Carnegie Mellon University Rwanda

Opportunity to study in a world-class university

Master’s Program at Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda (CMU-R)

CMU-R informs the general public and prospective students that Applications are still being accepted for the Master of Science in Information Technology at Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda. Classes begin August 2012. Successful applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in :

 Computer Science,

 Information Technology,

 Telecommunications and Networking,

 Or other related technical fields.

 Programming experience beyond coursework is desirable.

Funding is available to cover 100% of the cost of tuition plus living expenses, if required through a 50% scholarship from the Government of Rwanda plus financing for the remaining costs from the Higher Education Loan Department of the Rwanda Education Board (REB). Don’t miss this opportunity to earn a master’s degree in Kigali from a world-class university.

Remember, the degree that CMU-R offers is the same as the degree offered by CMU-USA.

For more information and the on-line application form, see the CMU-Rwanda web site www.cmu.edu/rwanda.

Questions should be directed to Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator, Lilian Rutera. Email : lyleerutera@gmail.com ; Telephone : 078 835 9917.

IGIKORWA CYO GUTANGA IBITABO MU MASHURI

Mu rwego rwo kunoza ireme ry’uburezi, Ikigo cy’Igihugu gishinzwe guteza imbere uburezi (REB) kimaze iminsi kiri mu gikorwa cyo kwegereza amashuri y’incuke, abanza n’ayisumbuye imfashanyigisho (ibitabo, integanyanyigisho n’ibikoresho byo muri Laboratory). Hagombaga gutangwa ibitabo 1 856 463.
Iki gikorwa kikaba cyarakozwe mu byiciro bibiri.

Intego y’igikorwa :

Kwegereza amashuri abanza n’ayisumbuye integanyanyigisho n’imfashanyigisho

Imitunganyirize y’igikorwa

• Kugeza ibitabo ku karere

• Kugirana inama n’abashinzwe uburezi mu murenge

• Kugeza ibitabo kuri buri murenge aho abayobozi b’ibigo by’amashuri babifatiraga

Icyiciro cya mbere : Gashyantare 2012

1. Ibitabo byatanzwe muri Gashyantare 2012

Igikorwa cyo gutanga ibitabo mu turere twose tw’u Rwanda cyabaye kuva ku itariki ya 07 kugeza ku itariki ya 10/02/2012

 Ibitabo byatanzwe biri mu byiciro bikurikira :

 Ibitabo by’amashuri y’incuke

 Integanyanyigisho ya Sciences and Elementary Technology (SET),

 Ibitabo byo gusoma (readers) bya MK, Fountain na Long horn

 Dictionaries : Basic English za Oxford

 Ibitabo by’amashuri abanza : Music and Mathematics teacher’s guides

 Integanyanyanyigisho n’ibitabo bigenewe by’umwihariko amashuri yafunguye amashami muri gahunda ya 12 YBE.

 Ibitabo byatanzwe byose hamwe :

Icyiciro Umubare w’ibitabo

Amashuri y’incuke 296 627

Amashuri abanza 773 666

Amashuri yisumbuye 36 435

Igiteranyo 1 106 728

2. Icyiciro cya kabiri : Gicurasi-Kamena 2012

Iki gikorwa cyatangiye tariki ya 2/05/2012 kizarangira tariki ya 04/06/2012.

Hateganyijwe gutangwa ibitabo :

Icyiciro Umubare w’ibitabo Kits science

Amashuri abanza 584 411

Amashuri yisumbuye y’icyiciro rusange 21 182 300

Igiteranyo 749 735

Muri iki cyiciro cya kabiri kandi, hatanzwe na Kits science 300 mu mashuri yatangije uburezi bw’ ibanze bw’ imyaka 12

By’umwihariko, mu Karere ka Kicukiro, hatanzwe ibitabo bikurikira :

Level Umubare w’ibitabo Kits science

Amashuri abanza 20 000

Amashuri yisumbuye y’icyiciro rusange 1 500

Amashuri yisumbuye y’icyiciro cya 2 500 10

Igiteranyo 22 000

Kits science 10

Impano ya Scotland

Muri iki cyiciro cya 2 hatanzwe ibitabo twahawe n’igihugu cya Scotland bigera kuri 50 000, binyuranye bigenewe amashuri y’incuke, abanza n’ayisumbuye.

