While the Manual is intended primarily for the faculty of teacher education programs and their students, it is also a tool for education planners, school administrators and teachers who can use it for short training programs and courses offered by Government and Non-Government organizations.

After having piloted the Manual in Indonesia, it will be adapted in the different Asia Pacific countries such as Nepal, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Lao PDR.

“This UNESCO Teacher Education Manual on HIV and AIDS Prevention and Response is specially designed for educators in the Philippines. Let us continue our mission of spreading knowledge on the issues of HIV and AIDS as part of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development,” declared UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines Secretary-General Ambassador Preciosa S. Soliven.

For details and complete manuscript of the UNESCO Teacher Education Manual on HIV Prevention and Response Philippine Pilot Version.

For related materials entitled UNESCO HIV Preventive Education Information Kit for Filipino Teachers Philippine Pilot Version.

Related News Report

NatCom hosts sub-regional HIV-AIDS workshop

A Sub-Regional Workshop on Expanding Teacher Education on HIV and AIDS was held on February 14 – 15 in Manila which was organized by UNESCO Jakarta for key stakeholders from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Timor-Leste on improving teacher education on HIV prevention and response. The workshop was hosted by the Philippines National Commission for UNESCO and supported by the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Bureau for Education in Bangkok and IDP Norway. The Philippine Pilot Version of the UNESCO Teacher Education Manual on HIV and AIDS Prevention and Response as well as the Philippine Compendium on Conventions and Laws Guaranteeing All the Children the Equal Right to a Quality Education in an Inclusive Setting were also launched during the event.

The 35 participants representing the Ministries of Education, Ministries of Health, Teacher Education Institutions, Schools and UN agencies in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Timor-Leste made the following recommendations to Higher Education Authorities and Teacher Education Institutions in the ASEAN member countries:

1) Include information about HIV and AIDS in the orientation materials distributed to all students at time of university entrance/enrolment; 2) Integrate HIV and AIDS in the curricula of all core education subjects; 3) Conduct research on knowledge and attitude among school, college and university students related to HIV and AIDS; 4) Develop in-service training programmes on HIV prevention and response education; 5) Provide manuals and materials on HIV and AIDS in local languages; 6) Require all teachers to complete a course on HIV and AIDS before being credited and/or employed by schools; 7) Involve political, religious and indigenous leaders in HIV prevention and response initiatives; 8) Develop community outreach programmes on HIV prevention and response; 9). Include the 1 December World AIDS Day in the Annual University Calendar to promote awareness on HIV prevention and response; 10) Create exhibitions, information and resource corners on HIV awareness on campus - especially during graduation and orientation weeks.

Source:http://www.eenet.org.uk/reg_networking/EENET_Asia_Newsletter%205_English.pdf