RFP for Child Safety Assessment

We are inviting all interested Agencies/ free lancers to express interest for Child  Safety Assessment as per below TOR

About Bharti Airtel Foundation

Bharti Airtel Foundation was set up in the year 2000 as the philanthropic arm of Bharti  Enterprises. It implements and supports programs in primary, secondary and higher  education. Since 2006, the flagship, Satya Bharti School Program has been providing free  quality education to thousands of underprivileged children in 173 schools in rural India  across five states, with a focus on the girl child. The impact of quality education has been  widened by transferring the learning and good practices of this program to more than 3 lakh  students studying in 800+ partnering government schools across 11 States/UTs, through  Satya Bharti Quality Support Program (QSP), since 2013. Most of the processes under  QSP were found to be pragmatic. Bharti Airtel Foundation was invited by several education  officers at district and state level to scale up some of the initiatives through QSP At Scale.  The Foundation has recently launched a new initiative, TheTeacherApp, one of the most  innovative technology solution for teachers and educators in the country. In response to  the government’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the Foundation initiated Satya Bharti Abhiyan  from 2014 to 2021 which benefitted over 2 lakh beneficiaries by improving sanitation  conditions in the districts of Punjab. The Foundation has been able to impact nearly 3  million children in a meaningful manner through its education programs this year.  https://bhartifoundation.org/

Terms of Reference for Child Safety Assessment 

Bharti Airtel Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises is providing quality  education to underprivileged children in rural India. Started in 2006, our flagship Satya  Bharti School Program has 164 schools currently running in four states. The schools

provide quality education completely free of cost to about 36,000  disadvantaged children, of which ~50% are girls and 76% are from the SC/ST/OBC  categories. 

Of the 164 schools, 5 are Senior Secondary schools, 30 elementary schools and the  remaining 129 are primary schools across Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and UP. All schools  follow the respective state boards except the 5 Sr Secondary that are run under the PPP  model and follow the CBSE board curriculum. 

A. Purpose of Assessment 

Bharti Airtel Foundation have special focus on child safety and has 17 child safety  processes. Bharti Airtel Foundation continue to strengthen its processes in line with  guidelines and advisories issued by respective government agencies.  External annual child safety assessment is undertaken to get an independent view of the  state of child safety at schools. Purpose of this assessment includes:

∙ Assessment of adherence to existing 17 Child Safety Processes. Adequacy and  effectiveness from a safety perspective

∙ Assessment of adherence to the compliances, guidelines/advisories, released  by respective government agencies (RTE, NCPCR, State Education  departments, NBC, NDMA, and any other) including state specific rules.

∙ Recommendations on the basis of assessment of above aspects including  thoughts for additional processes/guidelines to plug the gap, if any.

The final outcome of this assessment is expected to cover the following: i) Risk and issues 

ii) Strength areas

iii) Analysis and Recommendations

Key Stakeholders of the Project:

a. Students

b. Principals / Head teachers / Teachers

c. Program team – central and regional leaders. 

d. Quality Team – Facilitator for study

Suggested Indicators:

∙ Risk & Issues under the category of Vital / essential / Desirable with clear  identification of gaps, which are mandated by law vs suggestive areas.

Vital : Mandated as per law and severity is high

Essential: laws and guidelines are suggestive and severity is medium. 

Desirable Suggestion based on industry practice and assessors expertise 

Scope of Work:

Physical Assessment for the sample schools.

Sample should ensure, 100% of the schools are covered in 3 years. Hence, the  schools, which are covered in last 2 years, will be excluded from sampling. Schools, which are undergoing major work including construction activities, should  be excluded from the current sample and taken up for the next assessment. 

Random sample of schools should be taken from the eligible school list ensuring  required sample under the Primary and elementary schools are covered. 100% of  senior secondary schools will be covered in every assessment. Sample should  have representation at district level.

Timeline:

RFQ Posting Date - 5^th Aug 2024

Proposal submission deadline - 19^th Aug 2024

Evaluation period - 7 - 10 Days

Announcement of selected QP reviewer - 31^st Aug 2024

*Note 1 - RFQ may be pre-closed before due date, if we received suitable child  safety assessment agency

*Note 2 - Experience with pre-school audit experience will be recommended and  experience with giver school audit will be preferred.

All the proposal shall have subject “ Child Safety Assessment ”

We invite you to submit your proposal by email to 

Vidyasagar.manohar@bhartiairtelfoundation.org

Should you have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to  contact the undersigned

Vidyasagar Manohar

DGM – Procurement 

Bharti Airtel Foundation

Vidyasagar.manohar@bhartiairtelfoundation.org

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