Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 7445
Country/Region: Kenya
Year: 2008
Main Partner: Academy for Educational Development
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $500,000

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $400,000

THIS IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITY. THE NARRATIVE IS UNCHANGED EXCEPT FOR UPDATED

REFERENCES TO TARGETS AND BUDGETS.

The only changes to the program since approval in the 2007 COP are:

• Academy for Educational Development has been competitively selected to implement the activity

1. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

The Kenya Ministry of Education (MOE) recently completed their second year of implementing the Kenya

Education Sector Support Program (KESSP) in which one of the objectives is to implement the AIDS policy

for the education sector including training teachers to implement the HIV/AIDS syllabus in schools. AIDS is

a major challenge to all the sectors of Kenyan society. In the education sector, the epidemic has severely

affected quality, access, equity, supply and demand for education, thus reversing the gains made in the

sector in the last ten years. Every Kenyan household is either affected or infected by the epidemic, and this

affects individuals physically and psychologically. Strengthening the sector's capacity to respond to the

epidemic will require a review of the policy on HIV/AIDS and curricula for various categories of educational

institutions (primary, secondary, vocational/technical and non-formal education) in collaboration with the

Kenya Institute for Education. MOE will need to initiate skills-based training relevant to AIDS in pre-service

teacher training programs. One of the prospective partners in this activity is the Kenya Education Staff

Institute (KESI) which is being assisted by USAID to become a center of excellence for teacher training.

This activity will fund the development of curricula for pre-service teacher training to be used eventually in

all diploma and certificate teacher training colleges as well as the production of the same. First-year

students will be targeted, with the expectation of training a total of 12,000 teacher trainees per year

(approximately 600 per college), once the curriculum is available and all institutions are participating. In

2007 we trained 6,000 teacher trainees who will take a second-year course in 2008 while the other 6000 will

be starting their first-year course. (In 2009 the first 6000 teacher trainees will have graduated and begun to

reach students in their assigned schools.) The trained teachers will each be expected to work with two in-

service teachers during their teaching practice sessions, bringing the number reached to 24,000 teachers.

As the "Education Sector Policy for HIV and AIDS" will be one of the materials used in the course, the cost

of reproduction of this booklet will also be covered. Behavior change sensitization programs for

communities, teachers, and personnel will help address HIV/AIDS in the education sector. Using a life skills

approach as part of the school health program, sensitization will help build the capacity of teachers to

address HIV/AIDS and substance abuse in educational institutions. Guidance and counseling services in

educational institutions will be strengthened to help those suffering from stigma and trauma associated with

HIV/AIDS.

2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA

This is one of the activities that contributes to the promotion of abstinence, being faithful and behavior

change practices among youth.

3. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES

This activity carries forward previously approved activities in the 2007 COP listed under "APHIA II TBD." It

will build on the 2007 activity with KIE to update and reproduce the Life Skills curriculum. The program

directly responds to the AIDS policy for the education sector which was developed with the Mobile Task

Team using 2004 PEPFAR funding, and the development of the District Education Management and

Monitoring Information System. The program will complement the in-service teacher training being carried

out by CfBT. With the inclusion of the AIDS policy in the pre-service teaching curriculum, this activity will

strengthen the in-service training of teachers at the worksite through all seven APHIA II regional projects.

This activity also links with OP (xxxx) and OHPS activities (#xxxx) with all regional APHIA projects.

4. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED

The populations which will be directly affected include teacher trainees and indirectly their future students.

5. KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES

Messages will address gender norms and behaviors as well as stigma and discrimination. This is a wrap

around in the education sector.

6. EMPHASIS AREAS

The major emphasis is on human resource development with minor emphases on information, education

and communication as well as policy and guidelines.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $100,000

THIS IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITY. THE NARRATIVE IS UNCHANGED EXCEPT FOR UPDATED

REFERENCES TO TARGETS AND BUDGETS.

The only changes to the program since approval in the 2007 COP are:

+ Academy for Educational Development has been competitively selected to implement the activity

1. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

The Kenya Ministry of Education (MOE) recently completed their second year of implementing the Kenya

Education Sector Support Program (KESSP) in which one of the objectives is to implement the AIDS policy

for the education sector including training teachers to implement the HIV/AIDS syllabus in schools. AIDS is

a major challenge to all the sectors of Kenyan society. In the education sector, the epidemic has severely

affected quality, access, equity, supply and demand for education, thus reversing the gains made in the

sector in the last ten years. Every Kenyan household is either affected or infected by the epidemic, and this

affects individuals physically and psychologically. Strengthening the sector's capacity to respond to the

epidemic will require a review of the policy on HIV/AIDS and curricula for various categories of educational

institutions (primary, secondary, vocational/technical and non-formal education) in collaboration with the

Kenya Institute for Education. MOE will need to initiate skills-based training relevant to AIDS in pre-service

teacher training programs. One of the prospective partners in this activity is the Kenya Education Staff

Institute (KESI) which is being assisted by USAID to become a center of excellence for teacher training.

This activity will fund the development of curricula for pre-service teacher training to be used eventually in

all diploma and certificate teacher training colleges as well as the production of the same. In 2007 we

trained 6,000 teacher trainees who will take a second-year course in 2008 while the other 6,000 will be

starting their first-year course. (In 2009 the first 6,000 teacher trainees will have graduated and begun to

reach students in their assigned schools.) The trained teachers will each be expected to work with two in-

service teachers during their teaching practice sessions, bringing the number reached to 24,000 teachers.

As the "Education Sector Policy for HIV and AIDS" will be one of the materials used in the course, the cost

of reproduction of this booklet will also be covered. Behavior change sensitization programs for

communities, teachers, and personnel will help address HIV/AIDS in the education sector. Using a life skills

approach as part of the school health program, sensitization will help build the capacity of teachers to

address HIV/AIDS and substance abuse in educational institutions. Guidance and counseling services in

educational institutions will be strengthened to help those suffering from stigma and trauma associated with

HIV/AIDS.

2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA

This is one of the activities that contributes to the promotion of abstinence, being faithful and behavior

change practices among youth.

3. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES

This activity carries forward previously approved activities in the 2007 COP programmed for OP. It will build

on the 2007 activity with KIE to update and reproduce the Life Skills curriculum. The program directly

responds to the AIDS policy for the education sector which was developed with the Mobile Task Team using

2004 PEPFAR funding, and the development of the District Education Management and Monitoring

Information System. The program will complement the in-service teacher training being carried out by CfBT.

With the inclusion of the AIDS policy in the pre-service teaching curriculum, this activity will strengthen the

in-service training of teachers at the worksite through all seven APHIA II regional projects. This activity also

links with AB (xxxx) and OHPS activities (#xxxx) with all regional APHIA projects.

4. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED

The populations which will be directly affected include teacher trainees and indirectly their future students.

5. KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES

Messages will address gender norms and behaviors as well as stigma and discrimination. This is a wrap

around in the education sector.

6. EMPHASIS AREAS

The major emphasis is on human resource development with minor emphases on information, education

and communication as well as policy and guidelines.