Description: Education in Rwanda : Rebalancing Resources to Accelerate Post-Conflict Development and Poverty Reduction

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Education in Rwanda : Rebalancing Resources to Accelerate Post-Conflict Development and Poverty Reduction

Rwanda's recent history was marred by genocide in 1994, in which at least ten percent of the population lost their lives. Rebuilding the stock of human capital is an important part of the rehabilitation process, where the government has made e...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ADDITION ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ADMINISTRATIVE DATA BASIC EDUCATION BASIC SKILLS BIOLOGICAL PARENTS CALL CLASSROOMS COMPOSITION COUNTRY STUDIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION FINANCE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION FEMALE STUDENTS GENDER DIFFERENCES GER GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS HEALTH INDICATORS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING CONDITIONS MANAGERS NATIONAL CURRICULUM NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATIOS ORPHANS PAPERS PARTICIPATION RATES PARTNERSHIP PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY DEVELOPMENT POOR COUNTRIES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRINTING PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC PRIMARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC SECTOR PUPILS QUALITY OF EDUCATION RATES OF RETURN REPETITION REPETITION RATE REPETITION RATES SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECONDARY STUDENTS STRATEGIC PLANNING STUDENT COSTS STUDY ABROAD TEACHER TEACHER DEPLOYMENT TEACHER PAY TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER RECRUITMENT TEACHER SALARIES TEACHERS TEACHING UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WORKERS YOUNG PEOPLE EDUCATION AIMS & OBJECTIVES POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT ACCESS TO EDUCATION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES PUBLIC SPENDING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS COST OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL FINANCING SERVICE DELIVERY STUDENT ENROLLMENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS SOCIOECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS RESOURCE PLANNING VULNERABLE GROUPS EQUITY IN EDUCATION FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/3050045/rwanda-education-rwanda-rebalancing-resources-accelerate-post-conflict-development-poverty-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15034

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Summary:	Rwanda's recent history was marred by genocide in 1994, in which at least ten percent of the population lost their lives. Rebuilding the stock of human capital is an important part of the rehabilitation process, where the government has made efforts to broaden access to education, and enhance the quality of services. On the international stage, the education sector has also come into the limelight, specifically under the 2000 United Nations Millennium Declaration, and, the foregoing context presents clear challenges for education managers. The purpose of this report is to provide a factual basis for discussion. Noteworthy are the efforts to reduce grade repetition in primary education; and similarly, reforms in higher education finance have been launched to reduce the cost of government-sponsored overseas studies. The report is addressed to Rwanda's policymakers in the education sector, as well as to education practitioners, and should also be of interest to policymakers in other parts of the government, particularly those charged with managing the country's development strategy, and aligning public spending accordingly. The breadth of its coverage is limited to key economic aspects that are particularly relevant in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) context: cost, finance, service delivery, and education outcomes. Most impressive is the rapid pace of enrollment increase in the aftermath of the genocide. As the system has expanded, it has done so in ways that has moved it toward a good balance between the public, and private sectors, which also compares favorably with that of other low-income countries in Africa, in terms of the socioeconomic disparities in educational access. Challenges ahead focus on managing student flow and graduate output, mobilizing and making effective use of resources for education, ensuring that public resources for education reach the front lines, balancing the accessibility of schools against considerations of scale economies, managing classroom conditions and processes to enhance student learning, and minimizing the barriers to education for orphans and other vulnerable groups. Nevertheless, the task ahead remains daunting as the recovery phase gives way to implementing the sector ' s long-term development. Concerns about efficiency, equity, and fiscal sustainability will be inevitably relevant, as the country seeks to advance educational progress in a resource-constrained environment.