Rwanda: National Book Festival Should Be Introduced

12 September 2012
opinion

There is an English saying that 'a problem well stated is half solved'. As such it's important to recognise the attention that the need to develop a reading culture has attracted various stakeholders in Education.

From all this we should learn that given all benefits that accrue from nurturing a culture of reading and writing, given our low scores when it comes to the same, one can say that even though there are efforts towards the promotion of reading in Rwanda. This great initiative is spearheaded by the Government through various institutions notably the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture and Sports. Efforts of other development partners, particularly USAID, UNICEF, Plan, IMBUTO Foundation and other civil society organisations, towards developing a culture of reading in the country must also be appreciated. Word on the grapevine is that promotion of a reading culture is among performance contract targets that the Honourable ministers of Education and his counterpart from the Ministry of Youth and Culture signed.

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