AIDS threat to education

NOW that HIV/AIDS has found its way into our schools, the education sector is seriously under threat. However, schools are also an effective tool in the fight to establish an environment where people living with HIV are well-supported and new infections are prevented.
Schools play a major role in shaping the attitudes, opinions and (perhaps most importantly) the behaviours of young people.
Today’s generation of school children are born into a world where AIDS is a harsh, unavoidable reality, a situation that their time at school can help them to prepare for.
As well as providing an environment in which people can be educated about AIDS, schools often act as a centre-point for community discussion and activity; as such, they can be a vital tool in monitoring the epidemic and co-ordinating a response to it.
AIDS is one of the most serious challenges currently facing the education system of our country today. The damaging effect that AIDS is having on schools is, in turn, aggravating the epidemic itself in a vicious cycle.
Without education, AIDS would continue its rampant spread. With AIDS out of control, education will be out of reach.

Gazebo Yakz
Madang

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