Supporting a primary school

Objectives: The project aimed to expand the capacity and infrastructure of the Umubano Primary School in Kigali, enabling it to become a self-sustaining model teaching school. The school fully funded 10% of students from poor homes and partially funded a further 40% through reduced school fees. It aimed to become financially independent within five years, thanks to income from paying students, adult classes and hired space.  

Results: Three additional classrooms and a multi-purpose hall were successfully built. The hall provided space for extra-curricular activities (art, physical education and drama), in-service teacher training sessions, adult education programmes for the local community (literacy, numeracy and financial management) and space for hire. On completion of the classrooms the Umubano Primary School was renamed the Umubano Academy, with the first intake of secondary school pupils taking place in January 2019. The multi-purpose hall was regularly used to hold school assemblies and events and hosted the Ubumuntu Arts Festival in June 2018. Adult education programmes such as Information and Communication Technology and Education for Peace were delivered to parents and were to be extended to the local community in the future. In December 2018, the hall had its first paid booking.

The NGO: A Partner in Education (APIE) is a British charity founded in 2009. It aims to facilitate delivery of sustainable, locally-led teacher training programmes, to accelerate progress towards fully inclusive, quality education in Rwanda.

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