A LINK could be formed between thousands of schoolchildren in Dunbar and Rwanda.

Dunbar Grammar School is exploring the possibility of an international partnership with schools in the African country.

Funding grants have been made available to allow teachers to visit their partner schools face-to-face, once coronavirus restrictions have been eased.

The Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning (CCGL) programme has helped more than 2,000 schools across Britain, with pupils able to discuss issues such as climate change, gender equality and sustainability with their counterparts in another part of the world.

Fiona Cairns, from the expressive arts department at Dunbar Grammar, said “We are excited to have signed up, along with our associated primary schools.

“It is wonderful to be part of a partnership that promises to bring our communities together, giving young people the opportunity to explore both the similarities and differences of growing up in different countries.

“We’re confident that the programme will prove a valuable tool for bringing learning to life to help shape the next generation of global citizens, by encouraging pupils to discuss their knowledge and experience of a shared topic, to discover there is far more that unites us than divides us.”