Rwanda: Schools Grapple With Maternity Leave, Teacher Substitute Pay

The absence of a budget allocation to pay stand-in teachers for those on maternity leave has forced schools to find for solutions on their own.

According to the Ministry of Education, they need more than Rwf1.3 billion needed to pay substitutes for at least 4,320 teachers in primary school and 2,880 in secondary who go on maternity leave every year.

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