Insight

Was the 2013/2014 education budget put to good use?

In the closing fiscal year, the education sector was allocated Rwf236.3bn, an increase of Rwf 28.6bn compared to the 2012/2013 financial year. The money was meant for improving the education sector infrastructure and equipment, welfare of teachers, scaling up the well-being of students and setting up a university project and an education loan for students from poor families. Rukara College of Education in Eastern Province received a development budget of Rwf 2.7bn to enable it prepare to receive (accommodate) about one thousand students from the Kavumu College of Education in the Southern province which is soon relocating to the former’s premises.
The students hostel at Rukara College of Education has been completed. (Seraphine Habimana)
The students hostel at Rukara College of Education has been completed. (Seraphine Habimana)
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