RWANDA ACTS ON SCHOOL DROPOUTS
Jun 2nd, 2009 by admin
Rwanda’s government has vowed to reduce the student drop-out rate by at least two per cent by the end of next year. Rwanda has a drop-out rate of 13.9 per cent, according to the Ministry of Education figures. The ministry is working toward reducing the numbers by next year, and hopes by 2016 all students will complete their education. In a statement, it revealed plans to build 8,000 new classrooms and recruit more than 6000 new teachers. Mathias Harebamungu, the Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education, stressed the need to empower teachers and speedily adopt the compulsory Nine Year Basic Education for children.