{"id":27067,"date":"2016-07-20T07:33:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T07:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/more-modules-for-itorero-trainees\/"},"modified":"2016-07-22T05:39:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T05:39:23","slug":"more-modules-for-itorero-trainees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/more-modules-for-itorero-trainees\/","title":{"rendered":"More modules for Itorero trainees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has requested the organizers of National Itorero, Indangamirwa, to initiate a section of training in military exercises and skills to Rwandan students in foreign universities, those preparing to study abroad and or joining local universities.}<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame made the request yesterday as he closed the National Itorero of \u2018Indangamirwa\u2019 attended by 345 youth in Gabiro, Gatsibo district.<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame said that the next Indangamirwa National Itorero will involve military exercises for all students who previously completed Indangamirwa National Itorero. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext time we will bring together all those who trained here from the first up to the 9th intakes and take them to another level. We will train less in other courses and more in military exercises including handling guns, self defense,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president  that bringing together excellent trainees under the Indangamirwa National Itorero of whom the majority are from abroad is meant to acquaint them with basic self defense skills in case they are faced with threats  in host regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are worried of students living abroad where there is insecurity and it is the best opportunity of helping trainees learn more about culture,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Indangamirwa National Itorero was launched in 2008 with the aim of equipping Rwandan students living abroad with Rwanda national values, traditions and history. It is organized by the National Itorero Commission in partnership with the Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of National Itorero Commission, Boniface Rucagu said that it has helped Rwanda\u2019s youth to better understand the role of moral values and taboos of Rwandan culture in building the nation, know their responsibilities in Rwanda\u2019s development as well as maintaining attained achievements.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13669 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/itorero2-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13668 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/itorero1-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13670 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/itorero4-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13671 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/itorero5-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13672 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/itorero6-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13673 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/itorero-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13672 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/itorero6-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13673 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/itorero-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13676 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/itorero9-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has requested the organizers of National Itorero, Indangamirwa, to initiate a section of training in military exercises and skills to Rwandan students in foreign universities, those preparing to study abroad and or joining local universities.} President Kagame made the request yesterday as he closed the National Itorero of \u2018Indangamirwa\u2019 attended by 345 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-27067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","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\/27067","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=27067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27067"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=27067"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=27067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}