The Ministry of Education has said that International Schools operating in Rwanda without international competence will not be allowed to operate in Rwanda from the beginning of the next academic year in September, 2016.
The state minister in charge of primary and secondary schools in the Ministry of Education, Olivier Rwamukwaya has said that the MINEDUC conducted an audit and was surprised to find some schools claiming to be international yet they lack standards.
Rwamukwaya noted this yesterday as he officially opened the meeting on education in Kigali city yesterday.
“We have carried an audit and realized that some schools don’t have standards allowing them to operate as international schools. At the time we gave them two months to uplift standards. Last month we conducted another audit and realized that many of such schools claiming to be international have no licenses from Rwanda Education Board (REB) or Workforce Development Authority (WDA) and are not even known by headquarters of main international schools to which they attribute their activities, “he said.
Rwamukwaya said that subjects of international schools must be linked to programs of the mother school to offer the same education.
“If you emulate an international program, you have to demonstrate the license from main school founders or tell Rwandans the truth .Don’t cheat them but follow the education system of the country which also requires licensing,” he said.
Even though Rwamukwaya declined to point out such sub-standard schools, he said; ‘No school will operate again without complete required standards since they will not operate from September, 2016.’
The deputy mayor of Kigali city in charge of social welfare, Kazayire Judith highlighted that such schools exist and jeopardize quality education as they hoodwink parents and fleece them of their hard earned money.
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