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Like other sectors, the education sector suffered from the 1994 genocide. However, considerable progress, far away above the level of the sector in 1994 has been achieved in some domains.The progress achieved especially during the last five years, are the results of several initiatives of the Government of Rwanda. The number of pupils and students as well as education infrastructures increased progressively. Among the initiatives that contributed to this increase, it should be mentioned the "catch up program" in primary school, which consisted of the re-enrolment of childred having abandoned school for any reason. Free primary and lower level secondary school contributed to the increase of pupils and students at these two levels of education.The Rwandan education system considers three types of schools: government funded school, free subsidized schools - managed jointly by the government and different partners (religious communities, association of the parents) and private schools managed by parents and privately.