Considering that only:

34% of Rwanda's primary school kids complete a full course of primary;

6-8% of Rwanda's kids make it to secondary school;

3% of the population of tertiary age go to university; **More figures and facts.

Since all school leavers do also take a National Test to compete for those tiny secondary school places - and that the very poor kids (such as this boy on the photograph below-Left) who can't afford school stationery, reading books or food are almost automatically excluded;

Through it's "Education Today for Zero Aid Tomorrow" credo, RSVP provides:

School meals, currently at just £0.28 a meal;

School books, currently at just £3.00 a book; and

Other educational support to village schools, starting with Mihabula, a Pentecostal Church owned primary school.

Interestingly, in the 2007 school year, these measures decreased absenteeism rate from 8% to less than 1%.

They also increased the National Test pass rate by 3% .

The above outcomes are expected to improve over time.

This is also applies to the primary school completion rate as well as the proportion of young people with basic HIV facts and literacy/numeracy skills.

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