The smart facilities at College Saint Andre in Nyamirambo were constructed under the innovative Information and Communications Technology-integrated classroom project backed by the Government of Korea. Korea plans to establish 60 other ICT centres of excellence across Rwanda.
Students during an ICT course in one of the smart classrooms at Saint André.
Under the project, government plans to distribute 100 computers in each school. There's optimism from government that by 2020 all public schools will be equipped with smart class rooms.
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The ministry of education is working with other ministries, including the infrastructure ministry, to avail electricity and solar energy in areas that are not yet on the electricity grid so that 1,500 schools can be equipped with smart classrooms. So far, only 645 schools are equipped countrywide, the Director General of the Rwanda Education Board Irénée Ndayambaje has said.
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