A Chinese firm is set to invest $1 million (approximately Rwf595 million) to build primary schools in Rwanda.
This
is part of a general project to construct primary schools across the
African continent, by the China-Africa Project Hope, a flagship of
World Eminence Chinese Business Association. This was revealed by the Chairman of the Chinese Business Association, Junqing Lu after touring Kagugu School in Kigali City. Kagugu is one of the model public schools under the Nine-Year Basic Education programme. The China-Africa Project Hope is championed by Chinese entrepreneurs and has set aside $15m towards the continental project. According
to Junqing, the first phase of the programme targets three countries
that include Rwanda. The initial funding is expected to be disbursed in
March this year.
“The initial funding will come after we have
properly ascertained the need and where to construct the schools. The
Ministry of Education will provide us with the necessary information,”
he said. Junqing, who was accompanied by the Secretary General
of the project, Jennifer Lu and the Advisor to the Education State
Minister, Janvier Gasana, commended the government for doing a lot in
promoting ICT in schools. This was after visiting a class of
school children learning geography with the help of laptops. The school
is one of the beneficiaries to the One Laptop Per Child project.
Speaking
to The New Times, Gasana said that the Rwandan Embassy in Beijing
lobbied the organisation to include Rwanda on its list of beneficiaries. “We are going to look at the schools’ map to see where we need more schools and advise them accordingly,” stated Gasana.
By Charles Kwizera | 
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