Discussions about quality education have been circulating among Rwandans. Some argue that there is quality education while others say a lot needs to be done.
Some of criteria considered while Assessing quality education include teaching systems, offered courses, classrooms, teachers, how knowledge acquired by students compares to international levels, research and basing on UNESCO measurements.
Various reforms in Rwandan schools curricula, teachers’ salary and behavior, among others are said to cause quality education decline in Rwanda.
However; the Director General of Rwanda Education Board (REB), Gasana Janvier has said in a talk show aired at Radio Flash that quality education has a good stand in Rwanda.
He said that a salary is a motivational act that should never be defined as all there is in refining and defining responsibilities.
“A job is offered to someone who applied for it. Saying that the salary is inadequate should not be the subject of disrespecting responsibilities. How much of salary is enough?” he asked.
Gasana said that teachers should work with what is available to offer good services.
“The most important for everyone getting paid is to be satisfied with what he/she obtains. Rwandans should always live within boundaries of their means not in comparison with others. It is better for everyone to live according to his capacities and accomplish his tasks,” he said.
Gasana noted that government recognizes the importance of improving teachers’ welfare, but before that is done, they should dedicatedly educate children of the nation.
He said that some school inspectors do take long without reaching schools under their jurisdiction and, instead, are said to exercise their duties via phones.
Gasana said they do not tolerate drunkenness among teachers and will follow up and invite teachers that are drunkards to face disciplinary action and school inspectors to be more active.
“We have 416 education officers, one in every sector across the country and 30 districts’ education officers. It is not understandable how they can spend the whole week without visiting schools to audit teachers’ performance and students’ learning, among others,” he said.
Gasana said that the matter of quality education also brings in parents in the equation.
“When I hear such matter, I think about it beyond class borders. When a child completes first year without knowing to write while others do, actually he/she has family-related problems, including domestic violence by the parents,” he said.
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