School Age Children
This section looks at the education of orphans and other vulnerable children of school age. Another sections looks at issues affecting younger children. Other sections look in detail at access to education , HIV/AIDS and life skills education and the role of schools .
Key points about education and orphans and other vulnerable children are:
1. Education is vital to the development of children and young people in a number of ways.
2. HIV/AIDS is having serious effects on the education sector. Many teachers are sick or have died. The cost of education is also increasing because of the need to train more teachers.
3. Orphans and other vulnerable children, particularly girls, may miss out on educational opportunities. They may also not perform to their full educational potential. They may also face stigma and discrimination in school.
4. The Convention on the Rights of the Child has many implications for education. Relevant rights include the rights to equality, basic education, privacy, an environment that promoted health and access to information.
More details on these key points are available in the section on education.
Resources
Building Blocks: Asia: Education (Eng)
This is one in a series of seven 'Building Blocks: Asia' publications which seeks to explore the impact of HIV on children's education in Asia.
International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2006, PDF, 24 pages, 377 kb
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Building Blocks: Africa-wide Briefing Notes: Education (Eng)
This is one in a series of six 'Building Blocks' publications. It seeks to explore the effects that HIV has on children's education.
International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003, PDF, 17 pages, 335 kb.
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Building Blocks: Africa-wide Briefing Notes: Education (Fre)
This is one in a series of six 'Building Blocks' publications. It seeks to explore the effects that HIV has on children's education.
International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003, PDF, 24 pages, 354 kb
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Building Blocks: Africa-wide Briefing Notes: Education (Por)
This is one in a series of six 'Building Blocks' publications. It seeks to explore the effects that HIV has on children's education.
International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003, PDF, 24 pages, 354 kb.
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AIDS, Public Policy and Child Wellbeing: Chapter 12: Mitigating the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education Demand, Supply and Quality (Eng)
This document is the twelfth chapter of a major publicationand looks at the relationship between HIV/AIDS and education.
Coombe, C., UNICEF, 2002, PDF, 52 pages, 167 kb.
The Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic on the Education Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (Eng)
This is a detailed and comprehensive report of a research study carried out in 41 schools in three countries, Botswana, Malawi and Uganda. It looked at a wide range of issues relating to HIV/AIDS and education.
Bennell, P., Hyde, K. and Swainson, N., Centre for International Education, University of Sussex, 2002, PDF, 129 pages, 550 kb.
Responding to the Educational Needs of Children and Adolescents Affected by AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa (Eng)
This report documents a meeting which took place in Washington in 2001 where issues relating to education and HIV/AIDS were discussed.
Rosen, J.E., USAID/Synergy, 2001, PDF, 38 pages, 142 kb.
Education and HIV/AIDS: Ensuring Education Access for Orphans and Vulnerable Children: A Training Module (Eng)
This module has been developed for the training of key stakeholders within the education sectors of World Bank client countries, nongovernmental organizations, and church-based groups involved with interventions to benefit children orphaned by AIDS and other vulnerable children.
UNICEF/World Bank, 2005, PDF, 101 pages, 1322 kb.
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Education and HIV/AIDS: A window of hope (Eng)
This paper puts forward directions that can be used to inform the planning and implementation of programming around HIV/AIDS and education.
World Bank, 2002, PDF, 1650kb, 104 pages
