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Rwanda's potential to achieve the millennium development goals for education

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  • Abbott, Pamela
  • Sapsford, Roger
  • Rwirahira, John

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This article considers Rwanda's progress towards education for all in line with the MDGs. Gender equality in primary school has been achieved already. Net primary school attendance was only 88 per cent in 2012, however, so the 100 per cent target is not likely to be met by 2015. Two other targets that will clearly not be met are 100 per cent primary school completion and 100 per cent literacy. Education is fundamental to Rwanda's long-term strategy and to the governing elite's political/economic model; progress is good but success is not yet assured.

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  • Abbott, Pamela & Sapsford, Roger & Rwirahira, John, 2015. "Rwanda's potential to achieve the millennium development goals for education," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 117-125.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:40:y:2015:i:c:p:117-125
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.12.007
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    2. World Bank, 2011. "Rwanda - Education Country Status Report : Toward Quality Enhancement and Achievement of Universal Nine Year Basic Education - An Education System in Transition; A Nation in Transition," World Bank Publications - Reports 2733, The World Bank Group.
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    1. Williams, Timothy P., 2017. "The Political Economy of Primary Education: Lessons from Rwanda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 550-561.
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    3. Abbott, Pamela & Sapsford, Roger & Binagwaho, Agnes, 2017. "Learning from Success: How Rwanda Achieved the Millennium Development Goals for Health," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 103-116.
    4. Knutsson, Beniamin & Lindberg, Jonas, 2019. "The post-politics of aid to education: Rwanda ten years after Hayman," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 144-151.
    5. Timothy P. Williams, 2016. "Oriented towards action: The political economy of primary education in Rwanda," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series esid-064-16, GDI, The University of Manchester.
    6. van de Kuilen, Hester S. & Altinyelken, Hulya Kosar & Voogt, Joke M. & Nzabalirwa, Wenceslas, 2019. "Policy adoption of learner-centred pedagogy in Rwanda: A case study of its rationale and transfer mechanisms," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 64-72.
    7. Langsten, Ray, 2017. "School fee abolition and changes in education indicators," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 163-175.
    8. Bayley, Stephen H., 2022. "Learning for adaptation and 21st-century skills: Evidence of pupils’ flexibility in Rwandan primary schools," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).

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