Rwanda budgets US$ 5 million for high-speed broadband in public schools

14 Juillet 2020

Kigali, Rwanda, July 14 (Infosplusgabon) - Rwanda plans to increase the Internet coverage rate of public secondary schools to 62% this year with a target to achieve universal broadband connectivity by 2024, an official source revealed Tuesday.

Out of 1,459 public secondary schools, 724 are already connected to the Internet, of which 678 are connected to high-speed 4G, according to the ministry of Education.

Reports indicate that the current Internet coverage rate of public secondary schools is 52%. This year, it is planned to increase this rate to 62%. By 2024, the government, which would like to reach a rate of 100%, should invest the sum of 4.8 billion Rwandan francs (US$ 5 million).

The project that was launched in 2019 will be implemented, thanks to a collaboration between the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with the aim of providing connectivity to all schools in the world by 2030.

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