Planned Instruction - Curriculum/Mandatory Instruction
8.2.1 Planned Instruction - Curriculum/Mandatory Instruction
Education respondents were asked to describe the mandatory or required curriculum that relate to HIV/AIDS, STD and sexuality. The policies for this have already been described earlier in this paper but are recalled here as follows:
Education respondents were also asked questions about the mandatory nature of health education, sex education and other curricula. The following chart describes their responses. (Note: School principals were asked only about the grade levels in their school related to this study). The declining level of mandatory instruction reported by the different level of respondents within the school system indicate that health education, sex education and HIV education curricula may not be implemented as documented in curriculum documents distributed by the ministry.
For example, almost all education ministries report that health education is mandatory up grade nine or ten. Only three-quarters of school districts describe health education as mandatory and only about half of school principals describe health education as being required.
Figure 125
Mandatory Instruction
| Grade | Is Health Education Mandatory? | Is Sex Education Mandatory? | Is HIV/AIDS Education Mandatory? | ||||||
MOE-7 |
SD-8 |
SP-10 |
MOE-7 |
SD-8 |
SP-10 |
MOE-7 |
SD-8 |
SP-10 |
|
| 3 | 100.0 |
74.1 |
na |
27.3 |
38.2 |
na |
9.1 |
8.4 |
na |
| 4 | 100.0 |
73.1 |
na |
45.5 |
43.1 |
na |
9.1 |
8.4 |
na |
| 5 | 100.0 |
74.1 |
na |
54.5 |
50.3 |
na |
27.3 |
12.2 |
na |
| 6 | 81.8 |
72.1 |
na |
54.5 |
51.7 |
na |
54.5 |
21.4 |
na |
| 7 | 100.0 |
74.7 |
50.8 |
72.7 |
65.8 |
35.2 |
72.7 |
56.7 |
35.2 |
| 8 | 81.8 |
75.7 |
54.1 |
54.5 |
68.7 |
39.3 |
72.7 |
63.9 |
39.3 |
| 9 | 100.0 |
71.3 |
48.4 |
72.7 |
64.1 |
39.3 |
90.0 |
64.8 |
40.2 |
| 10 | 45.5 |
36.7 |
22.1 |
36.4 |
29.4 |
18.0 |
54.5 |
30.5 |
19.7 |
| 11 | 36.4 |
28.3 |
13.9 |
27.3 |
27.5 |
9.8 |
36.4 |
25.1 |
13.1 |
| 12 | 18.2 |
19.9 |
na |
18.2 |
21.2 |
na |
9.1 |
22.3 |
na |
That same question was asked to determine if HIV/AIDS was covered in other mandatory curricula such as physical education, family studies and science. The results are as follows:
Figure 126
HIV in Other Mandatory Courses
| Grade | Is HIV covered in mandatory phys.ed. courses? | Is HIV/AIDS covered in mandatory family studies courses? | Is HIV/AIDS covered by other mandatory subjects? | ||||||
MOE |
SD |
SP |
MOE |
SD |
SP |
MOE |
SD |
SP |
|
| 3 | 0.0 |
2.4 |
na |
0.0 |
2.5 |
na |
9.1 |
13.3 |
na |
| 4 | 0.0 |
3.9 |
na |
0.0 |
2.4 |
na |
9.1 |
11.8 |
na |
| 5 | 0.0 |
3.9 |
na |
0.0 |
3.4 |
na |
9.1 |
15.2 |
na |
| 6 | 0.0 |
3.9 |
na |
0.0 |
5.2 |
na |
18.2 |
16.2 |
na |
| 7 | 0.0 |
24.0 |
13.1 |
0.0 |
16.0 |
10.6 |
9.1 |
19.9 |
11.5 |
| 8 | 0.0 |
26.5 |
18.0 |
0.0 |
18.4 |
10.6 |
9.1 |
23.9 |
15.6 |
| 9 | 0.0 |
37.8 |
26.2 |
0.0 |
15.9 |
15.6 |
18.2 |
25.9 |
11.5 |
| 10 | 27.3 |
18.9 |
14.8 |
0.0 |
10.2 |
9.8 |
27.3 |
25.6 |
10.7 |
| 11 | 9.1 |
11.9 |
6.6 |
0.0 |
14.7 |
9.0 |
27.3 |
29.3 |
12.3 |
| 12 | 0.0 |
8.9 |
na |
0.0 |
13.7 |
na |
36.4 |
19.3 |
na |
Education respondents were also asked if parents can choose to exempt their children from HIV/AIDS, STD and sexuality education.
Figure 127
| Parents can Exempt Child from Sex Ed | MOE-8 |
SD-9 |
SP-10 |
| Yes | 90.1 |
82 |
82.6 |
School principals were also asked
(SP-12) how many parents chose to exempt their child from sexuality education. On average 1.4% of parents exempted their child from this type of instruction.