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

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

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Government Programs Back to Top

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Transforming Education Summit National Statement of Commitment Back to Top