More than 800,000 people died in the 1994 genocide
Rwanda’s education minister is under strong pressure from MPs, over what they call “http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2853" present in some schools in the country.
A parliamentary investigation found cases where students were made to wear different uniforms according to their ethnic group and books inciting hatred.
Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya, who MPs could sack, says those behind such incidents have been punished.
Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus died in 100 days in the 1994 genocide.
Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education Joseph Murekeraho has also been questioned by law makers.
Ms Mujawamariya says that the teachers responsible have been taken to court and those found guilty of inciting ethnic hatred sacked.But the MPs say she has still not adequately answered their questions and have summoned her to appear before a commission for a third time.
Last month’s parliamentary report said old books “distorting history” had been found in libraries.
Some claimed, for instance, that Tutsis should not be considered Rwandan.
The Hutu extremists behind the genocide said the Tutsis had come to Rwanda from Ethiopia.
Poems promoting hatred and division were also found in school libraries.
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Tutsis are a Nilotic people, unlike the Bantu Hutu, and the ethnic rivalry is deep seated and endemic across East Africa. And despite politically correct attempts to blame white colonialism for the tension, these problems have existed for eons. The current civil conflict in Kenya is a similar situation, to that found in Rwanda, with Bantu Kikuyu pitted against Nilotic Luo.