Nyamata, 20^th October 2022, Hon. Minister in charge of TVET and ICT opened a three-day induction for the Zimbabwean teaching staff. After the arrival of the Zimbabwean teachers, MINEDUC conducted a three-day induction. This induction was prepared to orient them on Rwandan culture and history, as they were preparing to begin working by 22 October 2022.

Speaking to zimbabwean teaching staff, Hon. MoS in charge of ICT& TVET said: We thank you teachers for having accepted our job offer, I believe you will enjoy the country of thousand hills and your contribution in education sector will be remarkable.””

During discussion on a journey to a knowledge based economy in Rwanda:achievements and challenges in education sector, Director General of Rwanda Basic Education Board, Dr. Nelson Mbarushimana requested Zimbabwean teachers to come up with creativity in establishing culture of using english in schools as it is the medium of instruction.

He also noted that while the target is to print over 28 million textbooks and be distributed to schools by 2025 to achieve the target ratio 1:1, over 14.6 million have been distributed to schools, which is over a half of the required textbooks.

Director Genenaral of REB continued by saying that 48 Edutainments with sign language integrated were produced for Pre-primary &lower primary, aiming at 178 episodes by 2024. Accessible multimedia digital textbooks are under development following universal design for learning.

The 154  Zimbabwean educational personnels – of whom 96 are males and 58 are females  are in Rwanda  following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 23^rd December 2021 between the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Rwanda (MINEDUC) and the Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social Welfare of the Republic of Zimbabwe with the aim of exchanging educational personnel and expertise upon request of any of the Parties..

Their recruitment was made in collaboration with MIFOTRA, MINEDUC jointly with the Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social Welfare of the Republic of Zimbabwe whereby written and oral examinations were done by the  Zimbabwean candidates  through  e-recruitment system, They were given offer to work in Rwanda after after successfully meeting all the requirements. Their. contracts allow them to work for two years renewable upon satisfactory performance, and they will be deployed in various institutions as follows:

• 135 in 16 Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs)
• 6 trainers in 3 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools with rare skills requirements
• 11 trainers in 3 Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centres (IPRC)
• 3 university lecturers will teach in the University of Rwanda - College of Medicine and Health Sciences (UR-CMHS)

While closing the first day of the orientation workshop , the Minister of State in Charge of Primary and Secondary Education  Hon. Gaspard Twagirayezu thanked  Zimbabwean Educational Personnel for their commitment  to join Rwandan Teaching working Force;. He also wished them the  best and successful journey in Rwanda .

AMANDA MUZA- English specialist- Zimbabwean teacher who was recruited MINEUC said : "I enjoyed hospitality of Rwandans. My priority is to improve the level of using English among students.”

MIKE ZONKE- Zimbabwean qualified primary teacher, qualified visual impairment teacher specialist said: "TTC students will benefit a lot from me. I want to make an impact on proper assessment for students with visual impairment."

KAMUTANDO TOBIAS- Biology specialist, Zimbabwean teacher also expressed his appreciation:  “I am really excited to be part of Rwandan Education Sector. I believe I will make a good impact to TTC students.”

During the closing session of the first day of the induction, Hon. Minister of State in charge of Primary and Secondary Education thanked all teachers for their commitment in joining Rwandan education sector.

Before they depart for their respective workplaces on  22 October 2022, all the Zimbabwean delegation  also  visited Kigali Genocide Memorial.