He has been in the Government for 3 years and 7 months! Meet the 16th Minister of the Ministry of Education

As the 2023-2024 school years begins, His Excellency President Kagame recently appointed Twagirayezu Gaspard as the new Minister of Education, who was previously the Secretary of State in this Ministry in charge of primary and secondary education, a position he had held for three years and seven months. Gaspard became the 16^th Minister to lead this Ministry and replaces Dr. Uwamaliya Valentine who also led it for more than three years.

Twagirayezu Gaspard became the new Minister of the Ministry of Education replacing Dr Uwamaliya Valentine who was given other responsibilities

The new minister studied high school from 2001-2007 at Petit Seminary St. Pie X Nyundo, where he studied Gymnastics, Humanities and Social Sciences. From 2008 to 2012, he studied at Oklahoma Christian University in the United States of America, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Instrument Technology, followed by a Masters in Science, Electrical, Computer and Engineering and various social issues.

After finishing his Masters, he then became a researcher in the NASA DEVELOP program where he worked for seven months, and then he was chosen to be the coordinator of the science center 'Agahozo Shalom Youth Village' until October 2014 when he was appointed as an employee of the National Commission for Science and technology (NCST) until September 2019. From then until February 2020, he was appointed as the Council's Senior Strategy and Policy Analyst. That position opened the door for him to enter the Government of Rwanda because he was appointed Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education in charge of primary and secondary schools, a position he held for three years and seven months until President Paul Kagame appointed him as the Minister of Education in this month.

Minister Twagirayezu Gaspard in 2020 is sworn in as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education in charge of primary and secondary schools

Hon Twagirayezu was studying in high school and he loved music so much that he was a member of the group at the Petit Seminary St. Pie X Nyundo. He says that being in this group and playing instruments for about five years taught him to repeat something very hard until he mastered it. He says that the reason he was in different groups had nothing to do with his studies, but that he was a lazy student who felt he could not sit together and just study. Studying at university, he has been collaborating with his colleagues in various projects that include bringing water to the community, investment and others in order to contribute to solving some of the problems facing Rwanda.

The Minister says that he has also been a volunteer at the University of Rwanda, Faculty of Science and Technology

Minister Twagirayezu has become the 16^th minister who has been entrusted with the responsibility of leading this Ministry, which was often considered difficult due to the fact that there were those who tried and immediately left.