Ibi bitabo byahawe ibigo by’amashuri biri muri gahunda y’uburezi bw’ibanze bw’imyaka 12 (12YBE) byo mu turere dutanu ari two : Kicukiro, Ngororero ; Kirehe, Gakenke na Nyaruguru.

Hari n’ ibindi bihugu by’ inshuti z’ u Rwanda bikomeje kohererereza amahuri ibitabo binyuranye byo gusoma, hari ibimaze kugera ino ndetse n’ ibindi biri inyuma bigenda byaturutse muri Leta zunze ubunwe z’ Amerika. Ibyo byose bizagenda bigezwa mu bigo by’amashuri kugirango habeho inzu y’ isomero ifite ibikoresho bibereye uburezi bw’ umwana w’ u Rwanda.

Uburyo bwakoreshejwe mu kugeza ibi bitabo ku mashuri Ubundi amazu y’ ubwanditsi niyo afite inshingano zo kugeza ibitabo ku mashuri, ariko muri uyu mwaka habayeho agashya kuko ikigo gishinzwe guteza imbere uburezi mu Rwanda ( REB) cyafashe ingamba nacyo ubwacyo zo kugeza ibitabo ku mashuri mu buryo bwihuse. Abakozi 30 b’ icyo kigo bakwirakwijwe mu turere aho buri wese yamanukanaga I fusso yuzuye ibitabo akabigeza ku karere. Ku bufatanye n’akarere, ushinzwe uburezi mu karere hamwe n’abashinzwe uburezi mu mirenge bagakorana inama n’ umukozi wa REB mw’ igabana ry’ ibitabo byagenewe akarere, hakurikijwe ibyiciro by’amashuri, ndetse n’amashami ahaboneka. Hanyuma yahoo, REB igatanga imodoka ivana ibitabo ku Karere ibigeza ku mirenge aho abayobozi b’ ibigo bose baza kubyakirira. Ubwo buryo bwatumye ibitabo bigera ku bigo by’amashuri kuburyo bwihuse.

Icyo dusaba abarezi

Gufasha abana gukoresha ibyo bitabo neza kandi bakabashishikariza umuco wo gusoma no kubatoza kuba inshuti z’ ibitabo. Abana bakwiye gusobanurirwa ko ubwenge bwose ndetse n’ ubutunzi buhishwe mu bitabo, nta mpamvu rero yo gupfusha ubusa amahirwe bafite yo kuba bari mu mashuri kandi bafite n’ababafasha kugira uwo muco mwiza wo gusoma ari nawo urandura ubujiji.

Byateguwe

Dr Joyce Musabe

DDG/REB

SDP embarks on nation-wide sensitization campaign for skills development fund

On Tuesday May 22, 2012, in the afternoon, the Workforce Development Authority (WDA) organized a press conference to inform potential applicants, stakeholders and its esteemed clients from both private and public bodies about the funding availability, guiding principles, process of application for the funds and acquisition processes.

The Skills Development Project (SDP) operates within WDA and is funded by World Bank. It has been involved in a nation-wide sensitization campaign aimed at raising awareness to key relevant communities especially training providers. This campaign concerns the availability of grants to meet skills needs and encourage them to be innovative in the delivery of training programs that match the pressing labor market needs in Rwanda.

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INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS – ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD.

The One Laptop per Child Program is a key project that aims at the enhancement of education through the Introduction of Technology in Primary schools. It is also a key component in the creation of a knowledge based economy.

Rwanda launched “the One Laptop per Child” program in September 2008 with a target to have all students from P4 to P6 with access to laptops in public and subside schools only.

To date over 108500 laptops have been deployed in the country and other 110000 are waiting in the stores. This program enables a constructionism / constructivism approach to education which means that children learn by doing and making in a public, guided and collaborative process including feedback from peers, not just from teachers.

