The Ministry of Education announces that next year those studying in the Nderabarezi Schools (TTC) will study for 5 years, because they will continue in the University and graduate with the first level of university (A1), in order to achieve the quality of education that Rwanda wants.
He returned to this on Saturday, 1st of Kanam 2026, when he presented the picture of education as it stands, especially since Rwanda has a plan to achieve a knowledge-based economy, through the development of technology, quality education, and innovation.
Minister of Education Nsengimana Joseph, said: “Those who will start studying teaching now, will study for 5 years before they can teach, instead of the usual three years, but in those 5 years they will graduate with a first university degree (A1).”
He said that in primary schools there are teachers with high school diplomas, but there is a need for them to be promoted to the level of university education.
He said: “Now the teachers we have in primary schools have a high school diploma (A2) in Education, looking at our neighboring countries and around the world, they also started as poor but they are rising, so we must improve, give strength to the knowledge of our teachers because they are the ones who help us teach students. Looking at what we need, looking at the vision 2050, it is important that we find the necessary teachers to reach us we want.”
He went on to explain how it will be done for primary school teachers to have a university degree. He said: “It will be done in two stages, we will raise the level of primary school teachers so that they have a university degree which is the first level and the second level of the university.”
The Minister of Education, Nsengimana said that it will be done in phases so that teachers will not be left behind. He said: “We will do it in two stages, the first stage will start with those who have a high school level (A2) who have reached the first level of university (A1). The second level will go from A1 to the second level of university (A0).
We will do it in 10 years, where in the first 5 years we will go from the category of A2 holders to 1 university level (A1), then in the next 5 years, we will go to those who have 2 years of university to the second university degree (A0), which will allow us to continue to find teachers.”
For teachers who were already teaching with a high school diploma, he continued: “Teachers who were already teaching with a high school diploma (A2), do not feel that something is going to change for them to lose their jobs, they will continue to teach, but we will create programs to help them improve their skills. The purpose of his efforts is to improve the quality of education, to work with teachers and heads of institutions to contribute. It is a program that will put Rwanda on the international level and children will receive the quality education they deserve.”
The minister also said that because the students who took the exams for this program have not yet been announced, they will work with the National Agency for Examinations and School Inspection (NESA) so that, if there is someone who applied to study in Nderabarezi and understands these changes and wants to get out of it, it would be the same as if someone felt it was good and did not apply for TTC, they will be given the opportunity.
