Ministry of Education (Rwanda)
Government ministry of Rwanda
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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
In 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] | |||
