[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1134, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "economic and political context of Rwanda. The Ministry is the policy-owner of ECE/D policy, yet the latter is\nimplemented by several Ministries and Agencies mentioned below."}, {"bbox": [97, 235, 1135, 368], "category": "Text", "text": "The Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) is in charge of developing, reviewing and guiding the implementation of education sector policies and strategies. It enacts laws, regulations and guidelines for the promotion of education in line with national education policy, develops strategies for resource mobilization. It oversees school construction and equipment, formal education and continuing training of teaching staff and other staff of the Ministry and its agencies. MINEDUC implements and guides school-based ECE/D policies."}, {"bbox": [97, 397, 1135, 503], "category": "Text", "text": "The National Child Development Agency (NCDA) was established in 2020 and falls under MIGEPROF. It coordinates all activities that support early childhood development program since the conception; works to enhance the capacity of parents and community capacity; monitors child positive parenting; monitors the implementation of child rights, among others."}, {"bbox": [97, 532, 1135, 665], "category": "Text", "text": "The Rwanda Education Board (REB) was established in 2010 bringing under a single authority the functions of five previously separate departments. REB has national oversight for coordinating and implementing education activities at pre-primary, primary and secondary level. REB works to improve the quality of education through curriculum development, setting quality standards, development and management of teachers, assessment, and promote the use of information and communication technology in education."}, {"bbox": [97, 694, 1135, 774], "category": "Text", "text": "The National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA) was established in 2020. It ensures quality of education in basic education and regulates the comprehensive assessments of students and national examinations. REB and NESA set the standards for education together, whilst NESA is in charge of assessment."}, {"bbox": [97, 803, 1135, 936], "category": "Text", "text": "The Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) ensures the coordination of good governance and high quality territorial administration programs that promote economic, social and political development throughout the nation. It oversees decentralisation functions of education and monitors performance at decentralised levels (provinces and districts, including performance contracts) and manages the Vision 2020 Umurenge² social protection programme, which impacts education outcomes as well as health's ones."}, {"bbox": [97, 965, 1135, 1071], "category": "Text", "text": "The World Food Programme (WFP) in Rwanda supports the Government of Rwanda in the development of its new school feeding strategy and implementation guidelines. The organization leads the national technical school feeding working group and provides daily school meals in the four most vulnerable and food-insecure districts across the country."}, {"bbox": [97, 1100, 1135, 1180], "category": "Text", "text": "The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) works across different key areas to support education in Rwanda, such as child health and protection, ECD, WASH, and nutrition. It also supported the development of ECD/ECE facilities in the private sector."}, {"bbox": [97, 1209, 1135, 1289], "category": "Text", "text": "The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) focuses its support in the area of education in science and technology education, and vocational training. This organisation is also currently developing a new intervention which may stretch into other areas of the educational sector."}, {"bbox": [97, 1318, 1135, 1398], "category": "Text", "text": "The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supports the Government of Rwanda to improve early-grade reading outcomes in Kinyarwanda, in teacher training, teaching and learning materials, and assessment to ensure that all children learn to read within their first few years of schooling."}, {"bbox": [97, 1427, 1135, 1506], "category": "Text", "text": "The World Bank (WB) has supported the Government of Rwanda with two development policy loans operations, with a third one to follow. These programmes address obstacles to human capital development by improving financing and enhancing families' access to health, nutrition, education, and social safety net services."}, {"bbox": [85, 1549, 1144, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) - is an Integrated Local Development Program to Accelerate Poverty Eradication, Rural Growth, and Social Protection. This is an initiative by the Government of Rwanda (GoR) in collaboration with development partners and NGOs. It is led by the Ministry of Local Government, Good Governance, Community Development and Social Affairs (MINALOC) and supported by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN)"}, {"bbox": [1028, 1678, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 30"}]