Local relevance
In Zimbabwe The The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) has recently launched the ‘Life Skills, Sexuality, HIV and AIDS Education Strategic Plan 2012-2015’ which is to implement programmes on HIV prevention, care, support and treatment within the school environment. Throughout the duration of this project MoPSE have shown a keen interested in the research, hence leading to eventually co-hosting a national level disseminating event in Harare in February 2014. The research findings were received as crucial information contributing with a comprehensive understanding of possibilities and challenges for implementing the strategy on the ground in Zimbabwe:
“Very, very exciting and
interesting… This research will help us to inform of challenges and
realities on the ground – to help implementation of the strategy [Life Skills, Sexuality, HIV and AIDS Education Strategic Plan
2012-2015]
Ms. Nyanunungo, Principal Director, MoPSE