The private candidate scheme hit waves mainly because there was no clear line drawn between being a candidate and being a student. Individuals would register to sit for the final exam and so were considered to be private candidates. In education circles, candidates are those people who are due to sit for a national examination. The scheme was therefore abused because these same candidates spent the time between registration and exam time as students yet the Ministry of Education had no clear policy on these kinds of students. They studied and lived the way they wanted without any clear rules and regulations. Those operating the private candidates’ schools also did little to streamline their operations only making sure that money was paid. No one bothered about attendance rates. In the ordinary schools, students in their final year are both candidates and students who follow established rules. In the private scheme arrangements we had candidates who were free to do what they wanted as they waited for the examination time. It is this gap that was exploited to abuse the system and the same one that needs closing by Rwanda Education Board.