Law No 44/2010 of 07/12/2010 establishing Rwanda Education Board (REB) and determining its mission, organisation and functioning. It also determines its responsibilities, organization and functioning.
This Law establishes Rwanda Education Board abbreviated as "REB" in the official gazette No 4bis of 24/01/2011.
All those institutions were under the Ministry of Education before combination: National Examination Council (RNC), National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC), Student Financial Agency Rwanda (SFAR), General Inspection of Education (GIE), and Teacher Service Commission (TSC), All those institutions were combined and take the name of Rwanda Education Board (REB)
After combinining all those institutions REB contains 6 Departments :
Department of Curricula and Pedagogical Materials
Department of Education Quality and Standard
Department of Examination & Accreditation
Department of High Education Student loan
Department of ICT in Education and Open distance and e-Learning
Department of Teacher Education Management and Proffessionalisation
Vision
To improve Rwanda Education quality, building the capacities and management of teachers, loans and scholarships, monitor the distance learning program, and promote the use of information and communication technology in education.
Mission
Fast tracking education development in Rwanda by enabling education sector growth. The scope of our work includes all aspects related to the development of the education sector This involves working with and addressing the needs of schools of all sizes (Public, Private) and bring education on the same range as the East African Community.
Products & Services :
Responsibilities
To contribute to determining education policy;
To coordinate and fast track education programmes and activities aimed at providing to all categories of Rwandans a qualitative education;
To design and distribute curricula, teaching materials, guides, methodologies and establish teaching methods for nursery, primary secondary, specialized schools and adult litteracy education in accordance with the current educational development;
To establish and monitor the distance learning program;
To promote the use of information and communication technology in education;
To coordinate programs and activities aimed at developing teachers, building their capacities and improving their management;
To prepare the educational standards and monitor their implementation;
To establish regulations determining how national examinations are conducted in various levels of education, except in vocational and technical training and in higher learning institutions;
To coordinate programs and activities related to loans and scholarships provided to higher education students;
To cooperate and collaborate with other regional and international institutions having similar responsibilities
To advise Government on all activities which can fast track education development in Rwanda.