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FAWE (Forum for African Women Educationalists).

FAWE Girls’ School is a public
boarding secondary school for girls situated in Gisozi District on the
outskirts of Kigali city. It was founded in 1999. The school admits students
from all the provinces of Rwanda on the basis of their performance in
national examination. Because of the admission policy based purely on
merit and because the recent history of Rwanda, many of the students come
from disadvantaged backgrounds. The genocide in 1994 left many orphans
(there are a total of 238 orphans in the school). There are those who
come from poor families. Others are disadvantaged in other ways. At the
end of 2001-2002 academic year the school had a student enrollment of
486 students. Enrollment will reach 560 students in the beginning of the
2002-2003 academic year reaching a maximum of 720 in the 2003-2004 academic

Women's school enrolment increasing in Rwanda

The percentage of women in institutions of higher learning stands at
25 percent, according to the Rwandan Ministry of Education. In an Inter-University
Seminar on Gender and Education, Education Minister Prof. Romain Murenzi
highlighted some of Rwanda’s education statistics which also indicate
that at the primary school level, enrolment of girls is at par with boys.
Academic performance of girls is, however, poorer than boys at all levels
of education, with girls and women opting for ‘traditional’ courses, according
to news released from the Rwandan government. At the National University
at Butare for example, there are only 33 women in taking science and technology courses compared to 277 men

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