Building Learning Foundations

Through our Building Learning Foundations (BLF) programme, we worked with the Rwandan Ministry of Education, Rwanda Basic Education Board and National Inspection Authority to strengthen Rwanda’s education system.

The five-year programme focused on improving learning outcomes in English and mathematics in all 3,000 public and government-aided primary schools in the country. Our approach connected three foundations: 

• teacher development - building the capacity of teachers of English and mathematics
• leadership for learning - promoting a peer-led coaching programme and professional development courses for school leaders
• system strengthening - fortifying the broader education system infrastructure to improve the management and oversight of education reform.

Impact

In the four years of the BLF programme, teaching proficiency and leadership skills continually improved:

• 57% of maths teachers are now at benchmark- proficiency levels (an increase from 27% in 2018).
• 51% of English teachers are at benchmark proficiency (an increase from 10% in 2018).
• 54% of teachers have now achieved benchmark competency in teaching methodology (exceeding a contractual target of 40%)
• After completing the CPD course in leading learning, 94% of headteachers are benchmarked as competent leaders (exceeding a contractual target of 90%)
• More than 90% of headteachers attend monthly professional learning community meetings.

Find out more about the Building Learning Foundations programme.