Rwanda TVET Board (RTB) and the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET) have signed a new agreement to collaborate in research on vocational education and training.
The five-year agreement, which was virtually signed on December 28, aims at fostering a partnership with a focus on sharing research on policy development and effects of policy practices through reciprocal support, cooperation and exchanges of information.
Speaking at the virtual signing ceremony, the Director General of RTB, Paul Umukunzi, said that KRIVET has made a lot of researches that inform the whole education sector especially in TVET hence RTB wants to learn from them, adding that their exchanges will not only be in research findings and output of research activities but also in sharing all best practices from both sides.
Umukunzi said that Rwanda also has different areas to explore as far as TVET development is concerned, adding that RTB shall also be sharing findings with KRIVET in matters related to TVET.
The President of KRIVET, Dr. Ryu Jang-soo, commended Rwanda for establishing RTB to advance the TVET sector in Rwanda.
He noted that the agreement will replace the older one that KRIVET and the Workforce Development Authority (WDA) of the Republic of Rwanda signed in 2017 when it was still operating.
He added that the fourth industrial revolution and the pandemic are presenting new and unknown opportunities.
He said more resources will be invested to foster research projects to mitigate the new challenges and make use of new opportunities.
The Minister of State in Charge of ICT and TVET, Claudette Irere, said the deal is a milestone in strengthening cooperation and partnership in TVET training systems for both Rwanda and Korea.
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