International School of Kigali the school began to implement the inquiry-based International Primary Curriculum in the Elementary School. ISKR embraces the diversity of its students and staff and encourages students to develop an appreciation for Rwanda through service, education, and off-site activities. Students attending ISKR are given an education that will prepare them to attend any university worldwide. ISKR is recognized and accredited by the CIS (Council of International Schools) and NEASC (The New England Association of Schools and Colleges). The International School of Kigali-Rwanda was conceived during May 2009, out of a growing desire for additional options for international education in Kigali. A
Kigali new independent nation, but Kigali was chosen because of its more central location. The city grew slowly during the following decades, but retained a small-town feel, with just 25,000 people and five paved roads by the early 1970s. On 6 July 1973 there was a bloodless military coup, in which minister of defence Juvénal Habyarimana overthrew ruling president Gregoire Kayibanda. Businesses closed for a few days, and troops patrolled across the city, but life had returned to normal and the army had left the streets by 11 July. In April 1994 President Habyarimana was assassinated, when his plane was shot