Director of Infrastructure Development Maintenance unit

1.Coordinate and supervise the development and implementation of action plans related to the unit;
2. Coordinate the development of the Campus Master Planning for infrastructure development;
3. Coordinate the implementation of achievement of the College’s key corporate objectives in the development of
the estate and its services;
4. Coordinate the preparation of working documents and drawings for campus Expansion/ or Rehabilitation ;
5. Coordinate the development of campus premises maintenance plans, and lead their implementation;
6. Advise the principal on infrastructure maintenance and extension matters;
7. Develop and implement the policies and strategies of promoting the sustainability of college’s facilities;
8. Control conditions of the college’s assets and equipment to ensure that they are well maintained;
9. Receive maintenance requests from different departments and / or units, analyze them, and react accordingly;
10. Manager contracts related to cleaning, and maintenance services;
11. Monitor utility bills (water electricity) and ensure that they are in constant supply;
12. Safeguard college environmental sustainability;
13. Carry out any other tasks assigned by the supervisor

Background of IPRC-SOUTH

IPRC SOUTH was formerly care taken on KAVUMU ground in Southern Province of Rwanda, Nyanza
District, Busasamana Sector.

In 2012, it shifted to former ESO which is located in southern province of Rwanda, HUYE district,
NGOMA Sector, BUTARE cell, BUKINANYANA village on the road from HUYE CITY COMPLEX
MARKERT to CHUB.

In 2010, MINEDUC and MINADEF signed an agreement of establishing Integrated Polytechnic

Regional Center (IPRC) South in ESO because Kavumu ground were no longer large enough to host
such big institution that was expanding; MINADEF started its rehabilitation using engineering
regiment team and WDA provided needed equipment. In 2012 December the school started to offer
its training programs and it was inaugurated by Dr.Vincent BIRUTA, Minister of Education on 27th
June 2013.

IPRC (Integrated Polytechnic Regional Center) SOUTH is a legally established Government institution
mandated to empower Rwandan People with right technical skills for sustainable economic and
social development. It acts as WDA (Work Force Development Authority) base for implementation of
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), programs, supervision and coordination of
all TVET institutions in the southern Province.
Therefore the main objectives of IPRC-South include:

 To implement TVET training courses focusing on skills for the unskilled and unemployed
population as well as students who have completed nine years of basic education;
 To supervise and coordinate with private education providers, NGO-run technical and
vocational schools and industry-run training centers on the delivery of technical and
vocational training in Southern Province;
 To supervise and coordinate with all public TVET institutions on the delivery of technical and
vocational training in Southern Province;
 To provide Competent-Based Training (CBT) curriculum developed by WDA HQ to all TVET
institutions centers delivering training in southern Province;
 To provide quality assurance on all TVET training delivery by ensuring that all curricula are
CBT, the integrity of examinations is protected and that all TVET lecturers and instructors are
adequately trained;
 To organize technical train-the-trainer programs for all TVET institutions and centers located
in Southern Province
 To organize pedagogic train-the-trainer programs for all TVET institutions and centers
located in Southern Province.

The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is to emphasize technical and
vocational training. It is done in the framework of developing human resources, empowering them
with employable skills aiming at Economic development and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS).

To implement TVET policy, a regional center was established to regulate and coordinate technical
and vocational training at provincial level. This is called Integrated Polytechnic Regional Center
(IPRC) which is under the immediate supervision of Workforce Development Authority (WDA), the
national TVET regulatory agency.

So far IPRC SOUTH did some different activities such as:

 Global assessment of Vocational Training Centers (VTCs) and Technical Secondary Schools
(TSSs) that operate in the province of South. We have up to now 70 VTCs and TSSs, and the
process of collecting these data continues.
 Promotion of collaboration with the private sector federation and among our VTCs and TSSs.
various activities were done like meetings, and tours with PSF. This helps in matching what
we do and what is needed and done at the labour market.
 Facilitating new competence based curricula experimentation activities in the province in
collaboration with WDA and PAFP.
  Participation in different expositions
 Meeting with IPRC-South external partners (enterprises, PSF-south, district education
officers, work inspectors, BDC)
 Participation in certification process and planning of graduation ceremonies
 In Capacity building of staff, some personnel have been trained in various domains in
collaboration with WDA and PAFP.
 Development of strategic plans in pilot centers and in IPRC-South

IPRC SOUTH is dealing with different activities now such as:

 Recruitment of various staff and students.

 Rehabilitation of the working place (some offices, classrooms, workshops, hostels and so on)
 Creation of incubation center in IPRC South
 Creation of production unit in each TVET School in Southern Province
 Starting the training and all related academic services at the campus
 The TVET system uses a Competence Based Training (CBT) which requires materials and
skilled people. For that reason, our trainers need training in CBT assessment.
 Implementing IPRC South Master Plan starting by TOT (Training of Trainers) Center.
 Financing of the Schools Strategic plans developed by PAFP in collaboration with School
managers.

Mission WDA
It's mission is to promote, facilitate, and guide the development and upgrading of skills and competencies of
the national workforce in order to enhance competitiveness and employability.

Pillars

Its activities and scope of services to be provided shall be organized and managed around the
following four strategic pillars;

(i) Skills Development through Vocational Training

(ii) Business Incubation (Entrepreneurship Development)
(iii) Setting Industry Standards
(iv) Regulation and Accreditation.