Ministry of Education (Rwanda)


The Ministry of Education of Rwanda, previously the Ministère de l'Éducation, de la Science, de la Technologie et de la Recherche scientifique, is headquartered in Kigali. As of December 2017, the minister is Dr. Eugène Mutimura. He was preceded by Dr. Papias Malimba Musafiri, who served in that position since June 2015 - December 2017.

Number of schools, students, and staff

In 2017, the estimated population of Rwanda was 11.8 million people. MINeDUC oversees over 13,000 education centers, 93,000 staff, and over 3.6 million students. The primary and secondary schools are organized into 30 administrative districts.