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Empowering Tanzanian School Students for SRHR: PASHA Approach

Learn how the MoEVT in Tanzania integrates PASHA to prevent schoolgirl pregnancies through peer education and counseling services. Discover the educational rationale and achievements of this learner-centered approach. Explore the way forward and plans for nationwide rollout.

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Empowering Tanzanian School Students for SRHR: PASHA Approach

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  1. Swiss Centre for International Health The strategies of the education system in preventing schoolgirl pregnancies MoEVT - PASHA, Tanzania By Benedict Raymond Mangulu 29 July 2010, Blue Pearl Hotel Dar es Salaam

  2. “Enabling school students to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and rights!” Presentation Title

  3. Overview • PASHA approach • Integration into Tanzanian education sector • Educational rationale • Learner-centred materials and methods • Achievements • Way forward PASHA - Tanzania

  4. PASHA approach • School counselling services • School counselors elected by students • Equal numbers of males and females • Receive training on basic counselling skills for psycho-social support and SRHR and HIV/AIDS education • Deliver counselling services to both students and colleagues • Become facilitators of Peer Educators training • Offer supervision to peer educators PASHA - Tanzania

  5. PASHA approach • Peer education • Peer educators elected by students • Primary schools: grade 5-7 (about 12 -14 years old) • Secondary schools: grade O-level to A-level (15 -20 years old) • Ratio: 2 peer educators per 40 students (reality 2 per 80) • Receive training on SRHR and HIV/AIDS knowledge and facilitation skills • Conduct peer education sessions twice per week (about 1 hour per session) • Work close together with school counselors (e.g. sharing experience on implementation) • Use participatory methodology (learner-centered) PASHA - Tanzania

  6. Integration into Tanzanian education sector TGPSH Swiss TPH PASHA - Tanzania

  7. Integration into Tanzanian Education Sector • MoEVT • PASHA national and regional coordinators are civil servants of MoEVT • Close cooperation with departments of primary and secondary • education • Working closely with units of cross-cutting issues (HIV/AIDS unit, • gender unit, guidance and counselling unit) • Peer Education materials are approved by EMAC (Education Material • Approval Committee) • Policy support PASHA - Tanzania

  8. Educational rationale Constructivist learning theory: That means: The learner is actively engaged in constructing knowledge Constructivism emphasizes on two important dimensions: • Learners actively acquire existing human knowledge (e.g language, cultural wisdom, values, technical skills etc.) as their own system of knowing • Learners actively construct their own novel ways of knowing in the face of unfamiliar problems PASHA - Tanzania

  9. Educational rationale • Principles of learner-centered learning PASHA - Tanzania

  10. Learner-centered materials and methods PASHA - Tanzania

  11. Learner-centered materials and methods • Shangazi Stella: Learner - centered peer education PASHA - Tanzania

  12. Learner-centered materials and methods PASHA - Tanzania

  13. Achievements • High levels of knowledge (about sexuality and HIV/AIDS) amongst learners • Girls show similar career aspirations as boys • Girls empowerment in general • Positive influences on teenage pregnancy (further studies needed) • Increased knowledge on prevention against communicable diseases such as STI’s and HIV/AIDS. • Schools show high degree of ownership including buy in of communities • Nationwide rollout demanded by parliamentarians PASHA - Tanzania

  14. Way forward PASHA activities will be integrated in workplan of MoEVT national rollout as demanded by decision makers and officials of other regions and other key actors (Ruvuma and Iringa have started) Support to the MoEVT to mobilize and raise funds Identify and develop strategic partnerships Developing new and revising existing materials Documentation of best practices including essential minimal package Asantenisana! Presentation Title

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