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HIV prevalence rate under control in tertiary institutions
09 Jun 2015 at 11:51hrs | Views
THE HIV prevalence rate at higher institutions of learning around the country is being kept under control by several intervention measures introduced by government, a director in the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development told Parliament yesterday.
Air Commodore Ivan Dumba made the claims when he appeared before the Parliamentary Thematic Committee on HIV and Aids where he said although he did not have detailed statistics on how HIV and Aids was affecting students at tertiary institutions and universities due to confidentiality issues, awareness programmes had made a significant impact in the fight against the spread of the HIV virus.
He said as part of its contribution to the HIV and Aids national response, the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry introduced the general course on HIV and Aids as part of technical, vocational and teacher education curricula in 1994.
Tertiary Education (Polytechnics) director John Dewah also told the committee that although most colleges had embraced HIV and Aids in their curricula, the subject was not examinable, resulting in most students not taking up the course.
Air Commodore Ivan Dumba made the claims when he appeared before the Parliamentary Thematic Committee on HIV and Aids where he said although he did not have detailed statistics on how HIV and Aids was affecting students at tertiary institutions and universities due to confidentiality issues, awareness programmes had made a significant impact in the fight against the spread of the HIV virus.
Tertiary Education (Polytechnics) director John Dewah also told the committee that although most colleges had embraced HIV and Aids in their curricula, the subject was not examinable, resulting in most students not taking up the course.
Source - newsday
