Rwanda Deploys 10,000 Teachers To Fix Gaps In Schools

The government of Rwanda has deployed 9,985 teachers and head teachers for primary and secondary schools in a bid to fix the existing gaps identified in all districts across the country.

Speaking to local media, head of department of teacher management and development at Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB), Leon Mugenzi, said that despite the deployment there are still vacant positions.

According to Mugenzi, another deployment of 1,687 secondary school teachers is currently ongoing to their respective schools.

He said this latest deployment will significantly fix the existing gap, adding that initially, the demand from the districts totaled 12,993 teachers and school leaders.

The demand was largely driven by the additional classrooms that have been built in order to reduce congestion of students and reduce the ratio of students per teacher.

Despite the fact that there was an initial plan to decongest classrooms in primary and secondary schools, this was accelerated following the pandemic protocols issued.

The latest deployment of more teachers, Mugenzi said will allow them to be able to easily monitor the students’ performance and follow their daily progress.

Mugenzi said the gaps were also caused by some teachers who leave for other jobs, those who retire, ones that are dismissed for different reasons, and others who feel sick and can no longer teach.

Commenting on the ones who were deployed but did not report to their respective schools, he said that this happens due to different reasons such as those who fall sick while others shun schools that are located far away from their residence among other reasons.

He said that such issues are analysed on a case by case basis to come up with an appropriate solution.