VVOB Rwanda, in partnership with Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) and the Rwanda Coding Academy (RCA), under Rwanda TVET Board, piloted a project over two years in Kayonza district with the financial support of the Belgian Government through the WEHUBIT programme from ENABEL. The aim of the SCRATC²H 2050 pilot project was to equip ICT and STEM teachers with the competences needed to initiate and facilitate after school SCRATC²H 2050 coding clubs for secondary school learners and to integrate Scratch into ICT and STEM lesson plans. To this end, VVOB trained 158 secondary school STEM and ICT teachers from 54 secondary schools in Kayonza district on coding and its benefits through blended learning. After training, they continued to develop professionally through participation in face-to-face ScratchEd Meetups facilitated by sector education inspectors (SEIs), a virtual Scratch community platform, monitoring and support visits, exposure visits for students, and hackathon competitions.
The project is built around four pillars:
1. Development of a SCRATC²H 2050 pedagogical guide, complemented by ICT and STEM lesson plans and Open Education Resources (OERs)
2. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) trajectory for ICT and STEM teachers
3. Professional learning communities of ICT and STEM teachers
4. Establishment of after school SCRATC²H 2050 coding clubs
