{"id":25773,"date":"2016-06-02T08:18:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T08:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwf-7-billion-worth-of-tvet-schools-inaugurated\/"},"modified":"2016-06-03T22:27:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T22:27:27","slug":"rwf-7-billion-worth-of-tvet-schools-inaugurated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwf-7-billion-worth-of-tvet-schools-inaugurated\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwf 7 billion worth of TVET schools inaugurated in Western Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda\u2019s Workforce Development Authority has officially inaugurated five &#8211; Technical and Vocational Education and Training schools worth over Rwf 7 billion located in the districts of Karongi, Nyamasheke, Rusizi, Ngororero and Rutsiro in Western Province.}<\/p>\n<p>The schools were built with the support of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to enable youth to acquire skills with which they create own jobs.<br \/>\nThe official ceremony of launching the schools was held yesterday at Vocational Training Center of Rubengera in Karongi district.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Education, Dr. Papias Musafiri who presided over the inauguration said that technical and vocational knowledge some of the major ways that can help adults and young generation to create off-farm jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government of Rwanda is doing everything possible to ensure the realization of its targets of creating 200,000 off-farm jobs every year as per the EDPRSII,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nToday, the newly constructed schools have 963 students and 66 instructors and facilitators taking courses in; construction, cooking, hospitality and electricity maintenance among others. <\/p>\n<p>Giancarlo de Picciotto, the SDC Representative in Rwanda said that the first batch of the school graduates have demonstrated a good commitment and translating what they learnt into practice. <\/p>\n<p>He explained that his country will continue supporting TVET education in the country.<br \/>\nThe governor of Western Province, Caritas Mukandasira has requested parents to send their children to vocational training centers for skills that will drive them into job creation. <\/p>\n<p>Francine Uwamahoro, one of students at VTC Rubengera said that she has started reaping benefits from acquired knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a canteen; I can make bread, buns and pastries. I hope to progress well because I acquired enough knowledge from the VTC,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The director of WDA, Gasana J\u00e9r\u020fme said that increasing quality education in VTC will be attained through the \u2018Trainings of Trainers program\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-12573 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/minisitiri_musafiri_ataha_ku_mugararo_vtc_rubengera.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of Education, Dr. Papias Musafiri officially inaugurating Rubengera Vocational Training Center yesterday\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda\u2019s Workforce Development Authority has officially inaugurated five &#8211; Technical and Vocational Education and Training schools worth over Rwf 7 billion located in the districts of Karongi, Nyamasheke, Rusizi, Ngororero and Rutsiro in Western Province.} The schools were built with the support of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to enable youth to acquire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-25773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25773"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=25773"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=25773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}