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Under the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Education Sector Program Implementation Grant (ESPIG), UNESCO is implementing activities towards the attainment of the undermentioned three (3) outcome areas. 

• Outcome 1: Ensuring safe and equitable access to learning for children and youth in Myanmar; 
• Outcome 2: Ensuring quality teaching and learning for children and youth in Myanmar by strengthening the capacities of education staff and fostering context-responsive, equity-focused learning resources and modalities adapted to the evolving situation; and 
• Outcome 3: Ensuring systems strengthening, management, coordination, and monitoring. 

UNESCO, through the Education Sector Program Implementation Grant (ESPIG) project, continues this effort addressing the needs for both pre-and in-service teacher education under ESPIG Outcome Area 2: Ensuring quality teaching and learning for children and youths in Myanmar by strengthening the capacities of education staff and fostering context-responsive, equity-focused learning resources and modalities adapted to the evolving situation. As an effort to deliver quality teacher education, UNESCO brings Myanmar Teacher Platform (MTP; ) to offer continuous learning for educators, learners and other interested parties to access quality learning materials, videos and other resources in a safe and secure environment​ and provide online courses by themes. 

UNESCO successfully developed Years 1-3 new pre-service teacher education curriculum and training resources for the new pre-service teacher education program. To further enhance the accessibility and impact of these curriculum materials, UNESCO continues to adapt a hybrid, innovative approach to learning by digitizing and creating online courses in line with these Years 1-3 curriculum materials. These courses are aimed at engaging more educators (teacher educators, teachers, trainers, mobile teacher trainers, etc.) in continued professional development opportunities. These courses will be launched on the MTP, aiming to improve outreach and engage broader audience of educators (beginning teachers, teacher educators, teachers, trainers, mobile teachers and trainers, etc.) in continued professional development opportunities. The courses will enable the educators to be able to: i) demonstrate their understanding in pedagogical theory and content knowledge required to deliver pre-service teacher education curriculum; ii) plan, prepare and deliver their subject/learning area, by applying various teaching strategies and assessment approaches to meet the needs of diverse learners in classrooms; and iii) effectively integrate digital tools and online resources to enhance their instructional practices in both physical and virtual learning environments. These courses include various components such as lectures, videos, video scripts as well as a range of interactive activities including comprehension and reflection questions, graphic organizers, practice exercises and quizzes.

Through ESPIG project, UNESCO Antenna Office in Yangon is now seeking a potential service provider to create engaging e-learning courses using UNESCO’s Year 1 pre-service teacher education curriculum materials as part of digital transformation process

The Contractor will perform the tasks under the overall authority of the Regional Director of UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok (hereinafter called UNESCO), the direct supervision of the Head of Office of UNESCO Antenna office in Yangon and in close collaboration with the ESPIG project team, the Contractor will undertake the following responsibilities: 

• Teaching Local Curriculum at the Primary School Level (13 video lessons) 
• Teaching Morality and Civics at the Primary School Level (13 video lessons) 
• Teaching ICT at the Primary School Level (12 video lessons)

The total number of videos is estimated for each subject. There will be a total of 38 videos, with a maximum length of 6 minutes per video.

The contractor will undertake the following responsibilities to digitize Year 1 Pre-service Teacher Education Curriculum Materials 

