{"id":42481,"date":"2020-12-19T08:49:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T08:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mineduc-suspends-20-tvet-schools-over-standards-gaps\/"},"modified":"2020-12-22T10:38:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T10:38:20","slug":"mineduc-suspends-20-tvet-schools-over-standards-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mineduc-suspends-20-tvet-schools-over-standards-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"MINEDUC suspends 20 TVET schools over standards gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MINEDUC inspection was conducted between August and September 2020 ahead of schools reopening. <\/p>\n<p>Claudette Irere, the Minister of State in charge of ICT and TVET at MINEDUC has told IGIHE that the inspection was meant to assess schools\u2019 readiness to accommodate students in adherence to instituted COVID-19 health guidelines. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany schools were affected following the lockdown that halted all activities. We decided to carry out an inspection to assess if the schools are ready or not,&#8221; she explained.  <\/p>\n<p>Following the inspection, 20 schools were closed for failure to meet requirements for quality education.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot confirm that the schools allowed to continue meet requirements at 100% but other schools were found with gaps that cannot be tolerated especially related to quality education,\u201d said Irere.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to assess if school settings are ready to welcome students and respect COVID-19 preventive measures like washing hands, keeping social distancing among others. The inspection also took emphasis on courses, whereby we assessed if the workshops are well equipped, if teachers are qualified, trained enough and have necessary skills to educate students,\u201d she said.  <\/p>\n<p>As Irere explained, the inspection informed the decision to close the 20 schools on grounds of complex hardships hindering quality education.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe established many schools countrywide that should not be allowed to mislead students yet we identified existing problems.  We decided to release the list so that parents and students can think on ways forward,\u201d she noted.  <\/p>\n<p>The closed schools will be allowed to reopen after meeting requirements.<br \/>\nMINEDUC has announced that students who might continue studies at closed schools will not be allowed to sit for national exams.  <\/p>\n<p>School owners have been advised to consult MINEDUC for support to re-orient students to other schools.   <\/p>\n<p>Rwandans are also advised to identify if certain schools meet requirements before registering children. The list of closed schools is found on districts\u2019 offices and MINEDUC website. Only 193 TVET schools have been allowed to educate students in the year 2020\/2021. It will be revised every year and released before schools\u2019 reopening.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-37414 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umunyamabanga_wa_leta_muri_minisiteri_y_uburezi_ushinzwe_ikoranabuhanga_imyuga_n_ubumenyingiro_irere_claudette_yavuze_ko_amashuri_yafunzwe_nyuma_y_igenzura_ryakozwe_harebwa_ko_yujuje_ibisabwa.jpg\" alt=\"Claudette Irere, the Minister of State in charge of ICT and TVET at MINEDUC has told IGIHE that the inspection was meant to assess schools\u2019 readiness to accommodate students in adherence to instituted COVID-19 health guidelines. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Ministry of Education (MINMEDUC) has suspended 20 Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) schools following an inspection that found them unable to meet quality education requirements. } <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-42481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42481","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42481"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=42481"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=42481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}