La Divine International Christian School has grown leaps and bounds since its humble beginnings six years ago with its contribution to the country’s education sector recognised and transforming the community.
This primary and nursery school that started with only five pupils, today boosts over 300 pupils which has been achieved largely to the resilience and quality of education that the school offers. The school offer both international and local curriculum depending on the needs of the parents.
As more women are getting included in national building programmes such as education, health, manufacturing, financial inclusion among others, they are breaking traditional barriers that held them back and investing in fields that used to be male dominated.
Rev, Mrs. Claudine Nyirandagijimana, a female entrepreneur and founder of La Divine International Christian School, a kindergarten and primary school located in Busanza, Kanombe Sector, Kicukiro District in the City of Kigali says she started the school as her contribution to nation building.
“After graduating in Business Administration in 2015, I asked myself as mother and a woman who has been emancipated what can be my contribution to nation building, with my love for children and passionate about education, I looked no further, it was a school,” she says.
Nyirandagijimana started a school the following year emphasizing on quality education with promotion of Christian values which are pivotal in success of pupils.
The motto of the school is, “Education & Knowledge based on obedience to God”
“I realized that my community didn’t have a school that grooms children with Christian values which will enable them to become God-fearing and upright citizens, thus the decision to make it part of the education at my school,” She said.
The proprietor adds that, the school trains and prepares pupils to work in international settings on top of training them with a mind for job creation. From a young age, the pupils at this school are able to read and write English, French and Kinyarwanda.
The school also puts at the centre of its priorities at the wellbeing of all children through good feeding with recommended diets for younger ones, this has made an instant a success with more parents enrolling their children at the school.
According to Nyirandagijimana, it is ensured that the teaching staff is well educated and trained professionals in the sector, personally the founder is an educationist with a masters degree in Education.
The school staff as per academic wise have received trainings and extended knowledge on the curriculum practiced per curriculum both international and local. As for other staff specialization and well equipment is must in the school.
Currently, La Divine International Christian School has 25 staff in different disciplines with 20 Classrooms, Library, Kitchen, Bakery and Vegetable Garden for improved nutrition of the children.
There are plans to expand the school from its existing infrastructure to build more blocks that can accommodate more pupils as well as opening more branches of the school in the country and exporting it to other countries.
The founder of the school stresses that, where there is a will there is always a way and as the world has become a global village, she is will take this quality education worldwide.
Nyirandagijimana calls on women to make use of the opportunities created for them by President Kagame and the country to contribute in nation building, she advises that women should undertake fields where their passions lie.