The outstanding benefits of the project are among other things schools infrastructure upgraded with electricity and wiring of classes ;

 Installation of E –Solution ; which brings local area network and digital content ;

 Capacity building brought to schools and the communities with basic ICT training, English and E-books

 Basic ICT skills acquired for students ;

 Usage of computers to read and write ;

 Use of multi-media tools and basic programming skills ;

 Learning by doing through interactive lessons and most of all

 Connecting Rwanda children to the world.

In case private schools need these laptops, they buy them from the government of RWANDA through MINEDUC.

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Ikigo cya Rusumo High School cyateye imbere mu buryo bushimishije

Ikigo cya Rusumo High School kibarizwa mu Karere ka Kirehe mu Ntara y’Iburasirazuba, cyubatswe ku nkunga y’Ishami y’Umuryango w’Abibubye wita ku mpunzi, (HCR) mu mwaka w’1998, hanyuma amasomo atangizwamo mu mwaka w’amashuri 1999-2000 ; cyatangije abanyeshuri 117 bigaga mu byumba by’amashuri bitatu, ariko baje kwimurirwa mu Kigo cya TTC Zaza mu Karere ka Ngoma kubera ikibazo cy’amazi, hanyuma abo banyeshuri bagaruka muri Rusumo High School mu mwaka w’amashuri 2000-2001. Ubwo hahise hatangizwa ibyiciro byombi by’Amashuri Yisumbuye ; Icyiciro Rusange hamwe n’Icyiciro cy’Amashami ane ariyo : Mathematics Economist Geography (MEG), Physics Chemistry Mathematics (PCM), Mathematics Physics Geography (MPG), Mathematics Chemistry Biology (MCB).

Nk’uko twabigejejweho n’umuyobozi w’iryo shuri, Bwana RUTIMIRWA Frédéric, watangiye kuriyobora tariki 05/01/2009 ; ubwo yasanze icyo kigo cyarangiritse cyane ku buryo umuntu yashoboraga kwibaza niba cyari ikigo cy’ishuri :

• Ikigo cyari gifite umwenda ungana na 76.696.961 Frws,

• Ibikoresho by’ikigo byinshi nk’intebe n’ibindi byinshi byari byaribwe byiberaga hirya no hino mu baturage bakikije ikigo,

• Abanyeshuri bacuruzaga kanyanga,

• Ibirahure byose byari byaramenaguritse,

• Abanyeshuri baranguzaga urumogi,

• Abanyeshuri y’abahungu biberaga hanze ndetse bari barinjiye abakecuru bari baturiye ikigo,

• Abanyeshuri b’abakobwa nabo basohokanaga n’abantu batandukanye ku mugaragaro,

• Buri mwaka abanyeshuri barigaragambyaga bakarwana hagati yabo, bamwe byabaviriyemo ubumuga,

• Abarimu nabo bagurishaga ibikoresho by’ishuri, bakakira minerval z’abanyeshuri, bityo bakaba bihaye « prime » yabo ; bageraga n’aho biyandikira abanyeshuri mu mashuri atandukanye kuri iki kigo.

Amaze gutsinda ikizamini cyo kuyobora iri shuri, Bwana RUTIMIRWA Frédéric yarahageze yibonera ibyo bibazo byose, maze agira ubwoba. Yahisemo kwegura ataratangira akazi, ariko rero ibyo ntibyabaye, kubera ko Umuyobozi w’Akarere yamusabye kwihangana, amwizeza ubufatanye cyane cyane mu bijyanye n’umutekano, discipline y’abanyeshuri ku bufatanye na Polisi y’Umurenge.

Bubifashijwemo n’Akarere ka Kirehe hamwe b’ababyeyi, ubuyobozi bwa Rusumo High School bwashoboye kwikura muri ibyo bibazo byose ku buryo Minisiteri y’Uburezi yafashe icyo kigo nk’ishuri ry’intangarugero mu Karere ka Kirehe.

