China-supported polytechnic contributes to technical training in Rwanda

Injecting new energy 

The governments of China and Rwanda have signed an implementation agreement on the expansion project of the college. China will fund the expansion project and provide necessary equipment to IPRC Musanze.

The cooperation between China's Jinhua Polytechnic and IPRC Musanze also injects new energy into skill training in the landlocked country.

Jinhua Polytechnic in Zhejiang Province, eastern China, and IPRC Musanze jointly launched Jinhua Polytechnic's oversea campus in IPRC Musanze in July 2017, which includes a technical skills development center and a Chinese language learning center.

Two management staff from Jinhua Polytechnic has been working in IPRC Musanze since April 2018. They have completed research of labor marketing conditions in the region in order to making a cooperation plan in line with conditions of Rwanda and the college.

The Chinese polytechnic together with a Chinese enterprise have provided equipment to its Rwandan counterpart to support practical education of the college, and invited staff of IPRC Musanze to receive training in China, whose expenses will be fully covered by Jinhua Polytechnic.

It is not the only effort that Jinhua Polytechnic has made to help Rwanda cultivate technical persons. It has been providing scholarships to Rwandan students to study at Jinhua Polytechnic since 2014. As of April 2018, 78 Rwandan diploma students were studying at the polytechnic.

Denys Makuza came back Rwanda from China this July after completing study at Jinhua Polytechnic, where he studied vehicle inspection and repair for three years and Chinese language for one year.

"Studying in China indeed helps me a lot. I learned high level skills, Chinese language and Chinese culture, as well as working methods and efficiency of Chinese people," Makuza told Xinhua in fluent Chinese.