1.1 Provide video editing/production service by following the requirements as listed below: 

• Meet with the UNESCO team and technical expert to fully understand the concept and scope of the educational videos. Obtain accurate data and course content/scripts necessary for the video creation process; 
• Streamline UNESCO’s gender strategy, ensure the is applied throughout the videos and it’s advisable to include both male and female in the shooting frame; 
• Based on available content and script and aligning with desired objectives and primary target audience, propose a creative concept and prepare an outline for the video. Finalise the concept on the basis of feedback from UNESCO; 
• Propose script and storyboard once the concept and script have been validated by UNESCO. Revise and resubmit as necessary, based on feedback from UNESCO; 
  • Avoid including maps (global, regional, country) that could be politically sensitive or that could affect the legal status of any country, territory, city, area, or its authorities, or the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries; 
  • Be sensitive to sociocultural differences, political sensitivity, and address these issues properly in the Myanmar context;
• Propose additional relevant photography and/or video footage/illustration/graphic to complete the video where relevant and/or necessary (secure the permission by using Grant of Rights form to be provided by UNESCO); 
• Propose a choice of potential narrators for UNESCO’s selection (preferably, an audio specialist) and a sample of voice-over work from the past projects and secure the authorization from the narrator on behalf of UNESCO by using the consent form; 
• Suggest a choice of background music to UNESCO and obtain necessary usage rights on the final choice (Grant of Rights form to be provided by UNESCO); 
• Include the if UNESCO is the only party involved in the project; 
• Use standard video editing software most suitable for the production and finalize in the later stages of development. Recommended software includes Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro; 
• Secure the intellectual property rights using Grant of Rights form when any photo, illustration, music and icon is used as part of video and is not provided by UNESCO; 
• Ensure that the video is in full compliance with the international copyrights policy to avoid any illegal consequence as outline in the ‘general terms and conditions’ which annexed in this contract; 
• Submit the first round of the 38 videos with subtitles in HD SD format with comments and notes (if required) to UNESCO for review and feedback; 
• Incorporate suggested changes and finalize video subtitles as needed; 
• Submit ready-to-publish MP4 file (HD format) and the editable source/master file (including video graphic files) of 38 videos for archiving; and 
• Strictly meet the committed deadline.

1.2 Provide video editing service for the below list of videos with the following specifications: 

• HD video
  • Ratio: 16:9
  • Codec: H.264
  • Frame Rate: 24-30 fps
  • Audio bitrate: 160-192 kbps
  • Video format: MP4
  • Video size: 1920 x 1080 (HD)
• SD video
  • Ratio: 16:9
  • Codec: H.264
  • Frame Rate: 18-20 fps
  • Audio bitrate: 196-128 kbps
  • Video format: MP4
  • Video size: 1280 x 720 (SD)

1.3 Strictly treat the videos confidential and the rights of distribution will reside solely with UNESCO. 

1.4 Submissions and deliverables: 

• Submit the draft story board for three subjects to UNESCO for reviewing on or before 11 November 2024.
• Submit the first round of 38 videos to UNESCO for reviewing on or before 30 November 2024. 
• Submit the final round of 38 videos (including source/master file and video graphic file)  to UNESCO for approval on or before 20 December 2024. 

Organization

Eligible organizations are local and international education service providers, focused on teacher education and have extensive work with pre-service teacher education and continued professional development for educators (teacher educators, teachers, trainers, etc.) and e-learning course development. Some criteria for application are as follows: 

Required Qualifications:

• Holding the necessary permission/license to provide the services as outlined in these ToR;
• Evidence of previous and current registration or ongoing application registration.
• A good knowledge of pre-service teacher education curriculum in Myanmar and learning needs of the different educators would be a great advantage.
• At least 5 years of experience in video creation and related fields is required, preferably with experience in e-learning materials development.
• Sufficient technical support professionals for training materials and online course development with appropriate experience in education, international development, or a related field.
• Sufficient professionals with excellent communication skills and excellent writing skills in English.
• Excellent project management skills, including the ability to meet the deadline and manage resources effectively. 

Desirable Qualifications:

• Previous experience international organizations, and/or the UN organizations are preferred; and
• Previous experiences in developing pre-service teacher education online courses will be an advantage. 

Personnel/staff who will implement the activities. 

Required Qualifications:

• At least Bachelor degree in a relevant field such as Information Technology, media, graphic design, or communications or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in creating educational videos, including storyboarding, graphic design, animation, and educational video production. 
• Strong understanding of video editing software and tools, as well as experience in using sound design and mixing for educational videos. 
• Ability to produce high quality content on tight deadlines. 
• Ability to edit the video according to the required technical specifications. 
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience working with CSO and /or other UN agencies and INGOs; and 
• Experience on creating educational videos/ media related to inclusive education/ special education.