Muri iki gihe Rusumo High School ni ikigo gihagaze neza, ababyeyi hamwe n’Akarere bafashe mu mugongo ubuyobozi bw’ishuri ku buryo hamaze gukorwa ibintu byinshi bishimishije :

• Ibyumba by’amashuri byose ndetse n’aho abanyeshuri barara nta kirahure na kimwe kimenetse kandi ibyumba byose bisize irangi,

• Kuri ubu miliyoni zirenga 46.5 zarishyuwe, izindi zisigaye, zizishyurwa mu gihe cya vuba nk’uko bitangazwa na Bwana RUTIMIRWA,

• Hubatswe ibyumba by’amashuri by’inyongera,

• Hubatswe ibibuga bibiri by’umupira w’amaboko (Basket na Volley), ikindi kimwe imyubakire yacyo yaratangiye. Ibyo byose byubakwa ku bufatanye n’abanyeshuri hamwe n’abarimu, ikigo gitanga ibikoresho bikenewe abandi nabo bagashyiraho amaboko yabo mu gihe cy’umuganda,

• Laboratwari z’amasomo y’ubumenyi (sciences) zirimo ibikoresho byinshi kandi bigezweho, laboratwari ya ICT ifite za mudasobwa zihagije ku buryo hari n’izikibitse kubera ko zabuze ibyumba zishyirwamo, isomero naryo ririmo ibitabo bihagije,

• Intebe hafi ya zose ni nshya,

• Ikigo cyaguze imodoka mu mwaka w’2009, ubu ikaba ishaje, none ikigo cyaguze indi modoka, iyo iracyari nshya nta mwaka iramara,

• Kuri ubu Rusumo High School ifite amashanyarazi yahawe na EWSA, ariko nacyo kikaba cyarabigizemo uruhare mu gukurura amasinga ava ku muhanda munini akagera ku kigo.

Abajijwe ikibazo cy’uko yaba afite ibanga ryihariye ry’aho bavana amafaranga ibindi bigo by’amashuri bidafite, Bwana RUTIMIRWA ati : "ntaryo, ishuri ryiyambaje gusa minerval y’abanyeshuri hamwe n’amafaranga ya subside rihabwa na Minisiteri y’Uburezi nk’uko bigenda mu mashuri yose, ibanga ni rimwe gusa ni imicungire myiza ishuri ryiyambaje « Action plan » hamwe na « Strategic Plan » byiza kandi birakurikizwa".

Ku byerekeranye n’amasomo kuri Rusumo High School, mu ntagiriro z’igihembwe cya kabiri, muri uyu mwaka w’amashuri 2012, aho twasuraga iki kigo twasanze abanyeshuri bariho bakora isuzumabumenyi mu masomo atandukanye. Nk’uko twabibwiwe na Bwana NDICUNGUYE Edouard umuyobozi wungirije ushinzwe amasomo kuri iryo shuri ati : « Iki kizamini gituma abanyeshuri bagira umwete wo gusubira mu masomo yabo mu gihe cy’ibiruhuko ibyo bigatanga umusaruro, ikindi kandi ni uko abanyeshuri bihutira kuza ku ishuri ntihagire ucyererwa, ibyo bituma banatsinda neza mu bizami bya Leta ». Urugero ni uko mu mwaka w’amashuri ushize 2011 abanyeshuri b’Icyiciro Rusange batsinze bose.

Ku byerekeranye n’ikinyabupfura (discipline) ku ishuri rya Rusumo High School, hari ubufatanye hagati y’ubuyobozi bw’ishuri, abarezi ndetse n’ababyeyi, bose bagasenyera umugozi umwe. Ibanga rikomeye kuri uru rwego ni ukuba hafi y’abanyeshuri umuntu akamenya ibibazo byabo akabikemura aho bishoboka, ibyo bituma abanyeshuri badakora amatsinda kenshi abaganisha mu burara, ibyo twabitangarijwe n’umuyobozi wungirije ushinzwe ikinyabupfura Bwana SERUGO Christophe. Iyo ikinyabupfura ari cyiza ku ishuri iryo ariryo ryose abanyeshuri batsinda neza nta kabuza.

