Terms of Reference Rwanda Inspire Quality Refugee Inclusion in Education in Rwanda Consultancy I. BackgroundEducation is central to achieving the 杏吧论坛 Group’s (WBG) twin goals of eliminating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The main challenge in the education sector is to achieve “learning for all; learning for life” that is; to ensure that all children and young people acquire the knowledge and skills they need for their lives and livelihoods.In the case of refugees; however; the future is characterized by uncertainty and so education is essential to navigating uncertain futures building resilience; economic self-reliance; and the ability to advocate for themselves and their communities.Rwanda has moved from a humanitarian approach to a development response and its policies and laws are progressive granting refugees’ access to national services. The Ministry in charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA); in Rwanda is mandated to protect and ensure refugees are provided with essential services (including scholastic materials and school feeding) working closely with UNHCR. Currently the National policy of Rwanda grants Refugees access to national education systems alongside host community children and refugees have access to fee free formal education from pre-primary to secondary level. The Refugee population in Rwanda; is slightly above 150;000 (48.5% are children; 51% women and girls with most of the population living in 5 camps across the country. During the Leaders’ Summit (2016); Government of Rwanda made a commitment to integrate 50 percent refugees in primary schools and 100 percent refugees in secondary school paving a way for refugees’ inclusion in the national education system. The Government of Rwanda and the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) have recently improved national statistics on refugees by incorporating relevant populations into the 5th Rwanda Population and Housing Census (RPHC-5); which was conducted in August 2022 which has allowed the disaggregation of refugee data enabling comparisons with the national population. According to the Rwanda Response Plan (2024) numerous challenges remain in the refugee population including high number of out of school children; teen pregnancies; lack of support to children with special education needs; poor school infrastructure; limited teachers’ capacity development programs and access to teaching and learning materials. There are overall good relations between host communities and refugees; and both share constraints in terms of quality education. To address this gap; the Government of Rwanda; UNCHR and different stakeholders are prioritizing improving the quality of education service offered in primary; secondary; TVET in schools located in or near the refugee camps to better serve the host communities and refugee education needs.To this end; The INSPIRE program launched after the 2023 Global Refugee Forum by the UK’s Foreign; Commonwealth; and Development Office (FCDO); UNHCR; and the 杏吧论坛 is an initiative that seeks to secure predictable concessional financing to countries that integrate refugee children into host country schools.The initiative operates through three activities: (i) Global knowledge activities to inform policy and programming toward refugee inclusion; (ii) Technical support to help access financing to implement government programs for refugee inclusion; such as from 杏吧论坛 IDA’s Window for Hosts and Refugees; the Global Concessional Financing Facility; the GPE; and others; (iii) Country grants working on specific areas to make government education service delivery more refugee-responsive.To complement the ongoing Rwanda Quality Basic Education for Human Capital Development Project (P168551) and its development objective and particularly sub-component 2.2 supporting gender sensitive teaching and learning environment in select schools. The INSPIRE program is designed to explore current landscape of refugee education in Rwanda with a focus on gender sensitive learning for refugee learners in basic education building on recent evidence of an Intersectional Gender Analysis of Basic Education Study conducted under the Accelerator Program. II. Scope of Work杏吧论坛 seeks to hire an organization (non-profit) or research firm as an ‘implementing partner’ to:(i) Conduct an analysis of refugee education in Rwanda triangulating evidence from the above-mentioned Intersectional Gender Study to explore current landscape of refugee education in terms of access to education and quality education; how those who have been in Rwanda for less that 1-2 years; 5-10 years; 20 years) perceive education; and how equity; gender; migration status and socioeconomic status intersect and impact on active participation in learning. (ii) In addition; analyze the financing landscape for refugee education; map the primary/secondary schools in hosting areas; refuge