Expression of Interest (Eoll for establishine LBD (Learning bv Doingl centres in Govt. Uroerprimarv Schools within the State of Guiarat.
Gujarat Council of School Education (GCSE), Samagra Shiksha, Education Department ofGovernment of Gujarat invites EoI for establishing LBD (Learning by Doing) centres inGovernment Upper primary Schools within the State of Gujarat.
Interested agencies can download EoI and further amendments if any freely available on
www.ssagujarat.org and submit the same physically at Samagra Shiksha on or before due
date & time of the EoI.
Date of Publish of EOI 27th January 2020
Last date & Time for submission of EoI atGujarat Council of School Education(GCSE), Education Department
10th February 20203.00 pm
Date & Time for Presentation cumDemonstration
24th and 25th February 2020
Venue of Presentation cum Demonstration Government school (Detail addresswill be informed to the eligiblebidders)
The promotion of STEM education aims to develop students to become lifelong learners ofscience, technology and mathematics, enabling thern to meet the challenges in the 2lstcenfury, and from a wider perspective, nurturing versatile talents with different levels ofknowledge and skills
Samagra Shiksha Gujarat is willing to explore more ideas to develop practical skills among
the student at school level through establishing LBD centres in Government Upper primary
Schools of Gujarat. The main objectives of this EOI are as follows:
o To appoint agency to conceptualize, design and operate LBD centres
o To explore new apparatus, equipment and ideas available along with advance way ofexplaining the concept to the students
. To develop scientific attitude, curiosity and higher order thinking among the students
o Activities where 40 students get the opportunity to work together at a time of class 6tr
to 8tro To explore more durable, easy to handle and easily available equipment
Introduction of Learnins bv Doing (LBD) centre:
Samagra Shiksha Gujarat is planning to establish Learning-by-Doing (LBD) centres to develop practical
skill among the students of Class 6*,7h and 8tr of Government schools. LBD Centre is a place where
students will get the experience of performing hands on activities and build their conceptual
understanding abopt different topics they studied in their text book of Science and MathErnatics. LBDCentre will provide the platfonn to develop the scientific attitude among the students. In LBD Centre
science and maths kits will be available. Demonstration material/ models/ charts will also be available
there. Some local available material will be provided to shape the thought by the students and kits willbe provided which will be used by the subject teacher as Teaching Learning Material (TLM). LBD
Centre have the Science and Maths literature to develop scientific temperament among the students.Posters of famous scientists and mathematicians will be displayed to motivate the students.
Elieibilitv Criteria: Interested agency will have to full filI the following eligibility criteriafor participation in the process of establishing and running of LBD centres:
Qualifying agencies as per the eligibilify criteria given above will be called fordemonstration of lab setup.
Scope of work:
Learning by Doing (LBD) centre should be a work space where young minds can give shapeto their ideas through hands on do-it-yourself mode; and learn innovation skills. Youngchildren should get a chance to work with tools and equipment to understand the concepts ofSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education.
o Agency needs to submit Blueprint, design & drawing 9f the Learning by Doing(LBD) centre to clearly showcase all components of the activity centre.
. Agency need to provide manual and videos in Hindi/English/Guj arati at the time ofdemonstration
. Agency need to provide manual and videos in Gujarati at the time of establishment oflab in schools.
. Interested participantl agency should create Learning by Doing (LBD) centre in theschool selected Samagra Shiksha. Agency need to display an ilrangement forstandard lab which cover all the syllabus of Maths and science and STEM activitiesfor class 6ft to 8ft
. Agency can showcase innovative models mapped with syllabus and hands onactivities
Methodologv of demonstration:
. Agency will be provided room size of 20ft x 20ft for demonstration and to give adetailed presentation of the oflered Lab set up.
o Samagra Shiksha, GCSE, shall provide I allot location for presentation cumdemonstration of offered Lab set up. i
o Agency will have to demonstrate the offered Lab set up by installing all the requiredcomponents within the time limit grven in the EoI. The cost of the preparalion of EoIas well a$ arranging presentation cum demonstration should be borne by the agencyonly on No Cost No Commitment basis.
o An expert committee will be formed by GCSE, S to study/evaluate the proposedmoiiels and to select the best and cost-effective technology platform/products etc.from all proposed solution.
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Criteria Supporting Documents
1
Agency should have 3years of Existence as onEoI Submission Date
Certificate of incorporation /registration issued by Gor,t. of India /state govt. is required to be submitted(Agency can be a companyl partnership firnt/proprietorship)
2 Financial TurnoverCertificate issued by CA / Audited Financial Results is requiredto be submitted
3
Agency must havethree-year experienceofSTEM I ABL IRobotics lab IATL ineducational institute
Please submit minimum 3 Work Orders being executed duringlast 3 Years (as on EoI submission date)
o This EoI does not commit Samagra Shiksha to award a contract or to engage in
negotiations.
o Samagra Shiksha, GCSE reserrves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals
without assigning any reasons whatsoever. Samagra Shiksha, GCSE decision in this
matter will be final'
Evaluation Criteria:
Committee will ask the agency to demonstrate one or more activities from the syllabus ofMathematics and Science of class 6fr,7* and 8ft of Government Upper primary School.
Demonstration done by agencies will be evaluated based on following criteria:
Technical Proposal submission:
As a part of EoI, agency will have to submit eligibility documents along with the
following:
o Technical solution write-upo Technical Literature/brochures of offered Lab set up along with Data Sheets.
. Agency need to submit list of proposed equipment with make & models of all the items
along with technical specifications as per table given below. This will be verified at the
time of demonstration also.
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Dimens"ron of the equipment Length, Area, Volume
Quantity of material required Numbers of items for class size of 40 student
Type of material Glass (Type of Glass)Metal (Name of metal)WoodAcrylic
SNo Criteria ComponentI Quality of apparatus /
equipment / kitso Alignment with NCERT/State
Board Curriculum for science and
mathematics subjectso Matching of the material with the
specification provided by the agency. Quality of Material, Robustness &
Durabilityo Design & Aesthetico Creativity & Innovation in kit/ equipment
2 Pedagogy/ methodology DemonstrationHands on activityIndividual activityGroup activityProiect based study
3 Quality of Manual o Contento Languageo Picture/ Photographs
4 Quality of video . Picture quality of videoo Presentation skill used in video
5 Presentation o Demonstration of lab equipmento Overall look and Aesthetics of labo Small demo of use of lab gtven by presenter
DurabilityAny other required for specific item
Robotics Details of electric and electronic equipment usedName of OEM/ Brand
Expected results:
o It is expected from the interested agencies to demonstrate the best availableequipment and apparatus mapped with the syllabus.
o Innovative ideas and new pedagogical approaches to develop critical thinking/higher-order thinking and scientific attitude among the students are welcomed.
. All the students will get the opportunity to develop creativity, enhance their practicalskill without any discrimination
o Students can corelate their text book knowledge with the world around them.
Suggestions of potential partners:
These labs will be established in Government Upper Primary schools. Keeping this in mind,agencies can share their valuable suggestions/ ideas to develop more modified, useful andcurriculum supportive lab in thp schools.
Details of Asencv:
After conclusion of EOI, a formal tender enquiry will be published to qualifiedand selected bidders to invite financial bid for the offered solutions and finalselection of the bidder will be done on Ll basis
Name of the applicant organizationName of the chief functionaryAddressRegistered OfficeContact detailsPhone numberEmail addressYear of establishmentAbout the organizationKey areas of operation
