department of education’s hiv/aids strategy presentation to the education portfolio committee 28...
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Department of Education’s HIV/AIDS Strategy
Presentation to the Education Portfolio
Committee
28 August 2001
Background
• Core business is to educate, build skills and inculcate values necessary for a vibrant democratic SA
• Response to HIV/AIDS is based on what we are best placed to do
• The opportunity to turn epidemic around
• We have a captive audience
• Priority of all priorities
Programme 1
• Two pronged approach
• HIV/AIDS and the Education system
• HIV/AIDS and the beneficiaries/people within the system
HIV/AIDS & the System
• Need to protect the system to ensure continued supply and demand of education
• Develop tools and planning models to facilitate analysis and understanding of the impact
• Align legislation, policies, strategies
• Improve monitoring and evaluation systems
• Establish dedicated capacity to deal with HIV/AIDS – HIV/AIDS Unit, strengthen HIV/AIDS management at national and provincial levels
HIV/AIDS & the curriculum
• “HIV/AIDS and Life skills” is curriculum policy as per new curriculum 2005, implemented in Grade 1-9
• Resume of Instructional programmes in public schools Report 550 (NATED 550) provides for Guidance, Health Education as compulsory offerings from Grade 10-12
• Government’s conditional grant to address HIV/AIDS within the curriculum as part of an integrated approach with Depts. Of Health and Social Development
• All provincial DoEs have funded business plans to implement this programme
HIV/AIDS & curriculum
• Strengthen implementation of Life skills and HIV/AIDS programme within curriculum
• Integrate HIV/AIDS across the curriculum and provide guidelines for educators
• Develop programmes for Early Childhood Education and Learners with special needs
• Work with SAUVCA to develop and implement HIV/AIDS programmes in Higher Education institutions
• Support the inclusion of HIV/AIDS into pre-service training by tertiary institutions
HIV/AIDS and learners
• Establish an identification and support system for learners in distress &/ orphaned
• Facilitate access to services through the integrated approach
• Communicate SA schools Act and HIV/AIDS policy and their application to teachers
• Develop guidelines for educators to assist with this
• Promote school as a center of support and hope for communities
HIV/AIDS at work
• HIV/AIDS policy for CS Educators
• HIV/AIDS policy for Public Servants
• Workplace programme developed and adapted for schools as a workplace
• Programme includes preventive & promotive education, care, support, counseling & management training
• Involvement of educators living with HIV/AIDS
Progress
• All nine provinces are implementing the curriculum-based HIV/AIDS programme
• Implementation of this programme needs to be strengthened
• Enforcement of national policies e.g teacher-learner sexual relations, HIV/AIDS,rights of learners under Schools Act.
• Workplace policy and programme guideline
• Higher Education programme developed and implementation to begin
Other initiatives
• Peer education to strengthen curriculum based initiatives
• Inclusion of Sexuality and Life skills Education into sports and ball games
• Strengthening of partnerships with CBOs, NGOs and other government Departments