Rwanda Polytechnic Student Hand Book
               RWANDA POLYTECHNIC
              Student Hand Book
                                             April, 2019
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                 CONTENTS
        FOREWORD                                                                                   6
        RWANDA POLYTECHNIC SENIOR MANAGEMENT MEMBERS           7
        PRINCIPALS OF IPRCs                                                                   8
        SECTION 1 GENERAL ACADEMIC REGULATIONS                           11
        SECTION 2 ADMISSION AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS       15
        SECTION 3 ACADEMIC YEAR                                                        37
        SECTION 4 RWANDA POLYTECHNIC FEE STRUCTURE FOR 
        DIPLOMA AND ADVANCED    DIPLOMA PROGRAM                        73
        SECTION 5  GRADUATION                                                            77
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                               Rwanda Polytechnic Student Hand Book
            VISION
                     To provide quality education that complies 
                     with applicable standards through vocational 
                     education that enables beneficiary to acquire 
                     skills required to create jobs and compete in 
                     the labour market.
          MISSION
                 •	  To prepare technical and vocational education 
                     curricula for their use at various technical and 
                     vocational training levels and submit them to 
                     the competent authority for approval;
                 •	  To offer technical and vocational courses 
                     leading to certificate or diploma;
                 •	  To provide science and technology based 
                     technical and vocational training as well as 
                     education which enable the beneficiary to 
                     create jobs for personal development and 
                     contribute to national development;
                 •	  To carry out and promote research and 
                     technology in technical and vocational fields 
                     and disseminate their findings to foster 
                     national development;
                 •	  To participate in the discovery, exchange and 
                     preservation of knowledge in  technical and 
                     vocational field ;
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