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Purpose and legislative effect
“This provision creates the Higher Education Council (HEC) and says it has legal personality and administrative and financial autonomy.”
This provision creates the Higher Education Council (HEC) and says it has legal personality and administrative and financial autonomy. This article defines certain terms used in the law, including standards for higher learning institutions and distance learning. HEC’s head office must be in Kigali City, and HEC may move it elsewhere in Rwanda or open branches elsewhere if needed, subject to a Prime Minister’s Order for branches. HEC’s objective is to improve the quality of education and its delivery in higher learning institutions, and to help ensure graduates are knowledgeable for Rwanda’s welfare and development. HEC must carry out its listed missions in higher education, including improving institutions, advising government, setting standards, monitoring compliance, handling equivalence of qualifications, coordinating academic activities, and cooperating with similar bodies.
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This provision creates the Higher Education Council (HEC) and says it has legal personality and administrative and financial autonomy.
Section 1
A Prime Minister’s Order must determine HEC’s supervising authority and category, and that authority and HEC’s decision-making organ must conclude a performance contract.
Section 6
HEC Directorate General members are appointed by Presidential Order, and their competences, responsibilities, and working modalities are set by Prime Minister’s Order.
Section 11
HEC’s budget must be approved and managed according to the applicable legal provisions.
Section 16
This provision says the law starts to apply on the date it is published in the Official Gazette of Rwanda.
Section 21
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Source and current-law status
Not in force source record
Source record from www.amategeko.gov.rw · Record updated 23 Sept 2013
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