Rwanda
	Rwanda is experiencing a period of reconstruction following the genocide and the war that held sway during the last decade. The work of reconstruction is enormous, the infrastructures were considerably damaged, the economy entirely destroyed, and the institutions are endangered. Moreover the major challenge facing Rwanda is national reconciliation : while 120000 presumed authors of genocide ar awaiting the judgement, the wounds of the war are extremely present in population.

 

Total population (1999) : 9 million Illiteracy rate (2000) : 33.2 % Total expenditures for education in % of GNP : 3.8 % (1985) Pupil/teacher ratio : 58 (1991-92) Refugees and displaced situation : Most refugees have returned to the the country. Some Congoles refugees are present in Rwanda. In both Rwanda and the associated refugee camps, the introduction of TEPs constitute part of a joint emergency education programme with UNICEF. Inside Rwanda a massive programme has been established using teams of national trainers who have delivered train-the-trainer workshops in each of the ten prefectures. A total of nine thousand TEPs written in Kinyarwanda and adapted for Rwanda are in the school system by early December. These TEPs and the specially trained teacher trainers will form the bridge to the formal school curriculum which the Rwandese government hopes to have in place for the new school year. Rwandese Refugee Camps The UNESCO team working in the Rwandese refugee camps serviced by Ngara have developed a unique model for introducing schools into an unstructured situation. A recreation phase was initiated to bring children together and to encourage a feeling of co-operation and stability by playing together in a structured and supervised environment. In a multiple agency agreement UNHCR provided tents and UNESCO provided the training programme which trained teachers in the use of TEP and its methodology.The second phase of the programme has been the introduction of TEP as "the-school-in-a-box" and the third phase will be the re-introduction of textbooks so that these children will not have the added trauma of a new school system on their return to the country of origin.

Report of UNESCO's Director General visit to Rwanda , 5-7 December 2002 Rwanda is an integrating part of a cluster which includes Kenya, Uganda and Burundi with an Office in Nairobi. - Website (URL)

United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for the Great Lakes Region and Central Africa 2001 There are many people living in parts of the Great Lakes Region [GLR] whose lives over the past year have become more vulnerable, increasingly insecure and, in many cases, - devoid of hope. - Website (URL)

Teachers were prime targets of the genocide - Teachers were prime targets of the genocide because they had standing in the village and usually spoke their minds. - Partner Short Name - Partner Full Name

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The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization in Rwanda Following the genocide and political massacres of 1994, UNESCO immediately demonstrated its support for the Rwandan people by setting up an emergency programme. - More info   >> Visit the website