Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Two private universities closed in Rwanda.

The Rwandan authorities have declared the closure of two private universities on Sunday. They join the other ten sanctioned for non-compliance with the requirements of the quality of education.
The closure was closed on Sunday by the Minister of Higher Education. It concerns two private universities that would not have met the quality requirements laid down by the government. "These universities had temporary licensing, but did not meet the requirements for them to be certified", Valentine Uwamariya said on national television.
These are the of College of Education (ICE) and the Christian University of Rwanda (CHUR) whose sponsor Pierre-Damien Habumuremyi, former Prime Minister (2011-2014) was placed behind bars by Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) ).
The Rwandan investigation office is indeed accused of Mr. Habumuremyi of abuse of trust and blames him for having issued non-reserve checks worth more than 100 million CFA francs, or more than 62 million CFA francs (around 9 500 euros) between 2018 and 2019 while he was rector and owner of the University.
similar treatment for many other sponsors and officials of private universities in Rwanda. Among them, Professor Aegis Karuranga, Vice-President of the University of Kibungo (UNIK), recently closed, in the eastern province. He was detained for "poor use of university funds and nepotism" after the university closed last week.
These higher education institutions have just made the costs of an 2017 quality of education review. Operation that has already sanctioned a dozen schools including Mahatma Gandhi University in Kigali.
As for students, "It is up to closed universities to help their students sign up in other schools", says Ms. Uwamariya.

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