The move was announced yesterday, Sunday, in a meeting that brought together the students, ISPG administration and HEC aimed at resolving the issue of placing students in other universities to enable them to complete their studies.
The Ministry of Education last week announced a decision to definitively close two faculties of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences and Medicine and Surgery of the University of Gitwe.
It was thereupon decided that students who took medicine and surgery courses continue their courses in University of Rwanda and those taking the medical laboratory to join the Institut d’Enseignement Supérieur de Ruhengeri (INES, Kibogora Polytechnic and the Catholic University of Rwanda.
The HEC Executive Director Dr. Muvunyi Emmanuel announced that he has already consulted the universities where students will continue with their courses and they are ready to receive them in line with the set terms and conditions.
Some students were, however, pessimistic as to whether the form and content of instruction will rhyme with their background, arguing HEC to intercede for them so that their adopted universities concentrate on imparting knowledge of what they did not cover at Gitwe.
Dr. Muvunyi, however, said HEC cannot alter the way universities deliver content to students but in case any need for their intervention arises, they will always be available.
“We are not going to change the form and nature of instruction of any of the universities you are joining for they each have their own standards and academic norms, but where one needs help, we shall work with them to make everything work smoothly,” he said.
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