Janvière Ndirahisha
Janvière Ndirahisha (born 1966) is a Burundian academic and politician. From 2015 to 2020 she was a Minister of Education for Burundi. She is President of the National Women's Forum (FNF).
Life
[edit]Janvière Ndirahisha was born in 1966 in Burundi. She was educated at the University of Burundi before undertaking a PhD at the University of Antwerp. Her thesis on Grothiendiek representations was supervised by Fred Van Oystaeyen.[1]
Ndirahisha was elected President of Burundi's new National Women's Forum in 2013.[2]
In August 2015 Ndirahisha was announced as Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research in Pierre Nkurunziza's' cabinet.[3] By 2019 she had moved to be Minister of Education, Technical & Vocational Training, with Gaspard Banyankimbona as Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research.[4]
In 2017 Ndirahisha announced that headmasters of schools which had achieved under 30% in national tests would be dismissed, and her ministry closed several failing schools.[5] In 2018 her ministry banned pregnant girls from attending school, a move which was criticised by equal rights campaigners in the country.[6]
Nkurunziza's successor Évariste Ndayishimiye removed Ndirahisha from the cabinet in 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ Scott W. Williams. "Janviere Ndirahisha". Black Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Diane Uwimana (26 May 2014). "Women's forum: a slow step". IWACU English News. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Government of Burundi". Embassy of the Republic of Burundi in Ankara. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Burundi". The Economist Intelligence Unit. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Diane Uwimana. "Six "unauthorized" basic schools to be closed in Bujumbura". Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Nita Bhalla (4 July 2018). "Burundi school ban on expectant teens 'skewed' against girls' education". Reuters.
