The impact of HIV on education: meeting the challenge
Published by: UNESCO, 2006
Via: Eldis
This booklet from UNESCO provides an overview of why HIV and AIDS are important issues for the education sector and identifies the major weaknesses in current policies. It also identifies key areas where further research is needed to fill evidence gaps that are preventing the development of an effective response to this challenge. The booklet presents evidence form southern African countries to show that HIV is affecting the demand for, the supply and quality of education. HIV increases absenteeism as children have to drop out of school when they fall sick, or when families affected by HIV cannot afford to financially support their children’s education
There are a number of strategic steps that need to be taken on this issue. These include building the capacity of education ministries so they can respond effectively, advocacy on behalf of the education sector and the development of new personnel polices and systems. The response to the impact of HIV on education needs to be specific to different contexts, and it needs to be supported by evidence. The booklet recommends the establishment of systems to collect accurate data and highlights a number of key areas where research is needed. In particular it points to an urgent need to gather evidence of the affect of HIV on teachers, to monitor illness and death among teachers and to ensure that affected teachers have access to treatment.
(http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001461/146121e.pdf)
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