The Ministry of Education was set to receive a grant of $17.64 million (about Rwf12 billion), part of a $235 million package to support education in developing countries. The funding was announced by the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) during the World Education Forum in Incheon, Korea. The new funding brings the total funding approved by the board since 2002 to $4.35 billion as support for education in developing countries.

More $7.56 million (about Rwf5 billion) will be approved for Rwanda once an agreed indicator on equity is adopted for the results-based part of the grant. According to this new model, 70 per cent of available country funding is based on credible, evidence-based and financially sustainable education sector plans.

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