The establishment and operation of KIE has been made possible mainly through Rwandan government funding and some assistance of various donors. These donors include the World Bank, Swiss Co-Operation, DFID, USAID, UNESCO, German Cooperation, the French Cooperation and the Netherlands Government.

Since starting with a population of 300 students in 1999, KIE has grown to become Rwanda’s main teacher training institution with a population of over 2000 students.

KIE is committed to developing professionally qualified, competent and all round skilled teachers for the Rwandan school system. KIE offers degree courses in combination with teacher education in the areas of Science, Arts and Social Sciences, as well as some other areas that may contribute to sustainable development in Rwanda.

KIE’s role is to transform the Rwandan education system in order to impart diversified skills to the future teachers of Rwanda. This will help to address challenges faced by Rwandan society today. KIE’s mission can be summarized broadly as follows:

• To train, help and support future teachers to acquire diversified skills corresponding to their specific areas of training and to acquire a solid foundation in the different educational disciplines.
• To train a sufficient numbers of qualified teachers to teach in Secondary Schools, Teacher Training Colleges, Technical Schools;
• To develop teaching professionals who can integrate harmoniously the theory and practice of education and are willing to develop continuously throughout their careers.
• To enable teachers to impart education as a tool for national development in all spheres of the Rwandan society.
• To promote educational research and international partnerships.

For more information please visit the Kigali Institute of Education website.

The School of Education counts a range of major national and international figures from a wide variety of subject areas amongst their staff. It offers a wide range of courses from initial teacher training via Master’s studies to PhD studies. Courses and research degrees cover a wide range of topics in the fields of education.

The School of Education is a truly international institution with students from around the globe studying at all levels in the school. It also has a wide range of partners from across the world including links with major Chinese educational institutions, with African universities, a range of universities in continental Europe, Eastern Europe, the USA and South American HE institutions.

Teacher training at the School of Education

The School of Education offers a variety of teacher training courses. The main route into teaching in the UK is the successful completion of the so-called Postgraduate Certificate of Education. The full-time Postgraduate Certificate in Education is one year course running as a thirty-six week course which prepares students to teach in secondary schools. There is a strong emphasis on practical school-based training supported by University-based seminars and lectures.

Time in schools includes:

• a period of 'school experience', performing a variety of tasks and observations, and beginning to teach your subject specialism
• a thirteen-week period of teaching practice during which you will teach up to two thirds of a conventional teaching load
• a 'school-based inquiry' - which is an opportunity to reflect upon and develop skills and insights gained during the course

At the School of Education, students attend lectures and seminars addressing:

• the specifics of teaching a chosen 'main method' - that is, one specific subject specialism such as history or Modern Foreign Languages or Geography
• cross-curricular 'professional studies' including:
• school improvement and school effectiveness
• the physical, social and emotional development of pupils
• pupil behaviour
• social issues in education
• professional conduct and continuing development as a teacher

You can find out more on the School of Education's website.

The UNESCO Centre for Comparative Education Research (UCCER) is a well established research centre at the School of Education. The Centre's Director is Professor W. John Morgan. The DelPHE project ‘Education for Community Cohesion’ is one of many international research projects developed and managed by UCCEr staff. UCCER has attracted major funding for its wide variety of projects, with the key focus of its research being the comparative study of education policy and practice in the context of international development.

UCCER Staff and Associates comprise both new and established researchers with a wide range of expertise across the fields of formal, informal and non-formal education internationally. They publish the findings of their research regularly as monographs, edited collections and as refereed journal articles. The current research portfolio of UCCER includes adult learning and community development in rural areas, international teacher mobility, peace education and active citizenship and lifelong learning in Europe. UCCER also has a significant number of international post-doctoral, doctoral and master's degree students who make a vital contribution to the Centre's activities.

For more information please visit the UCCER website.

KMC also exists as a permanent memorial to those who fell victim to the genocide, and also as a place for Rwandans to grieve for those they lost.

KMC includes three permanent exhibitions, the largest of which documents the genocide in 1994. There is also a children’s memorial, and an exhibition on the history of genocidal violence around the world. The Education Centre, Memorial Gardens and National Documentation Centre of the Genocide all contribute to a meaningful tribute to those who perished, and form a powerful educational tool for the next generation. Currently, KMC is also developing a mobile exhibition in order to reach audiences in remote areas of Rwanda and in the wider East African region.

For more information please visit the KMC website.

The Centre was created in the grounds of a former farmhouse, in the village of Laxton on the edge of Sherwood Forest in North Nottinghamshire.The surrounding countryside provides a peaceful setting and the Centre itself is set in two acres of beautiful landscaped gardens.

The Centre provides a range of facilities for people of all backgrounds and persuasions to explore the history and implications of the Holocaust. It houses a permanent exhibition on the Nazi period, a newly opened exhibition on the Kindertransporte to the UK and offers space for reflection in the memorial rose gardens. There are also seminar and research facilities used by students, teachers, scholars, professionals and many others.

The Holocaust Centre’s objectives are to:

• commemorate the victims of the Holocaust
• educate a generation of young people about the Holocaust and genocide
• raise awareness across the broader public
• stimulate more people to use their voice and challenge society's values
• engage our professionals and parliamentarians
• influence governments to take action in a timely way so that in future lives may be saved.

For more information please visit the National Holcaust Centre website.