Kuri ubu ikigo cya Rusumo High School ni ikigo gishimishije, gifite isuku ibyo byose kibikesha imiyoborere myiza hamwe n’ubushishozi bw’abayobozi baryo. Iri ni ishuri ry’intangarugero mu mashuri atandukanye yo mu Rwanda, umuyobozi w’ishuri wakorera urugendoshuri kuri Rusumo High Shool ntiyaba ahombye ahubwo yahigira byinshi.

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Ibihembo ku banyeshuri b’indashyikirwa

Nk’uko biteganywa n’iteka rya Nyakubahwa Perezida wa Repubulika No 11/01 ryo kuwa 07/03/2005 rishyiraho ishimwe ry’akarusho rihabwa abanyeshuri barushije abandi mu masomo y’imibare n’ubumenyi, Minisiteri y’Uburezi yatangiye igikorwa cyo gushyikiriza ibihembo abanyeshuri batsinze neza mu myaka ya 2007 kugeza 2009.

Biteganyijwe ko abanyeshuri 818 bazahabwa za mudasobwa abandi 1328 bagahabwa inkoranyamagambo ziganisha ku bumenyi.

Abanyeshuri bahembwa ni abagize amanota ari hagati ya 80% na 100 %, muri ibyo bihembo harimo « certificate of merit », laptop hamwe n’ibitabo by’ inkoranyamagambo z’ubumenyi muri rusange.

Kuri uyu wa gatanu tariki 18/05/2012, twaganiriye n’umunyeshuri witwa TUYISHIME Pacifique wari umaze gushyikirizwa mudasobwa ye hamwe na certificate of merit, yagaragaje ibyishimo byinshi ko abonye icyo gihembo.

Muri iki gihe TUYISHIME Pacifique yiga kuri KIST iki gihembo yagihawe kubera ko mu mwaka 2007 yitwaye neza ku rwego rw’Icyiciro Rusange akaba yarabonye amanota 8 ubwo yigaga kuri Ecole des Sciences BYIMANA akaba ari naho yarangirije ishami rya PCM afite amanota 48.

TUYISHIME arashishikariza bagenzi be b’abanyeshuri kwiga bashyizeho umwete kugira ngo nabo bazagerweho n’ibyo bihembo.

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Kagame says leadership is not about one individual

Founded by Quakers in 1873, William Penn University celebrated its largest graduating class to date.

With over 300 students, William Penn University celebrated its largest graduating class to date on this sunny Saturday afternoon in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

In her opening remarks, the first female President of the College Dr. Ann Fields reminded the graduating class of Rwanda’s remarkable achievement in the past decades pointing out its high number of women parliamentarians.

“Under President Kagame who is known as a public advocate for socio-economic development and self reliance, Rwanda has been cited as an African success story.” 

Dr. Ann Fields cited gender equity, women’s right to own property and girl’s education among many of the successes of President Kagame’s leadership.

It was in recognition of these accomplishments and the partnership between William Penn University and Rwanda that Dr. Ann Fields presented President Kagame with the Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.

“I accept it with deep humility, knowing that in actual fact, it is recognition of the collective effort of Rwandans to work for a better and brighter future,” President Kagame said upon receiving the Honorary Doctorate.

Addressing the over 300 students gathered, he reminded them that “leadership is not about a single individual, no matter how gifted; it centers on the ability to inspire others to move together in the right direction, towards a common good.”

“I have no doubt that among the 2012 Class of William Penn University there are outstanding leaders ready to step into the future and make the world a better home for all its citizens,” President Kagame added.

As one of William Penn University first Rwandan graduate, Jean Chrysostome Bikomeye demonstrated in his address to the William Penn University graduating class, Rwanda’s youth is well on its way to meaningful leadership.

“We all have different backgrounds but today we have one thing in common, we are all fellow graduates today,” he told fellow students.

Jean Chrysostome Bikomeye thanked President Kagame and the Rwandan leadership for their support of the Presidential scholarship program and reminded all present to“never lose the opportunity to make a difference.”

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