Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the extend to which the National Policy on
HIV & AIDS is managed in secondary schools of the Hebron/Klipgat circuit in the
North West Province.
The research study indicated that the understanding of the HIV & AIDS epidemic
by learners will in some ways help in preventing them from being infected. It also
indicated that educators, parents and the community are all in the dark regarding
programmes and all the information dealing with HIV & AIDS.
Research findings revealed that the high schools of Hebron/Klipgat circuit
(Hebron Technical and Commercial, Micha-Kgasi and Mmamotshe) do not
implement the policy on HIV & AIDS education. The principals in all these
schools acknowledge that they have the policy in their school and some of them
indicated that they are being implemented were as according to the people being
interviewed, they are not.
The research study also indicated that learners, educators, SMTs and SGBs all
suggested that the policy on HIV & AIDS education should definitely be
implemented in schools. This will help in reducing the high death rate which
results from HIV & AIDS related diseases.
This research recommended that the education ministry should send
representatives to schools in order to check if the learners are being educated
about HIV & AIDS on a regular basis.
Dr. P.J. Du Plessis