Rwanda: Educationalists review progress

According to the Rwandan New Times, The State Minister in charge of Primary Education, Joseph Murekeraho, recently met and held discussions with five hundred heads of schools at Lycee de Kigali School to review Rwanda’s education system. While opening the workshop, Murekeraho appealed to the school heads to address the problems like language that hinder the students’ performances and urged them to recruit qualified teachers. “How do you expect someone who does not know that particular language to teach it? You can never teach something you have never been trained for,” Murekeraho said and called upon the school heads to be vigilant in addressing the issue of bilingualism. “Some people think that when we are giving scholarships, we consider those who can speak the language of the host country, that is wrong,” Murekeraho disclosed adding that all students are given equal chances.