1. PLATFORM FOR ENGAGEMENT
2015
NGOs and CSOs supporting GoR towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for Education.

2. The Rwanda Education NGO Coordination Platform (RENCP) seeks to improve children’s education in Rwanda through coordinated service delivery, collaboration, and advocacy.

3. Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals
# 4 : Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life long learning opportunities for all.
Informing ESSP review and prioritisation in the sector.
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4. PLATFORM FOR ENGAGEMENT
# 4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes.
Relevant RENCP member contributions:
Supporting quality improvements through teacher training and support in areas such as:
Training teachers on learner centered methodology & inclusive education for children with disabilities
Improving pedagogical practices for literacy instruction
Helping teachers become reflective practitioners
Increasing the effectiveness of school leadership & management in areas such as:
Training HTs and deputies on following teaching and learning in their schools
Helping HTs & PTCs to work more collaboratively
Training PTC leaders to be effective in school support programs & addressing drop out
Contributing to the technical development of National Policies and Programs in areas such as:
Supporting the CBC development and implementation, including training
Drawing on experiences to input on the development of revised policies (e.g. TDM Policy)
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5. PLATFORM FOR ENGAGEMENT
# 4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes.
Recommendations:
Successful implementation of the TDM policy
Need for CPD structured time and content for teachers and school leaders
Strengthening English Language
Ensuring consistent and sufficient investment in primary and secondary education, especially in quality related areas
Strengthening of supervision and accountability
Informed use of LARS results (GPE variable tranche indicator)
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6. PLATFORM FOR ENGAGEMENT
# 4.2 By 2030, ensure all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for pre-primary education.
Relevant RENCP member contributions:
Increasing access to quality early childhood services, such as:
Establishing model early childhood development centres in communities and schools
Training early years’ teachers on play-based methodologies that enhance children’s school readiness skills, including foundations for literacy and numeracy
Raising awareness with district officials and communities on the importance of investing in early childhood development
Developing pre-service curriculum and supporting the training of TTC students on early childhood methodologies
Piloting alternative approaches to school readiness services, such as:
Training parents on ways they can help their children at home to acquire early literacy and maths skills
Increasing availability & access to high quality learning materials, such as age-appropriate books, in community
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7. PLATFORM FOR ENGAGEMENT
# 4.2 By 2030, ensure all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for pre-primary education.
Recommendations:
Provision of salaries for pre-primary teachers
Provision of capitation grant for pre-primary to ensure classrooms have adequate, age-appropriate teaching and learning materials
Introduce in-service ECE training
Strengthen pre-service ECE training
Introduce parenting education in support of ECE
Prioritise free access to pre-primary for the most vulnerable (GPE variable tranche indicator)
ECE teachers/care givers should be trained in welcoming children with disabilities in partnership with parents
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8. PLATFORM FOR ENGAGEMENT
# 4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations.
Relevant RENCP member contributions:
CBC Review core team formed to advocate for girls’ issues
Technical assistance to the:
development of Girls Education Policy, strategic plan, and girls’ room guidelines under way
development of a national IE teacher’s guide, IE teacher training manual, the SNE tool kit, and the Special Curriculum
development of a specific curriculum for learners with intellectual disabilities
Through supporting centers & teachers; visually impaired, deaf children & children with disabilities integrated into mainstream schools
Identification, referral & support services: 100 people with disabilities
Issue of 788 wheelchairs and 11,186 shoes
886 people sensitized on rights to education for children with disabilities.
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9. PLATFORM FOR ENGAGEMENT
# 4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations.
Recommendations:
Dissemination and effective implementation of IE and SNE policy 
Clear budget lines for education funding to SNE
Effective implementation of IE as a cross-cutting issue in CBC
Effective implementation of the new Special Curriculum 
Improved monitoring (through parental and community engagement) and disaggregation of data on children with disabilities in and out of education.
Improved CPD and pre-service training on IE and SEN
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10. Turikumwe! Support towards SDG success in Rwanda’s education sector:
Innovative solutions
De-centralised feedback on the implemenation education policies and programmes
Technical expertise informing development and implementation of education policy
Analytical studies and research
Turikumwe!