Education Sector Global HIV & AIDS Readiness Survey 2004: Policy Implications for Education and Development, The

Compiled by The UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Education, The Education Sector Global HIV & AIDS Readiness Survey 2004: Policy Implications for Education and Development is an assessment of the capacity of Ministries of Education (MoEs) in 71 countries and civil society organisations in 18 countries to manage and mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS. The report is based on two surveys - the Global Readiness Survey (GRS) of 71 MoEs was conducted by the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division’s (HEARD) Mobile Task Team on the 'Impact of HIV and AIDS on Education', and the 'Civil Society Survey' (CSS) of 18 civil society country interactions was conducted by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE). The surveys and report were designed to help participating countries better understand the impact of HIV and AIDS on education, identify key problems and omissions in their response to date, and guide future planning and programming. They also provide a benchmark from which to measure future responses, and aim to serve as a learning and advocacy process for the education sectors involved. Based on self-reported assessments, this document sets out to identify and synthesise key issues arising from MoEs and civil society about:

• Ministry of education HIV and AIDS structures
• Enabling environment for an effective response to HIV and AIDS
• HIV and AIDS mainstreaming
• Workplace issues and human resources
• Workplace HIV and AIDS programmes
• HIV and AIDS and the curriculum
• Responses aimed at those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS
• Partnership development in response to HIV and AIDS
• Research guiding the response to HIV and AIDS in the education sector

The report identifies both challenges and opportunities and concludes by providing a number of recommendations designed to influence future responses in the education sector.