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Equity and Inclusion Working Group. RENCP General Assembly By Vincent MURENZI 30 th July 2015 Email: cdp-eikr@hi-rwanda.org Tel. 07 88 30 32 05. Updates from recent WG activities.
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Equity and InclusionWorking Group RENCP General Assembly By Vincent MURENZI 30th July 2015 Email: cdp-eikr@hi-rwanda.org Tel. 07 88 30 32 05
Updates from recent WG activities • Under the lead of NUDOR, we met on 17th July 2015 to collect more evidence behind low enrolment and high drop out rates for CwDs. Practical recommendations were set for a better way forward; • E&I WG members have visited and monitored enrolment in 9YBE and TVET schools of 5 districts of Rwanda; • E&I WG members, in partnership with UR-College of Education, have put in place a school- community engagement and partnership plan for research in IE. • E&I WG members contributed to the development of UR IE policy developed by the School of Inclusive education: draft under final touches;
Updates from recent WG activities • Handicap International got funds from UNICEF to implement a programme named ‘’Promoting Inclusive Learning (PIL) in Rwandan schools’’. The programme will support the implementation of the new competence-based curriculum. • VSO got funds from EDC to implement L3+ project in two districts of Nyaruguru+ Nyamagabe. It adds to the existing L3 structure the component of ‘’ disability’’ with focus on resource centres for referral and support services; • VSO organized Inclusive Education Flagship Framework and gathered different countries to harmonize researches on IE: HI provided some technical inputs.
Successes • New partnerships and funding agreements developed; • The SNE/IE policy validated; • Strategies and mechanisms for working with the community in research set out; • Joint efforts made towards promoting IE in Rwanda.
Critical issues • Financial limitations to recruit lecturers for Masters’ program in SNE and IE • Children with disabilities are still out of school in our local communities • There is still a serious communication barrier in inclusive education
Outstanding issue • Develop partnerships with UR to support its long term teacher capacity building plan. • Ensure new project proposals bear a strategy for sustainable impact in as much as we can.
Next Quarter WG Key Activities • Support MINEDUC/REB to train teachers on the new competence-based curriculum and inclusive education; • Development of L3 and resource centres; • Strengthen advocacy at national level to create synergies in IE; • Continue searching for new funding opportunities.