Rwanda has received its first international benchmark of student learning after taking part in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), with results showing significant gaps in mathematics, science and reading comprehension in English.
Education Minister Joseph Nsengimana has urged parents to remain actively involved in their children’s education by regularly checking on their wellbeing, monitoring their behaviour and visiting them at school.
The Ministry of Education has warned public schools against imposing fees that have not been approved, urging parents to report institutions that demand additional payments outside the established regulations.
The National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA) has released a district-based transport schedule for boarding students returning to school for the new academic term.
Rwanda’s Education Minister Joseph Nsengimana has warned that adults found to have helped students cheat in national examinations will be prosecuted and punished, following an investigation that identified cheating incidents involving 7,188 students in 254 examination rooms.
Students who perform well in Rwanda’s national examinations are not automatically guaranteed admission to their first-choice schools, with NESA citing limited capacity and competition among applicants as key factors in school placement.
Rwanda is preparing to expand Abacus Mental Math to schools across the country, as the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) seeks to make mathematics more engaging and help pupils build greater confidence in the subject.
Rwanda has given primary school teachers holding A2 qualifications a five-year grace period to upgrade to A1, as part of a broader reform aimed at raising the academic and professional standards of the teaching workforce.
The Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) has apologised after an error prevented Leontine Uwamariya, one of the top performers in Rwanda’s national Tronc Commun examinations, from attending the official awards ceremony.
The Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) has awarded Leontine Uwamariya, who tied for first place in Rwanda’s national Tronc Commun (Ordinary Level) examinations, after an administrative error prevented her from receiving her award at the official ceremony.
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