Rwanda Ministry of Education's COVID-19 Response Plan

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I Inactive

Key Information

Within a week of receiving Rwanda’s application for GPE’s COVID-19 emergency funding, the country was granted US$10 million to ensure students continue learning during the lockdown and to support the country’s preparation to reopen schools once the virus is contained. The GPE grant supports the expansion of equitable remote learning opportunities by broadcasting curriculum-aligned radio lessons, along with promoting the use of alternative audio-visual materials on TV and on Rwanda Education Board’s (REB) YouTube channel. In parallel, the already established REB e-learning platform now allows students and teachers to access textbooks, lessons and assessments.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Rwanda

Activity URL

https://www.globalpartnership.org/blog/amid-coronavirus-pandemic-rwanda-builds-resilient-education-system

Government Affiliation

Unknown

Years

2020 - 2021

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

N/A

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

New for COVID-19

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary Enrollment

Other

  • Remote Learning

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Gender equality
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Teachers - female, Teachers - male, Youth

Age

5 - 18

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools

Curriculum/learning

  • Increased availability of learning materials
  • Remedial education/skills

Educational Technology

  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
  • Digital learning materials/programs
  • Digital reading materials (non-textbook)

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Educational Radio or Television Programs
  • Textbooks (digital)

Policy/legal environment

  • Developing/promoting new laws/policies

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Reducing/eliminating school fees

School-related gender-based violence

  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom
  • Numeracy - outside the classroom

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased test scores
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Reduced grade repetition

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved health - other
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being