Rwanda is a landlocked country that covers an area of 26,340 square Kilometers. It has a population of approximately 10 million and a density of 343 people per square kilometer; one of the highest population density in Africa.

Rwanda is part of the East Africa Community and has 4 neighboring counties;  in the west there is the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Uganda in north, Tanzania in East and Burundi in the South. Kigali is the capital City of the Country. Administratively the country is divided into five provinces that are Eastern, Southern, Northern, Western and Kigali City.                                             

Education

 The government is implementing a strategic plan for basic education that seeks to “increase the level of the general knowledge and to promote universal primary education, reduce the rate of class repeating and school dropouts”. This strategy will reduce class repeating and the time spent in secondary education will increase.  This is in line with the poverty reduction strategy and conforms with second goal of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.