RFP - Annual Dipstick Study Round III- Chanan Rishman program in Punjab

About Breakthrough

Breakthrough works on culture change by shifting social norms that limit women and girls from reaching their full potential. We work with adolescents and young people aged 11-25 years aiming for an entire generation to shift and push for change.

Over the last 25 years, we have reached nearly 5.4 million adolescents in schools and communities. With more agency, better negotiation skills and aspiration, young people are calling out norms that hold them back, and are taking action, in the communities that Breakthrough works in. This gives hope that a more equal world is possible for future generations.

About the Chanan Rishman program

The Government of Punjab’s Department of School Education has partnered with Breakthrough and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia to integrate a gender equity curriculum for adolescents (Class 6th to 8th) into the syllabus for all government schools in Punjab. On 8th March, 2021, International Women’s Day, Breakthrough formally sealed the partnership with the Government of Punjab.

To change gender-biased perceptions and provide tools to enact behavioural change among adolescents, the Department of School Education has embedded Breakthrough’s gender equity curriculum in three subjects: English, and Social Studies. The curriculum consists of a series of interactive, safe, and open discussions to empower adolescents to transform their gender attitudes, aspirations, and behaviours. The Department of School Education works with Breakthrough to train teachers to integrate the curriculum in grades 6,7 and 8. J-PAL South Asia will conduct an independent evaluation to generate insights for sustained, high-quality, government implementation.

This program is based on evidence generated from an impact evaluation of Breakthrough’s ‘Taaron ki Toli’ program in Haryana. In a randomized evaluation conducted by J-PAL South Asia in 314 government schools in Haryana, the curriculum was found to significantly shift the gender attitudes and behaviours of both boys and girls, and led students to enact more gender-equitable behavior.

This curriculum is getting delivered in over 6250 government schools spread over 23 districts of Punjab. state. Under the program, nearly 23,000 teachers are being trained on delivering the curriculum. The program reaches over 1 million students in the state. The programme is intended to build a Gender Transformative Education System in Punjab Government Schools by addressing the following broad domains of a Gender Transformative Education System:

Creating sensitive content: Integrating gender lens into the curriculum

Making school environment gender sensitive /violence free/equitable spaces

Teachers demonstrate gender-equitable behaviour

School administrators prioritize gender

Parents value girls & education

Scope of work

Breakthrough is seeking proposals from qualified agencies to conduct the third annual dipstick study in Punjab. The first annual dipstick study was conducted in 2024 and the second round was conducted in early 2026. This Request for Proposal (RFP) aims to provide comprehensive guidelines and information for interested organizations to submit their proposals for round-III, ensuring clarity regarding study, project deliverables, timeline, and evaluation criteria.

The study aims to power samples across two distinct groups of districts of Punjab to facilitate comparative analysis. The selected agency will employ a strategic sampling approach to ensure representation from both groups: the "Base Model" comprising 18 districts and the MMPE ( Middle Management and Parental Engagement) Model consisting of the remaining 5 districts.

Base Model (18 Districts): These districts represent the standard or baseline group where the project has been ongoing without significant additional interventions.

MMPE Model (5 Districts): These districts signify areas where intensified interventions with middle management and parent engagement, in addition to the base model, have been implemented to explore comparative impact.

To know more about Breakthrough, please visit – www.inbreakthrough.org

Interested agencies are requested to kindly submit their technical and financial proposal by 20 th October 2026 on: rfp@inbreakthrough.org

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Title of assignment

Annual Dipstick Study Round III- Chanan Rishman program in Punjab

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Date of Publishing RFP

5 th October 2026

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Submissions of Pre-bidding queries

11 th October 2026

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Upload the answers of Pre-bid queries on Devnetjob portal

13 th October 2026

Last date and time for submission of Proposal

20 th October 2026

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Address at which bid to be submitted

rfp@inbreakthrough.org

For detailed information, please check the complete version of the RFP attached below.