Education Development Trust (formerly CfBT Education Trust) provides education services in the United Kingdom (UK) and internationally with head offices based in Reading, UK.
Education Development Trust offers a broad range of education improvement services including research into good education practice in numerous countries worldwide, to education system improvement at scale, with specific expertise in system change, accountability, teacher development, leadership development and school to school collaboration. For more information about our work around the world, please visit our website https://www.educationdevelopmenttrust.com/
Education Development Trust is leading the implementation of the Building Learning Foundations (BLF) programme, a three-and-a-half-year programme funded by the UK government which aims at improving learning outcomes in English and Mathematics in lower primary grades in Rwanda (P1 to P3). For more information about the programme please visit the programme
Website: www.buildinglearningfoundations.rw
Physical Address: Aigle Blanc Building, Kimihurura, KN 566 St. Kigali
Mailing Address: P.O. Box. 4251
Main contact email: BLF_info@educationdevelopmenttrust.com
Directions to find Country Office: Aigle Blanc building just across from the Kigali Convention Centre.
BLF Contact telephone: +250 788 318 509
Began work in Rwanda in year: Building Learning Foundations activities began in July 2017. Education Development Trust has been providing consultancy work in Rwanda since 2001 under their former name CfBT in the Rwanda Education Sector Support Programme
RGB Registration Number: 002/RGB/17
Organization Leadership
Anders Lonnqvist Role: Team Leader Email: alonnqvist@educationdevelopmenttrust.com Cell: (+250) 788310109
Joy Griffiths Role: Education Technical Lead Email: jgriffiths@educationdevelopmenttrust.com Cell: 0788319424
Athman Ali Role: Educational Performance Manager Email: aali@educationdevelopmenttrust.com Cell: 0780468173
Silas Bahigansenga Role: Programme Manager Email:sbahigansenga@educationdevelopmenttrust.com Cell: 0788434790
Areas of operation:
We operate in all districts of Rwanda in the following areas of activities:
- Capacity building
- Leadership/management
- Children with Disability
- Language Learning- English
- Literacy
- Special Educational needs