TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN FRENCH BY HELEN

TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN FRENCH BY HELEN VESPERINI Rwandan teachers, who used to dispense classes in English, French or the local Kinyarwanda language, take part in a training session January 20, 2010 to enable them to teach in English. Now the sole medium of instruction in the country's schools, fifteen months after the introduction of English as the exclusive language of instruction, the children adapt quickly, teachers sometimes less. In November 2008 the Rwandan government announced the change, saying it was intended to help pave the way for Rwanda to join the Commonwealth. AFP PHOTO / HELEN VESPERINI (Photo credit should read HELEN VESPERINI/AFP via Getty Images)