategy,which will in turn feed into Save the Children international’s broader post-2015 strategic orientation.

The purpose of the CRESA will be expected to shed light on the following elements:

• The prevailing rights climate, including legislation and policy environments and the main areas of rights violations (including those experienced by specifically marginalised groups) identifying the root causes as well as current and future trends in terms of violations of children's right to education.
• Who the duty-bearers and stakeholders are, their roles and capacities, what they are doing to ensure children's right to education is fulfilled and what, if any systems of accountability currently exist at different levels.
• Identify, in broad terms, particular groups and sub-groups of children whose rights are denied as a result of various factors including disability, gender, geography, poverty, conflict etc.
• The status of Nigeria's progress towards key international education indicators, such as the ones displayed in UIS.

Scope of Work

• The CRESA will provide a review of relevant data collected within the last 5 years (2010-2015) on the education situation of children aged 0 to 18 years in Nigeria, disaggregated by gender, age, school level, focussing primarily on Early Childhood Care and Development and Basic Education and place it within the context of children's rights, in order to identify any gaps or violations.
• The focus of the analysis is on access, equity and quality in education.

The main requirements are to:

• Summarize key outcome variables and risk factors by region in Nigeria, including the North East and North West Regions, as defined by DHS in 2013, as well as Abuja and field sites (Abuja, Bauchi, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Lagos)in order to provide a comprehensive picture of education provision across the country and identify areas of inequality.
• Describe for children in the 13 states of northeast and northwest of Nigeria the current situation and recent trends in indicators of access, equity and qualitative education gender, food security, and social and cultural determinants of education, analysed according to the provisions in UNCRC/CRA and disaggregated whenever possible by age, sex and location.

Describe what is being done to ensure adequate access, equity and quality to education of children as a right by analysing:

• Current government (State and Federal) policies, legal provisions and commitments as they relate to the rights of children with a particular emphasis on education
• Current government programmes and practices, capacity and effectiveness, as they relate to ensuring educational access, equity and quality and promoting development.
• Current programmes and activities of other stakeholders, agencies, recognized Civil Society Organizations working in the field of education.
• Analyse the extent to which relevant children’s rights to education (vis- a-vis access, quality and equity) have been realized in selected northern Nigeria states and other identified states: state the factors enabling and inhibiting their attainment.
• Identify and quantify which groups of children are most vulnerable, marginalised or excluded from efforts to attain their rights to education, and analyse the root causes of their different situation.
• Identify opportunities and impediments for Save the Children to make a significant contribution to the fulfilment of the rights of children to education in northern Nigeria over the next five years (2015-2020), including government capacity to deliver, the priorities of donors, and the extent to which other agencies are working in the same field, so indicating the scope for making a difference.

Timeframe:

• The assignment shall be completed over a period of 6 weeks and will need to be completed by end of May 2015.

Person Specification

• Advanced university degree in Education, Social Science or similar subject.
• Previous experience in development of analytical reports and policy documents related to Education.
• Relevant research experience with proven track record of publications.
• Experience of a wide range of data collection and analysis methods (both qualitative and quantitative)
• Experience of conducting research with children with an understanding of participatory research methods.
• Ability to synthesize and analyze large amounts of quantitative and qualitative information using SPSS or EPI INFO and other relevant packages.
• Understanding and knowledge of the social policy context in Nigeria
• Excellent written English.
• Knowledge of a human rights based approach to programmes Experience with preparation of a Child Rights Situation Analysis is desirable