REPUBLIC OF RWANDA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SCHOOL SPORTS POLICY July 2020 i Table of contents Table of contents ................................................................................................................... ii FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... v ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ........................................................................................ vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... viii 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 10 1.1 Definition of concepts ................................................................................................... 11 1.1.1 School Sports ................................................................................................................................... 11 1.1.2 Physical Education .......................................................................................................................... 11 1.1.3 Mass sports ....................................................................................................................................... 11 1.1.4 Sports for all .................................................................................................................................... 11 1.2 Importance of school sports ........................................................................................ 12 1.3 School Sports principles .............................................................................................. 12 1.4 Target groups................................................................................................................ 14 2. CONTEXT ................................................................................................................... 14 2.1 International Context ................................................................................................... 14 2.2 National Context ........................................................................................................... 16 3. SCHOOL SPORTS VISION, MISSION AND OBJECTIVES ....................................... 17 3.1 Vision ............................................................................................................................. 17 3.2 Mission........................................................................................................................... 17 3.3 Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 17 3.3.1 General Objective ............................................................................................................................ 18 3.3.2 Specific objectives ............................................................................................................................ 18 4. SITUATION ANALYSIS .............................................................................................. 18 4.1 Background of sports in Rwanda ............................................................................... 18 4.2 Current situation and achievement of school sports ................................................. 20 4.3 SWOT analysis ............................................................................................................. 21 4.3.1 Physical Education and Sports lesson is not taught in some schools........................................... 23 4.3.2 Lack of competent technical staff to support sports development in schools ............................. 23 4.3.3 Sports for all is not adequately practiced ...................................................................................... 23 4.3.4 School sports competition management needs to be improved ................................................... 24 4.3.5 Talents detection and development to be improved ..................................................................... 24 4.3.6 Sports facilities ................................................................................................................................. 24 4.3.7 Insufficient equipment and materials ............................................................................................ 25 4.3.8 Issue of gender in school sports ...................................................................................................... 25 4.3.9 Issue of sports for Learners with Disability and special needs .................................................... 25 ii 5. RECOMMENDED POLICY ACTIONS ........................................................................ 25 5.1 Physical Education and Sports lesson ........................................................................ 25 5.2 Competent technical staff to support sports development in schools ...................... 26 5.3 Sports for All................................................................................................................. 26 5.4 School sports competition management ..................................................................... 27 5.5 Talent detection and development .............................................................................. 27 5.6 Adequate and sufficient sports facilities .................................................................... 27 5.7 Sports equipment and materials ................................................................................. 28 5.8 Gender in school sports................................................................................................ 28 5.9 Sports for Learners with Disability and special needs ............................................. 29 6. STAKEHOLDERS’ VIEWS ......................................................................................... 29 7. IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK.......................................................................... 30 7.1 Institutional Framework ............................................................................................. 30 7.1.1 National level.................................................................................................................................... 31 7.1.2 Decentralized levels ......................................................................................................................... 32 7.2 Roles and responsibilities............................................................................................. 33 7.2.1 Ministry of Education ..................................................................................................................... 33 7.2.2 Ministry of Sports (MINISPORTS) ............................................................................................... 33 7.2.3 Rwanda Education Board (REB), Workforce Development Authority (WDA) and Rwanda Polytechnic (RP) ................................................................................................................................................ 34 7.2.4 Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) ...................................................................................... 34 7.2.5 Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF) ......................................................... 34 7.2.6 Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) ..................................................... 34 7.2.7 Ministry of Health (MoH) ............................................................................................................... 34 7.2.9 Ministry of Youth and Culture (MYCULTURE) ......................................................................... 34 7.2.10 Local Government Authorities ....................................................................................................... 35 7.2.11 Rwanda School Sports Federation (RSSF).................................................................................... 35 7.2.12 Rwanda University Sports Federation .......................................................................................... 35 7.2.13 National Sports Federations and Associations, Rwanda National Olympic Committee and NGOs 35 7.2.14 Actors at school level (Headmasters and Parents) ........................................................................ 36 7.3 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) ............................................................................ 37 8. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE .............................................................................. 37 9. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS .................................................................................... 37 9.1 Financial plan ............................................................................................................... 37 9.2 Human resources .......................................................................................................... 37 10. LEGAL IMPLICATIONS ......................................................................................... 38 iii 11. IMPACT ON BUSINESS .......................................................................................... 38 12. IMPACT ON EQUALITY, UNITY AND RECONCILIATION .................................. 38 13. HANDLING PLAN / COMMUNICATION STRATEGY ........................................... 39 CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................................