The Ministry of Education (MINeDUC, Kinyarwanda: Minisiteri y'Uburezi,[1] French: Ministère de l'Éducation[2]) of Rwanda, previously the Ministère de l'Éducation, de la Science, de la Technologie et de la Recherche scientifique,[3] is headquartered in Kigali.[4] As of December 2017, the minister is Dr. Eugène Mutimura. He was preceded by Dr. Papias Malimba Musafiri, who served in that position since June 2015 - December 2017.[5][6]
Number of schools, students, and staff
editIn 2017, the estimated population of Rwanda was 11.8 million people.[7] MINeDUC oversees over 13,000 education centers, 93,000 staff, and over 3.6 million students.[7] The primary and secondary schools are organized into 30 administrative districts.[8][9]
| Levels | Schools | Students | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-nursery | 90 | 5,234 | 243 |
| Nursery | 3,186 | 220,435 | 6,812 |
| Primary | 2,877 | 2,540,374 | 43,906 |
| General Secondary | 1,375 | 531,377 | 24,561 |
| Technical & Vocational
Education & Training (TVET) |
402 | 107,501 | 6,929 |
| General Tertiary | 37 | 80,773 | 5,196 |
| Adult Literacy | 5,160 | 152,015 | 6,287 |
| TOTAL: | 13,127 | 3,637,709 | 93,934 |
| Source: MINeDUC[7] | |||
References
edit- ^ "banner_rw.jpg Archived 2014-10-13 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Education of Rwanda. Retrieved on October 8, 2014.
- ^ "mineduc_slideshow-7.jpg Archived 2014-10-13 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Education of Rwanda. Retrieved on October 8, 2014.
- ^ "Home" (French). Ministry of Education of Rwanda. December 3, 2013. Retrieved on October 8, 2014.
- ^ "Contact us." Ministry of Education. Retrieved on October 8, 2014.
- ^ Times Reporter (25 June 2015). "Musafiri appointed as new Education minister". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Dr. Papias Musafiri Malimba and Philbert Nsengimana have been removed from Cabinet". APV. 2017-12-07. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
- ^ a b c "Rwanda Education Statistics 2017". Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Education. April 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ^ "Primary School Districts in Rwanda". Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Education. 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ^ "Secondary School Districts in Rwanda". Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Education. 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
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