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MINEDUC to officially launch the
2025/2026 National Practical Examinations
Kigali, 2 June 2026 – The Ministry of
Education (MINEDUC), through the National Examination and School Inspection
Authority (NESA), will launch the 2025/2026 National Practical Examinations
on Wednesday, 3 June 2026. The launch ceremonies will begin at 8:30 a.m.
The nationwide assessment exercise will run until 22 June 2026.
The official launch will take place at St
Joseph Integrated Technical College in Nyarugenge District and Karagama
Secondary School in Kicukiro District. The Minister of Education will officiate
the launch at St Joseph Integrated Technical College, while the Minister of
State for Education will preside over the ceremony at Karagama Secondary
School.
A total of 74,085 candidates will sit for
the practical examinations, including 70,504 school-based candidates and 3,581
private, across 854 examination centres nationwide. The exercise will be
supported by 8,484 assessors deployed throughout the country to ensure its
smooth and effective administration.
The National Practical Examinations are a
key component of Rwanda’s Competence-Based Curriculum and Competence-Based
Assessment framework. They evaluate learners’ practical competencies,
professional skills, knowledge, and attitudes, ensuring that candidates can
apply what they have learned in real-life and workplace settings. Practical
examinations will cover candidates from Technical Secondary Schools (TSS),
Teacher Training Colleges (TTC), the Associate Nursing Programme (ANP),
Accounting (ACC), and Science Project-Based Assessment (PBA) in General
Education.
In addition to the official launch
ceremonies in Nyarugenge and Kicukiro districts, senior officials from MINEDUC
and its affiliated institutions will lead launch activities at selected
examination centres across the country.
For further information or media inquiries,
please contact Germain Hagumakubaho, Public Relations and Communications
Officer at NESA, on +250 788 988 002 or via email at ghagumakubaho@nesa.gov.rw.
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