RWANDA: Universities turn towards self-help

Some public universities have resorted to depending on income generating projects and cost cutting techniques following the Rwandan government's decision to scale down funding to institutions of higher learning, reports The New Times.

In the 2010-11 budget, the Minister of Finance announced that funds allocated to public institutions of higher learning would be reduced by 25% and injected into lower-level education.

The Rector of the National University of Rwanda, Professor Silas Rwakabamba, said the university had come up with ways to help it sustain itself.
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