491 Zimbabwean teachers have been shortlisted for interviews that will be conducted in the next few days for recruitment by the Rwandan government.
Zimbabwe and Rwanda signed an agreement early this year that will see Kigali hire teachers from Harare to cover a skills gap.
The minimum requirements for the educators were a bachelor’s degree and post-graduate qualification, according to a recruitment manual that was jointly agreed to facilitate the hiring.
The Permanent Secretary for Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Simon Masanga said Rwanda had requested more teachers to bridge longstanding skills gaps and language barriers. He said:
We are recruiting competent education personnel to be employed in Rwanda on job position under four categories: basic education, basic TVET (technical and vocational education and training), polytechnic and universities.
… The successful candidates are expected to travel to Rwanda in September after undergoing pre-departure training by a team of experts from Zimbabwe and the embassy of Rwanda to ensure adequate orientation and requisite information is imparted to the Zimbabwean nationals prior to their deployment.
Zimbabwe has tens of thousands of qualified teachers that cannot be absorbed into its education system and is seeking to export some of them to African countries.
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