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Catholic, everyone has the right to participate in whatever religion they want. The school receives everybody regardless of their religion, origin, etc. Yet, some students don't get the opportunity to study there because the school has tough admission conditions based on the Ordinary Level National Exam. The school is able to achieve its goals due to the collaboration and good understating of its students and staff. The school space is also helpful: it has enough buildings (dorms, dining halls, classrooms and laboratories). However, some of the buildings are quite old. Yet the school continues to enlarge to fit the standards and provide the best education possible. Byimana alumni expects skilled people that are intended to contribute to Rwanda's reconstruction.
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Byimana school of Sciences. The academic language for the school has been French, but from early 2009 the Rwandan
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