Education
Students To Form Anti-HIV/AIDS Clubs In Schools
As part of effort to check the trend of HIV/AIDS in schools, the Rivers State Government has mapped out strategies to form anti-HIV/AIDS clubs in primary and secondary schools in the state.
Speaking to The Tide during a stakeholders meeting organised by the Rivers State Agency for the Control of AIDS, (RIVSACA) in Port Harcourt, the HIV/AIDS Desk Officer of the State Ministry of Education, Mrs Joy Joseph said the move became necessary in view of the increasing number of people contracting HIV/AIDS in the state. She said that the education sector has plans to not only incorporate HIV/AIDS in school curricula, but to also establish anti-HIV/AIDS clubs to facilitate dissemination of information on the pandemic in secondary schools in the state.
According to her, the establishment of anti-HIV/AIDS clubs in schools would go a long way in developing the skills and knowledge of students in HIV/AIDS response.
Joseph noted that about 49 teachers were trained on Family Life HIV/AIDS Implementation (FLHAI), in 2009.
The essence of the training, according to her, was for the trainer to step down the training on FLHAI in their various schools so that teachers that are trained would be knowledgeable enough to sensitize students effectively.
This year, “we have plans to also include the Model Primary Schools so that every students and pupils in the state will be knowledgeable on HIV/AIDS issues adding that the prevalence state of HIV/AIDS has increased from 5.2% in 2005 to 7.3% in 2008, according to the recent sentinel survey in the state.
She noted that the sudden increase of HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the state would be as a result of more people coming out to access care and support due to increased awareness.
She, however, enjoined parents to ascertain their children’s HIV/AIDS Status in the state.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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