Rwanda to Launch 2025/26 National Practical Exams on Wednesday

The exams will run through June 22, 2026.

Education Minister Joseph Nsengimana is expected to launch the examinations at St. Joseph Integrated Technical College in Nyarugenge District. State Minister for Education Claudette Irere will lead a separate launch event at Kagarama Secondary School in Kicukiro District.

A total of 74,085 candidates are registered to sit for the practical examinations nationwide. This includes 70,504 students enrolled in schools and 3,581 private candidates, according to MINEDUC.

The exams will be administered across 854 examination centers throughout the country.
The ministry has deployed 8,484 invigilators to oversee the examinations and ensure proper conduct.

MINEDUC said the national practical examinations are a key component of Rwanda’s Competence-Based Curriculum and Assessment framework, which evaluates students’ practical abilities, vocational skills, behavior and general knowledge. The goal is to assess whether learners can apply classroom knowledge in real-world and workplace settings.

Candidates sitting for the exams include students from Technical Secondary Schools (TSS), Teacher Training Colleges (TTC), the Associate Nursing Programme (ANP), Accounting programs, and general secondary students undertaking Science Project-Based Assessments (PBA).

In addition to the official launches in Nyarugenge and Kicukiro, senior ministry officials and representatives of affiliated education institutions will oversee launch events at selected examination centers across the country.