Rwanda to teach our delayed course

A NEW Leaving Certificate engineering course is to be taught in Rwandan schools and colleges even though it is still not available to students here because of funding difficulties.

The engineering technology syllabus is one of four redesigned technology subjects developed in recent years but only two of them — design and communication graphics (DCG) and technology — have been rolled out.

Although they are being used in schools since 2007 and examined since the 2009 Leaving Certificate, implementing engineering technology and architectural technology has been long-fingered, mainly due to budget constraints.