Mining activities have been identified as one of the main challenges undermining efforts to reintegrate out-of-school children in Kamonyi District, local authorities have said.
Hunger is no longer a major reason for children dropping out of school in Rwanda, thanks to targeted interventions under the Zero Out of School Children programme, officials have said.
More than 70,000 children both with and without disabilities have been reintegrated into Rwanda’s education system in the past two years under the government-backed Zero Out of School Children (‘Umwana Wese Yige’) programme, officials said on Monday.
Rwanda has 32,205 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centers, serving 1,165,384 children in 2025, up more than 800,000 since 2020, the National Council for Children’s Development (NCDA) reports.
The Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) has launched the distribution of 15,000 computers to 483 schools, starting in the Eastern Province, to strengthen digital skills and improve education quality nationwide.
Rwanda has replaced hundreds of underperforming headteachers in a nationwide move to improve education quality, with every affected school now having a new appointee, the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) confirmed on January 5, 2025
Umwalimu Sacco has rewarded teachers and teachers’ savings groups that demonstrated exemplary saving habits in 2025, while continuing to encourage its members to embrace a culture of saving as a pathway to financial empowerment
More than 800 school heads across Rwanda have been removed from their leadership positions following a nationwide performance assessment conducted by the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB)
The Minister of State for Education, Irere Claudette, has highlighted the growing cooperation between Rwanda and Zimbabwe in teacher exchange programmes as a significant milestone demonstrating that meaningful collaboration among African countries is both possible and effective
