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The Education Response to HIV and AIDS- Progress. Presentation to Education Portfolio Committee 19th August 2003 Kgobati Magome, Ministry of Education. Presentation Layout. Education Response to HIV and AIDS Progress- national and provincial
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The Education Response to HIV and AIDS- Progress Presentation to Education Portfolio Committee 19th August 2003 Kgobati Magome, Ministry of Education
Presentation Layout • Education Response to HIV and AIDS • Progress- national and provincial • New Projects- per focus Area of Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) • Conclusion
The Education Response to HIV and AIDS • System-wide response to HIV and AIDS • Across the GET, FET and Higher Education Bands • The three focus areas: • Limiting the spread of HIV among all, particularly young people • Providing social support to educators and learners • Managing the impact of AIDS on the education service and the delivery of education to all • Focus on nodal areas for 2003/4 , reflected in MTSF
National Progress- HIV/AIDS and the system • Support to provinces to develop provincial strategic plans in line with the MTSF; establish adequately staffed HIV and AIDS Units • HIV and AIDS Strategic Planning Support provided to LP, EC, MP and WC. Other provinces scheduled • An HIV and AIDS Directorate established at national • Provinces have followed- NC, GP, MP, EC have continued to strengthen capacities to respond • Report on the determinants of demand and supply of educators based in schools and FET colleges • Study commissioned and funded by the ELRC • Information on current health status, attrition- causes and analysis • Policies reviewed in the light of reports
National Progress • HIV and AIDS programmes in all 35 HEd institutions • Focus on research, peer education, curriculum integration, Voluntary Counselling and Testing, workplace • Teacher Programme • Working group established as part of the Higher Ed HIV and AIDS programme-Schools of Education,Ministerial task team,SAUVCA,CTP • Main task is to develop an HIV and AIDS curriculum framework for the training of teachers, both at PRESET and INSET.
National Progress • The involvement of SGBs in school-based HIV/AIDS programmes • Communities critical for an enabling and supportive environment to behaviour change • Resource guides to assist SGBs with the development of HIV and AIDS responses that are specific to the context of each school community • One resource guide each for parents, SGBs/SMTs, and provincial planners/district managers • Transfer of funds to schools to enable response at primary level of impact -mainly Sec. 21 schools • To be launched during School AIDS week in September 2003
Provincial Progress • HIV and AIDS a strategic priority for all provinces.-reflected in strategic plans. • Existing provincial programmes focus on: • Curriculum-based Life Skills and HIV/AIDS programme, funded through Conditional grant. • Workplace programme, operating within departments’ employee assistance programmes • Inter-branch committees to develop integrated responses to HIV and AIDS. Members of the committee include representation from all Branches and Directorates.
Curriculum-based Lifeskills and HIV/AIDS programme • Is the core of Government National Integrated Plan(NIP) for children, and absorbs 50% of the total allocation to the three Departments-DsD, DoH and DoE • Programme has focussed mainly on training of teachers, development and procurement of LSM, implementation at school level
Funds allocated to LSM • Emphasis on Relevance, use and Distribution of LSM
OVERALL EXPENDITURE BY PROVINCE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2002/2003
Expenditure • Expenditure improved substantially as capacity, planning and management improved • Over-expenditure mainly due to administrative errors
Implementation levels per province • FS, NW, GP and WC conducted process evaluation to determine implementation levels • Estimates for remaining provinces self-reported
Conditional Grant-Summary of progress • 55 000 teachers trained to facilitate life skills and sexuality education to date • Production of age appropriate learner material has continued • Emphasis on development of Learner Support Material for learners with special needs- in Braille • Implementation in +/- 60% of schools nationwide- fruits evident, as reported by Nelson Mandela/HSRC study • Assessments in provinces indicate improvements in implementation,management,expenditure
Workplace Programmes • Most provinces are implementing some form of a workplace programme • Need to review to ensure compliance with the regulations to the Public Service Act of 1994. • In terms of these, the DG of a department needs to ensure the implementation of HIV and AIDS workplace programmes within a framework set by the regulations
Limiting the spread of HIV-for learners/students- New and Continuing Projects • Life skills and HIV/AIDS teacher training completed in all provinces- Although challenges experienced • Peer education in all schools • National gender and power programme targeting boys, including the Girls Education Movement • Life Orientation learning area reflecting HIV/AIDS in ABET and FET curricula • Relevant learner and teacher support materials for ABET, FET and Higher Ed.
Provision of support -for learners • Identification system, first level counseling • Compliance with the South African Schools Act-Ensuring that children stay in school, Exemption from school fees • School-based integrated counselling and support service- involving the DSD, DoH, SGBs and communities • District counselling and support services accessible to schools • Plan for continued provision of education to the infected and affected- e.g home schooling etc.
Limiting the spread of HIV-for educators • PRESET and INSET modules on HIV/AIDS and life skills • Context-specific workplace programme in all schools- in progress with ELRC • National programme for peer educators on HIV/AIDS; and basic counselling- Resource Guides near completion • Condom distribution for educators • A media campaign to communicate key messages on HIV and AIDS to educators
Provision of support- for educators • School workplace policy for educators- Review underway within ELRC • School-based first level counseling support • Cluster-based referral centres –linking with VCT centres in district
Conclusion • Programme has made significant gains • Policies and programmes are sound, implementation needs strengthening • Dedicated capacity does make a difference, has made a difference • Work on strengthening support and monitoring is continuing • Need to consolidate care responses- for learners and educators