Rwanda
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Low income
Percent of population aged 10-24
32% (UNFPA, 2023)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
2,032,568 (UIS, 2022)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
1,911,378 (UIS, 2022)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
7%
Source: UNSDG , 2015
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
31
Source: UN Human Development Reports , 2021
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
37%
Source: DHS , 2020
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
84%
Source: DHS , 2020
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
9
Source: UIS , 2022
Percentage of upper secondary schools providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education within the formal curriculum or as part of extra-curricular activities Percentage of schools
100%
Source: UNESCO , 2021
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities Percentage of schools
-
Primary 70%
(2021)
-
Lower secondary 70%
(2021)
-
Upper secondary 100%
(2019)
Source: UIS
Women as a percentage of teachers in tertiary education Women as a percentage
Source: UIS , 2022
Men as a percentage of teachers in pre-primary education Men as a percentage
Source: UIS , 2022
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS , 2023
Gender parity index for achievement in mathematics, by education level (ratio)
No data available
Gender parity index for achievement in reading, by education level (ratio)
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Experiencing bullying in the last 12 months in lower secondary education
No data available
Youth not in education, employment or training
-
Female 30%
-
Male 27%
Female: ILO, 2022
Male: ILO, 2022
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 61%
-
Male 48%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 30%
-
Male 25%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 16%
-
Male 19%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 4%
-
Male 7%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Lower secondary school
-
Female 26%
-
Male 26%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Upper secondary school
-
Female 59%
-
Male 58%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Legal Frameworks Back to Top
Presence of legislation on child protection, to prevent corporal punishment in schools
1
No protection from violence in educational institutions
Source: HerAtlas , 2021
Presence of legislation protecting the right to education without discrimination based on sex/gender
2
Only enshrines the right to education or provides for a limited protection of this right
Source: HerAtlas , 2021
Presence of legislation to protect and facilitate education of pregnant adolescent girls
2
No explicit protection of the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls
Source: HerAtlas , 2021
Existence of processes to support coordinated action on gender equality in and through education by ministries, civil society, youth organizations and other actors
Data coming soon!
Existence of systematic processes to review and update curricula and learning resources, with a view to eradicating gender stereotypes and promoting gender equality
Data coming soon!
Training on gender-responsive pedagogies is embedded in teacher training programmes
Data coming soon!
Programs Back to Top
Research Project/Report/Study
AMPLIFY: COVID-19 Response Research
Network/Convening/Conference
AMPLIFY Girls Collective
Project/Program
Career Girls Mobile Learning Center (MLC) Pilot Program in Rwanda
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Community Grants Program
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Project/Program
COVID-19 Response: Inclusive Education
Project/Program
Early Childhood Development and Family (ECD&F) programme - Phase II
Project/Program
Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Education Out Loud (EOL)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Empowering Adolescent Girls
Project/Program
FAWE's Gender Sensitive Schools
Project/Program
Financial Education for Girls Program
Research Project/Report/Study
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender-Responsive Education and Transformation
Project/Program
Gender-Responsive Pedagogy
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Girls' Choices Mobile App
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls' Education Challenge
Project/Program
Girls, Women & the Global Goals: Empowering Women in Conflict Areas
Project/Program
Hanga Ahazaza ‘Create the Future’
Project/Program
Learn4Work
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Ni Nyampinga
Project/Program
Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative (PCTFI) – Cohort 3
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Rwanda Ministry of Education's COVID-19 Response Plan
Project/Program
Rwandan Girls’ Education and Advancement Programme 2 (REAP 2)
Project/Program
Safe Schools for Girls (SS4G) in Rwanda
Project/Program
Schools for Africa
Project/Program
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Project/Program
Teacher Training
Research Project/Report/Study
Tega
Research Project/Report/Study
The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Project/Program
Women in Science (WiSci)
Project/Program
Young Women's Academy for Conscious Change (YWA)
Research Project/Report/Study
Youth Think Tank
Government Programs Back to Top
Advocacy Campaign/Project
USAID Huguka Dukore Akazi Kanoze
Project/Program
Rwanda Education Sector Programme Implementation Grant
Project/Program
Literacy Boost
Research Project/Report/Study
Violence Against Children and Youth Survey
Project/Program
Rwanda National Gender Responsive Teacher Training Package
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
GPE and COVID-19
Project/Program
DREAMS
Project/Program
Building Learning Foundations (BLF) Program
Project/Program
Soma Umenye (“read and understand”)
Project/Program
The Gender-Responsive Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education (GRP4ECE) Toolkit
Project/Program
Educate! Education System Solution
Project/Program
Rwanda Quality Basic Education for Human Capital Development Project
Project/Program
Link's Response to COVID-19
Project/Program
Girls Step in STEM for a million opportunities
Project/Program
Rwanda Learning for All Programme
Transforming Education Summit National Statement of Commitment Back to Top
