Our schools

Seeing is believing.

We believe that great ideas in education need to be more than theory. They need to be tried, tested, refined and seen in practice before they can be truly understood and replicated. Our demonstration and partner schools provide a place to turn ideas into action, learn what works and model what is possible. Bright School and our partner schools are where TEACH Rwanda Standards come to life every day.

A Bright School class waving from their classroom in Muhanga
The Bright School campus, Muhanga.

Bright School

Our flagship school in Muhanga. Nursery through Primary 6. In 2024‑25, 96.4% of its Primary 6 cohort passed the national examination, against a national average of 75.64%.

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The Harmony School building
Harmony School, Rwinkwavu.

Harmony School

Opened in 2015 beside the Rwinkwavu Community Library, bringing the same model to a rural community in the east of the country.

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TEACH Rwanda staff meeting with partner school teachers
A TEACH for Transformation partnership session.

Partner Schools

Schools working through the TEACH for Transformation process towards TEACH Rwanda Standards, each keeping its own leadership and character.

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Our classroom standards

The conditions the method requires.

20 children

Per nursery class, with two teachers in the room.

24 children

Maximum per primary class, with one Rwandan teacher.

Learning centres

Rooms arranged into working areas, not rows facing a board.

Rwandan materials

Natural, recycled and locally‑made resources children can handle freely.

The full set of conditions we hold our own schools and our partner schools to is published. Download the TEACH Rwanda Education Standards (PDF) →

A normal day

Classroom life, in pictures.

A class of children on a rug with their hands raised in the air
Hands up, all together.
Children in red kits smiling over cups at an outdoor snack table
Snack time in the garden.
A teacher clapping with a class of children standing around a play mat
Singing and clapping together.
A girl in a red shirt grinning broadly while drawing at a table
Drawing, and delighted.
A teacher kneeling with two girls as they fill in a worksheet together
Working it out together.
Two boys writing side by side, one smiling at the camera
Writing side by side.
A smiling girl in a light blue shirt showing the clay bowl she made
Showing off her clay bowl.
A class of smiling children sitting around their teacher on a patterned mat
Gathered around their teacher.
Children in red kits waving from behind a painted wooden bench
Waving from behind the bench.
A boy laughing in a busy nursery classroom
Laughing in class.
Three smiling children in light blue shirts holding open books in the library
Reading in the library.
A girl in a navy jumper reading a book at a library desk
Independent reading time.
Children playing football on a hillside pitch
Football on the hillside.
Bright School children in red and blue uniforms cheering on the climbing wall with their teachers
Cheering on the climbing wall.
Visiting

Come and watch a normal day.

Educators, researchers, NGO staff and government officials visit our schools to observe play- and project‑based learning in practice. Module 1 of TEACH for Transformation is built around exactly this.

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A class of smiling children and visitors sitting together on a colourful mat

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Materials, furniture and teacher mentoring are funded by donations.

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