Global Campaign for Peace Education

Peace education in Rwandan secondary schools: Coping with contradictory messages

August 23, 2021 0

This study explores how, during its implementation, the curriculum peace content has faced challenges linked with the content itself, its implementers and the environment in which it has to evolve. [continue reading…]

Connected Confinement: From Collective Heightened Stress to Collective Recovery

May 19, 2020 0

Those with prior experiences of collective fear, especially survivors of genocide in Rwanda, can be triggered by the current corona crisis. Jean Pierre Ndagijimana offers trauma-informed responses for dealing with prior experiences of collective fear in the present moment. [continue reading…]

A trio’s vision to promote peace through youth camps (Rwanda)

April 18, 2020 0

Realizing the need in Rwanda for conflict resolution and peace education training, three colleagues formed Critical Thinking for P.E.A.C.E, a program which brings Rwandan youth together for programmes promoting peace, sustainability, social cohesion, empathy, and cultural celebration and preservation. [continue reading…]

Teachers trained on overcoming challenges associated with teaching genocide studies (Rwanda)

February 24, 2020 0

In a three-day training organized by AEGIS Trust and the Educators Institute for Human Rights, secondary school teachers were trained on genocide studies. [continue reading…]

Teachers highlight role of theater, drama in solving conflicts (Rwanda)

August 20, 2019 0

About 100 primary and secondary school teachers completed a two-week training on applying arts, theater and drama in education and improvement of the new Rwanda education curriculum. The teachers noted that the training equipped them with skills in solving conflicts. [continue reading…]

Education sector moves to inculcate peace values in young children (Rwanda)

August 13, 2019 0

After realizing many school curricula contained genocidal ideology and discrimination that led to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, the education ministry and schools have moved to scale up curricula with books and programs on peace and genocide. [continue reading…]

Online peace education platform launched in Rwanda

August 6, 2019 0

The Aegis Trust and the Rwanda Education Board officially launched the Ubumuntu Digital Platform, an innovative new online peace education platform. [continue reading…]

Cultivating Peace through Teaching History in Rwandan Secondary Schools: Opportunities and Challenges

October 5, 2018 0

In Rwanda, pre-1994 formal education became a tool for inciting violence. In the 23 years since the genocide, the Rwandan government has propagated education that promotes national unity and decreases division amongst students. The 2015 national competence-based curriculum that incorporates Education for a Culture of Peace, is one pertinent example. [continue reading…]

African educators commit to promote peace education in schools

September 23, 2018 0

Educators from 11 African countries have expressed commitment to ensure that young Africans are well educated about peace and values the continent needs. A delegation of 15 Jesuit Education Directors made their pledge after concluding a three-day workshop at Peace School at Kigali Genocide Memorial. [continue reading…]

How Rwanda is Teaching Peace Education through “Ubumuntu Conversations”

August 19, 2018 0

The Ubumuntu Conversations, aptly themed, “After the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: Is the World Getting Better at Prevention?” was attended by Rwandans from all walks of life—senior officials from the Rwandan government, academics, and the international community. [continue reading…]