Rwanda to receive Rwf180mn from World Bank to promote basic education

According to the World Bank, Rwanda needs innovation, agglomeration, integration and competition to become an upper middle-income country by 2030.

Currently, Rwanda has joined hand the World Bank by signing an agreement of USD 200 million (around Rwf180 million) with an aim to support the promotion of quality- basic education.

The agreement has been signed in Kigali between the current minister of finance and economic planning of Rwanda, Uzziel Ndagijimana and Yasser El-Gammal, the Country Manager for the World Bank Group in Rwanda since February 2016.

The purpose of signing this project is to make improvement in teach competency, student retention and learning in the East African country, as reported by The New Times. In May this year, the Vice President of the World Bank for Africa, Hafez Ghanem revealed the development. He also met Rwanda's Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente at his office in Kimihurura.

According to Uzziel Ndagijimana, the project consists of three main components that include teacher effectiveness for improved student learning, reducing overcrowding and distance to schools, and strengthening institutional capacity to support teaching and learning.

According to the ESI Africa, Rwanda continues to top the World Bank's World Bank's annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) ratings both in Africa and around the globe with a score of 4.0, followed in the region by Cabo Verde (3.8) and Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda (all at 3.7). South Sudan scoring only 1.5 remained the lowest-scoring country on the CPIA.

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