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THE Ministry of Education and Peace Corps HIV and AIDS prevention and control programme ‘YES’ – Youth Educators Safeguarding Our Work Force – is currently being implemented in 36 primary and secondary schools across Guyana. This was disclosed yesterday by Ministry of Education, HIV & AIDS Prevention and Control Coordinator, Janelle Sweatnam, in a telephone interview with the Guyana Chronicle.
Sweatnam stated that so far students in these schools have been responding well to the programme, which began on Monday, January 28, 2013.
She also noted that while the programme is set to be implemented in Grades 5, 6 and 9 classrooms, the Grade 6 classrooms are currently being excluded to allow the students to prepare for the upcoming National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).
Sweatnam related that very shortly there will be an end-of-term review when the volunteers would meet to do an assessment of the programme for the past term.
This programme was launched last November, and sees 41 volunteer youth educators going into classrooms countrywide to educate students about HIV and AIDS.
These youth educators have made a commitment of one academic year of voluntary service, and were placed at various schools based on requests by them, and according to the areas in which they live and work.
They will spend one hour per week at the school to which they are assigned, taking with them manuals and other materials including teaching aids.
These 41 young men and women completed a one-week training programme last November, and some of the sessions included the basics of HIV and AIDS, what a youth educator is, how to be an effective and proficient youth educator, and hands-on experience in both primary and secondary schools.
They also received a package which includes secondary and primary school manuals and guidebooks, which will take them through various lessons that cover a broad range of topics, including information about HIV and AIDS, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).
Sweatnam stated that so far students in these schools have been responding well to the programme, which began on Monday, January 28, 2013.
She also noted that while the programme is set to be implemented in Grades 5, 6 and 9 classrooms, the Grade 6 classrooms are currently being excluded to allow the students to prepare for the upcoming National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).
Sweatnam related that very shortly there will be an end-of-term review when the volunteers would meet to do an assessment of the programme for the past term.
This programme was launched last November, and sees 41 volunteer youth educators going into classrooms countrywide to educate students about HIV and AIDS.
These youth educators have made a commitment of one academic year of voluntary service, and were placed at various schools based on requests by them, and according to the areas in which they live and work.
They will spend one hour per week at the school to which they are assigned, taking with them manuals and other materials including teaching aids.
These 41 young men and women completed a one-week training programme last November, and some of the sessions included the basics of HIV and AIDS, what a youth educator is, how to be an effective and proficient youth educator, and hands-on experience in both primary and secondary schools.
They also received a package which includes secondary and primary school manuals and guidebooks, which will take them through various lessons that cover a broad range of topics, including information about HIV and AIDS, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).
