Parliament began its second ordinary session on Monday February 6, with top of the agenda being addressing causes of school dropouts, and judicial cooperation between Rwanda and other countries, among others. Precisely, the senate began its session with a review of a report about interventions meant to tackle school dropout in 12 years basic education, which will be presented by its Committee on Social Affairs and Human Rights. READ ALSO: Govt warns parents against school dropouts Available figures from the 2020-2021 statistical year book, published in February 2022 by the Ministry of Education, show that school dropout rates increased at the primary school level from 7.8 per cent in 2019 to 9.5 per cent in 2020/21. For secondary school level, the same publication indicated that school dropout rose from 8.2 per cent in 2019 to 10.3 per cent in 2020/21. Judicial cooperation For the Chamber of Deputies, its plenary sitting started with a consideration of the relevance of judicial cooperation agreement bills between Rwanda and two countries, namely Mozambique and Angola. The first one is the draft law approving the ratification of the agreement on mutual judicial assistance in criminal matters between Rwanda and Mozambique, which was signed in Kigali, on June 03, 2022. Connected to that is a draft law approving the ratification of the extradition treaty between the two countries, which was signed in the same place, on the same date. READ ALSO: Where are the 1,100 Genocide fugitives? In March 2021, the Genocide Fugitives Tracking Unit (GFTU) told parliamentarians that there were over 1,000 genocide fugitives in 33 countries, with 13 of them living in Mozambique, by then. GFTU operates under the National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA). Also, the Chamber of Deputies will consider the relevance of the draft law approving the ratification of the agreement on mutual judicial assistance in criminal matters between Rwanda and Angola, which was signed in Kigali, on April 15, 2022. Still in the framework of judicial partnership, lawmakers will look at the basis of a draft law approving the ratification of the extradition treaty between Rwanda and Angola, which was signed in the same place, on the same date in Kigali.
