Consultancy Services for the improvement of teacher deployments

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MALAWI FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM FOR RESULTS (MFLP) REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES - FIRM SELECTION) Country MALAWI Name of Project MALAWI FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM FOR RESULTS (MFLP) Project No. P507745 Assignment Title CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHER DEPLOYMENT THROUGH THE SCALE-UP AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE TEACHER MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (TMIS) Reference Number MW-MOBSE-556147-CS-CQS Issue Date 25th June,2026 The Government of Malawi, through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), is implementing the Malawi Foundational Learning Program for Results (MFLP) with financing from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). The Program aims to increase access to pre-primary education and improve learning environments and teaching skills in lower primary education. One of the key challenges affecting education service delivery in Malawi is the inequitable distribution of teachers across schools, resulting in overcrowded classrooms in some locations while others remain understaffed. In addition, weak integration between teacher management data and payroll systems has limited transparency and accountability in teacher management and workforce planning. To address these challenges, the Ministry intends to strengthen teacher deployment and workforce planning through the scale-up of the existing Secondary Teacher Management Information System (STMIS) into a comprehensive Teacher Management Information System (TMIS) covering both primary and secondary education. The enhanced TMIS will support teacher management from recruitment to retirement and provide tools for equitable deployment, workforce planning, payroll verification, and performance management. The consulting services (“the Services”) will include the design, development, customization, deployment, and operationalization of an enhanced Teacher Management Information System (TMIS) and related tools fo