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 FSGPKZNNWNCWCLPECMP R’000 Funds allocated Funds Spent

OVERALL EXPENDITURE BY PROVINCE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2002/2003 PROVINCEALLOCATION ACTUAL EXPENDITURE % SPENT PER ALLOCATION R’000 EC27,23811,16340,98 FS9,07210,083111,14 GP17,71217,61399,44 KZN31,82430,40395,53 LP22,61323,906105,72 MP10,51213,449127,94 NC2,7382,854104,24 NW11,5209,45282,05 WC11,37619,005140,69 TOTAL

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 FSGPKZNNWNCWCLPECMP Percentage of schools implementing

Conditional Grant-Summary of progress 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 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