Five year program for priority skills development to deliver EDPRS II (2013 - 2018)
The Government of Rwanda recognizes the need for qualified and skilled human resources to address the imbalance in the supply and demand of skilled labour and is committed to ensuring that there are skilled workers available on the labour market to meet the actual labour market demands. Whereas progress has been made over the previous 19 years in the areas of education and skills development in Rwanda, significant barriers still remain, creating challenge of matching of skills and opportunities in the labour market.
It has therefore become imperative to depart from the traditional way of capacity building to a more strategic and focused approach that is aimed at achieving national priorities. A Five Year Program for skills development to deliver EDPRS II ( 2013-2018) in this regard has been developed to address the critical and scarce skills gap in the following high priority sectors: Infrastructure; Agriculture; Natural Resources; Investment, Trade and Industry ICT; Health and Education.
The Study has revealed that highly skilled labour is needed to help address identified sector specific needs – particularly at the technician and professional levels in the aforementioned Sectors.