KOICA 15 Years of Vocational Technical Education in Rwanda...Hold performance introduction conference

The Korea International Cooperation Agency and KOICA, the government's agency in charge of foreign grant aid, said they held an annual conference at the Kigali Convention Center in Rwanda on the 15th local time to introduce the achievements of the past 15 years to mark the end of the "Vocational Technology Education and Training Quality Management Competency Reinforcement Project."

KOICA introduced that it has established a national system for curriculum development, education evaluation, and teacher qualification in cooperation with the Korea University of Technology and Education Industry Cooperation Group and Candle Consulting Consortium.

He also explained that 345 vocational technical education and training schools with 4,400 certified teachers were established and public quality standards were established.

In particular, more than 60% of vocational technology education graduates this year were employed or went to higher schools.

Since 2010, the government has carried out a total of 25 million dollars and 35 billion won in Korean money in three stages of five projects to support vocational technology education and training through KOICA.