CLASS: HSCI 225
LECTURER: DR. J. MEME
GROUP 5 A MEMBERS MICHAEL NDERITU | COM-1-3376-3/2010 | MARVIN MWANGI MBURU | BIT-1-3605-2/2012 | GAMA DAVID JOSEPH | CUT-1-4243-3/2010 |
QUESTION: Discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS on education.
CONTENTS 1.) Introduction.
2.) Discussion.
i.) loss of professionals to the effects of HIV and AIDS ii) Funds channeled to combat effects of HIV and AIDS on education in Kenya iii) High dropout rates to the effects of HIV and AIDS on education iv) The introduction of HIV and AIDS as a unit on the Kenyan syllabus
v) Stigmatizations caused by the effects of HIV and AIDS on education in Kenya 3.) Conclusion
4.) References
INTRODUCTION
Our paper will try to tackle on how the HIV and AIDS epidemic has ravaged and significantly had an impact on the education sector by closely looking at a few fields namely; loss of professionals, high dropout rates, stigmatization, Education fund diversion to HIV/AIDS etc.
We will also delve into how being stigmatized will affect anyone trying to acquire an education. The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS had and is still having an increasingly adverse effect on the operations and efficiency of many government ministries and agencies as well as on employee’s families. These effects are not only confined to any one ministry, they spread across all sectors and can be discerned at all levels. Loses of persons to HIV/AIDS have been most evident in the education and health sectors as workers in this sector are critical in maintaining public welfare and contributing to long term developmental activities in the country.
HIV/AIDS and education have an intricate circular relationship, as the epidemic intensifies it exerts negative effects on the performance of the education sector such as poor performance of the education sector, school
References: 4. Rau, B. (2004). HIV/AIDS and the Public sector 5