Registration of Consultants and Resource Personnel

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Secondary Education Modernization Program (SEMP)

Registration of Consultants and Resource Personnel

Loan No. 1180/OC-TT

The Secondary Education Modernization Program Coordinating Unit (SEMPCU) is updating its registration of individuals/resources personnel and/or firms from the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB's) member countries, in the areas identified below, with a view to offering them consultant's contracts during implementation of the Secondary Education Modernization Program (SEMP):

Curriculum development for the secondary level
Teaching and learning strategies
Testing, assessment and evaluation
Professional development
Evaluation and research related to educational projects and activities
Restructuring and reorganization of the education system of Trinidad and Tobago
Value engineering services
Quantity surveying services
Studies for enhanced sector performance
Process mapping
Technology education
Reading readiness programs for students entering secondary schools
Senior and middle management training for the Ministry of Education staff
Increase of operational efficiency in the education system
Evaluation of the SEMP (annual, biennial, mid and end of program)

The SEMPCU is a special unit established to manage the implementation of the SEMP, jointly financed by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the IDB, to reform and expand the secondary school subsector. The program has four articulated components, which are: (a) qualitative improvement; (b) deshifting, rehabilitation and upgrading of existing school infrastructure; (c) institutional strengthening; and (d) studies and measures for improved sector performance to which the above activities are related.

Interested persons who wish to register are required to complete a registration form, which can be obtained upon request at the SEMPCU's office (address below). The registration form, together with a curriculum vitae, must be returned to the same address.

Further information or clarification regarding this invitation for registration may also be obtained from the Procurement Specialist, SEMPCU. Upon request by interested individuals, the SEMPCU will send registration forms via e-mail to non-residents who are from the IDB's member countries.

Ministry of Education

Secondary/Education Modernization Program Coordinating Unit (SEMPCU)

MTS Plaza, Arranguez Main Road, San Juan

Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.

Tel: (868) 675-9741, 675-9742, 675-9739; Fax: (868) 675-9746

E-mail: sempcu@tstt.net.tt

Contact: Mr. Maurice Chin Aleong, Program Coordinator