Speaking to IGIHE, the Director of the National Secretariat of Catholic Education, Father Janvier Nduwayezu said that the problem is beyond their capacity and called on the government and parents’ involvement.
“Schools renovation is a big project. We implement it accordingly, we try our best on the diocese level, but as our schools were constructed long time ago, they need huge financial support which we are not able to meet.Last year we budgeted and established that we need at least Rwf80 billion to be able to renovate them to the expected standards; it is a budget that we can’t finance on our own” he said.
“We call upon Ministry of Education and parents’ participation in supporting this project. though it is,” he added.
Catholic Church has a total of 1381 schools; some of which are government-aided.
The Rwanda Education Board (REB) Director General, Janvier Gasana told IGIHE that they are aware of the problem.
“The government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Education is discussing about contracts which define operations of Catholic-government sponsored schools, through these contracts, they determine ways to start renovating these schools,” he explained.
Gasana said that recently, they renovated some classrooms and constructed new 900 classrooms from both Catholic and other Church affiliated schools.
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