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Abstract

We assess, via an experiment across 207 secondary schools, how a comprehensive teacher training program affects the delivery of a major entrepreneurship curriculum reform in Rwanda. 皇冠体育app reform introduced interactive pedagogy and a focus on business skills in the country鈥檚 required upper secondary entrepreneurship course. In addition to the government鈥檚 standard training, a random sample of schools received intensive training organized by an NGO for two years. 皇冠体育app training consisted of (i) six training sessions during school breaks, ii) exchange visits each term where teachers provided feedback to their peers, and (iii) outreach and support from NGO staff at least twice per year. 皇冠体育app program increased teachers鈥� use of active instruction, consistent with the reform鈥檚 features. 皇冠体育appse effects on pedagogy did not translate into improvements in student academic outcomes or skills. Treated students increased their participation in businesses by 5 percentage points, or 17% of the control mean, with a commensurate decrease in wage employment, and no effect on overall income. 皇冠体育appse results suggest substitution between entrepreneurship and employment among students in treated schools.

This research is part of the 鈥楻esearch on Improving Systems of Education鈥� programme

Citation

Blimpo, M. and Pugatch, T. 2020. Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda. RISE Working Paper Series. 20/052. https://doi.org/10.35489/BSGRISEWP_ 2020/052.

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