₦airaland Forum

Private schools in Rwanda are on the verge of closing down due to low patronage. A report by Daily Nation says desperate proprietors who face closure of their institutions are now asking the government to sponsor students in private schools at public rates.

But the government has rejected the idea.

The “problem” started with the government’s twelve-year basic education policy which made public schools affordable and preferable.

According to the report, the Ministry of Education invested hugely in expanding capacity and teaching infrastructure at public schools across the country; introduced the school feeding programme and abolished school fees.

More than 30 private schools are said to have closed indefinitely this year, while others are struggling to stay afloat after losing students to public schools.

School owners told Rwanda Today that even those that had managed to stay open were struggling to meet their operational costs.

“We’ve suffered a sharp decline in the number of students enroled, yet the school has accumulated debt, unpaid salaries and owes arrears to suppliers. It is not clear if the school will re-open,” said Samuel Batamba, the head teacher at College Nkunduburezi in Gakenke District.

Mr Batamba said the school used to have 900 students but now has only 80 students after it failed to attract new students while others enrolled in public schools.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Education, the government owns 460 out of the more than 1,575 schools in the country.

The rest are run by religious bodies with the Catholic church owning 620 schools, the Anglican church 279, Adventist church 22 and Muslim schools are at 16. Another 178 schools are run by parents’ associations and individuals.

The most affected institutions are private boarding schools.

Figures show that students in private schools decreased from 101,510 in 2012 to 79,076 last year while enrolment in public and government-aided schools almost doubled in the same period.

According to John Gasana, the Vice chairman of the Private Schools Association, competing with public schools requires huge capital investment to improve infrastructure, equipment and hiring skilled teachers, something many private schools cannot afford.

Wooow
Our public schools na cultist home base.

e go tey for us oo

Good for us ooh


As every stake hold in gorvenment parastater in Nigeria own a private institution

Attractive do to free feeding and fees, not a long time solution so they should not celebrates yet.

Paul kagame is focused and puts his country first.
I pray other African presidents will emulate him.

hisgrace090:
Attractive do to free feeding and fees, not a long time solution so they should not celebrates yet.

They have been doing it since a very long time. Very sustainable. Nigeria can do it too but corruption can't make it sustainable. Imagine, someone stealing 1 billion naira that could have sustained such initiative for like 3 years. Is the 3 years not part of it?

RWANDA GROWING INTO THE GIANT OF AFRICA. NIGERIA EMACIATING DAY BY DAY emaciating

Carmit:
Wooow
Our public schools na cultist home base.

e go tey for us oo

Hahahaha

Chai, this is a country that has their citizens interests on their mind, we are not asking them to share 5k monthly here we just want them to improve our Standard of living

This is e serious country not like Nigeria where our leaders Don't care about our education,

yet someone is telling me that Africa will never be better,you just need a good leader and everything will fall into place.in Nigeria we are so unlucky with the kind of leaders that emerge here as they are nothing to write home about

Asides free tuition and meal

What's Rwanda's population that could make private school thrive

Low self esteem and insecurity issues would make Dunce nigerians insult Nigeria over Rwanda

This is why Travel Agents trick them to part away with money they can invest with, just to become pauper in Diera Dubai , Penkcam Uk
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solmusdesigns:




Low self esteem and insecurity issues would make Dunce nigerians insult Nigeria over Rwanda


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You are reading this post with one leg on top of the other.

This is not witchcraft

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solmusdesigns:




Low self esteem and insecurity issues would make Dunce nigerians insult Nigeria over Rwanda

This is why Travel Agents trick them to part away with money they can invest with, just to become pauper in Diera Dubai , Penkcam Uk
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When I discovered Lagos annual budget is more than that of Rwanda..

Kayharry:
The “problem” started with the government’s twelve-year basic education policy which made public schools affordable and preferable.

According to the report, the Ministry of Education invested hugely in expanding capacity and teaching infrastructure at public schools across the country; introduced the school feeding programme and abolished school fees.
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Paul kagame has been in power since 1994 as vice-president and president from 2000.

Africa has lost the present. What we need now are effective long-term policies which would give us a projection for the future. If we can't have one president through this period, then continuity is sacrosanct.

We can't afford to lose the future too.