Development of Religious Peace Curriculum for Madrassas – Somalia

 

JAMHUURIYADDA FEDERAALKA SOOMAALIYA WASAARADDA AWQAAFTA IYO ARR. DIINTA

 

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA

Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs

 

Consultant on Development of Religious Peace Curriculum for Madrassas

Terms of Reference

1) Background

In Somalia’s struggle with violent extremism root causes for the phenomenon are manifold, ranging from peer pressure over the revenge of grievances, a sense of belonging and employment opportunities to belief in misleading religious ideas. It is the mandate of the Somali Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs to address the latter.

Somali children often attend Quranic schools and similar religious education centers as their first learning experience. Early schooling at madrassas is primarily focused on learning the Quran by heart, giving little opportunity for teachers to combine religious learning with a basic understanding of the core messages of the Islamic religion and leaving children vulnerable for the manipulation by extremist actors.

To address this challenge, the Somali Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs aims to focus programming on religious education for children at an early age to promote Islamic values of peace and tolerance. To this end, the Ministry plans the development of a standardized peace education curriculum for madrassa schooling which introduces the peaceful message of Islam to children from the outset of their learning journey and promotes the religious core values of tolerance, peace and compassion.

 

2) Objective of the Assignment

The consultant will develop a standardized national peace curriculum introducing the peaceful message of Islam to children aged four to nine. The curriculum will complement early religious education of memorizing the Quran at madrassas and will be adopted by certified madrassa teachers across the country, contributing to the Somali community’s embracing of the peaceful message of Islam.

3) Expected Deliverables

	Deliverables/Outputs	Duration
1	Desk review	15 days
	– Review existing religious school curricula in
	Somalia
	–  Review  Islamic  peace  curricula  of  other
	countries

– Conduct interviews with key stakeholders

2	Drafting of curriculum	20 days
	– Selection and translation of Quranic verses
	into Somali
	– Explanation of their peaceful message and
	meaning
	– Contextualization of the selected messages
	of   peace,   tolerance   and   compassion   by
	narrating   their   application   in   everyday
	situations  that  appeal  to  children’s  everyday
	reality
3	Consulting the curriculum	30 days
	– Consult draft with ulema
	–  Consult  draft  with  madrassa  teachers  and
	Parents
	– Present  revised curriculum  to MoERA for
	feedback
	-Pilot one training
	– Finalize curriculum
4	Final  report  with  observations  and  final	7 days
	manual

4) Required Skills and Qualifications

Education

• University degree in Islamic theology, Islamic philosophy, or Islamic jurisprudence or a related field

• Or Equivalent Seven years of learning and teaching experience in Islamic Creed, Islamic theology, Islamic philosophy and/or Islamic jurisprudence.

Experience

• Deep understanding of Somalia’s culture and Somali literature

• Strong writing skills

• Expert in story-telling

• Prior teaching experience

• Proven expertise in developing curricula or manuals

• Prior work experience in the area of preventing and countering violent extremism

• Thorough understanding of patterns of radicalization and child recruitment

• Experience working with government institutions a distinct advantage

Core Competencies

• Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards;

• Good team player who has ability to build and maintain relationships;

• Treats all people fairly without favoritism;

• Excellent coordination skills and result oriented collaboration,

Language

• Fluency in Somali, Arabic and English required

• Duration and expected places of travel

The period of the assignment is estimated to be from 1 December 2021 – 31 March 2022, depending on meeting deliverables. The consultant is expected to be based in Mogadishu for this period of time. This assignment is on a full-time basis with possible travel required to Federal Member States.

6) Provision of Monitoring and Progress Controls

The consultant will work under the guidance of the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs’ PCVE Director and staff. For the effective delivery of the above deliverables, the consultant will liaise with the Ministry’s PCVE Focal Point and will regularly present updates on milestones (1)-(4) to the Ministry’s leadership.

7) Payment Terms

In accordance with the requirements above, the consultant will be paid against milestones (1)-(4) with payment upon ministerial approval of the satisfactory delivery of the respective milestones.

8) Criteria for Selection

The contract shall be awarded to made to the individual consultant whose application will be determined as compliant to the above criteria and having received the highest score out of set of weighted technical criteria assessed during 1) a review of motivational letter and CV submitted and 2) performance in a competitive interview process.

9) How to apply

Interested candidates are expected to submit their CV and letter of motivation to the Ministry of

Endowments and Religious Affairs (Email: recruitment.pcve@gmail.com CC: alasow07@gmail.com) with a submission deadline of: December 10, 2021, 11:59 PM EAT. The consultant will start on December 15, 2021.

 

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