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By Our Special Correspondent
The Minister for Education, Science, Technology, and Scientific Research of Rwanda, Romain Murenzi, told a national seminar on "Internationalisation of Indian Higher Education — Quality Dimensions'' that his country, which had a population of eight million, lost one million people in the genocide of 1994. Those killed included intellectuals and the common people. Theirs was a small country surrounded by Uganda, Tanzania, and Zaire, he said. But Rwanda had left its past behind and made strides in education. It had registered 82 per cent enrolment of children in primary schools. It had 1.6 million children in primary schools and 17,000 students in colleges. The problem they faced was that of shortage of qualified teachers at all levels. Only 25 per cent of their schoolteachers had minimum qualification, Prof. Murenzi said. About the quality of higher education in India, he said that it was never in question, and it had already been internationalised. Rwanda was looking to India, South Africa, and some European countries for assistance in further improving educational facilities, the young minister said. The Governor, T.N. Chaturvedi, said that he had always supported the concept of autonomous educational institutions. While in Government service, he had resisted those who had opposed granting autonomy to colleges and declaring institutions deemed universities. But he expected such institutions to be more accountable, he added. A background paper to the seminar notes that the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) covers 161 services including education and 11 other classified services. The WTO has done so — bringing services under trade rules — notwithstanding opposition from India and other developing countries. So far, 44 of the 144 member countries of the WTO have made commitments in the field of education. The inclusion of education services under GATS has given a boost to internationalisation of higher education. India cannot remain a mere spectator to the development.
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