Chinese Government provides RMB 80 million grant for the Integrated Polytechnic Regional College Musanze (IPRC) Construction Project

Project narrative

On September 16, 2010, the Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda, Sun Shuzhong, announced that China would support the construction of the Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) model school in Muko Sector, Musanze District worth 60 million CNY. The funding amount for this project was later increased to 80 million CNY in 2012 with the addition of a hotel as part of the school. Instructional topics at the school were to include ICT, electronics, agriculture, bamboo, meat, and fruit processing, carpentry, and construction and building services (plumbing & welding). The school construction project sits on a 4.8 hectare piece of land in Barizo Village and was designed to accommodate over 1,100 students. China Geo-Engineering Corporation was the contractor responsible for project implementation. On July 17, 2014, construction began. The project was completed as of April 21, 2015 and Musanze Polytechnic School (also known as Integrated Polytechnic Regional College Musanze or IPRC Musanze) was officially put into use later in 2015. Its first batch of around 170 graduates graduated in June 2018. Additionally, more than 700 students have completed short courses at the college. The college now offers five advanced diploma and diploma programs including Agriculture and Food Processing, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hospitality Management as well as Irrigation and Water Engineering, and provides 10 short courses such as carpentry, culinary arts and electrical domestic installation.