Primary Schools
The language used for teaching in the first three years of primary education is Kinyarwanda. In the fourth through sixth years, this becomes English or French.
Statistics for the 2002-3 academic year:
- 2172 schools
- 1,636,563 pupils
- 26,024 teachers (85.2% qualified)
- gross 100.0
- net 82.7%
Despite some major achievements in Rwanda's attempts to achieve universal primary education, it currently has one of the worst repetition rates in the sub-saharan region.
Read more about this topic: Education In Rwanda
Famous quotes by primary schools:
“Parental attitudes have greater correlation with pupil achievement than material home circumstances or variations in school and classroom organization, instructional materials, and particular teaching practices.”
—Children and Their Primary Schools, vol. 1, ch. 3, Central Advisory Council for Education, London (1967)