School Adolescent Life Skill Education Programme (SALSEP)

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Background

            Maharashtra has been the leader in the field of School AIDS Prevention Education Programmes in India. Implemented in Mumbai since 1993, and supported by the Mumbai Districts AIDS Control Society, the program has reached out to approximately1350 secondary schools till date. The Mumbai State AIDS Control Society supported the training of teachers and implementation of the program in all zones in Mumbai till 2005. UNICEF has been actively involved in various aspects, including design of curriculum, materials development and implementation of the School AIDS Prevention Education program since its inception.

It is proposed that the programme to be henceforth known as the

SCHOOL ADOLESCENCE LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION PROGRAMME

Key partners:

State Education Department

SCERT

State Health Department

Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society (MSACS)

Mumbai Districts AIDS Control Society (MDACS)                     

UNICEF

NCERT

Partner NGOs in respective districts 

School Adolescent Life Skill Education Programme will:

1. Provide adequate information to young people in school on adolescence and growing up;
2. Make available basic facts on HIV /AIDS transmission and methods of prevention while also addressing myths and misconceptions.
3. Reinforce existing positive behaviour and instill life skills that enables young people protect themselves
4. Develop and encourage positive attitudes towards HIV /AIDS and those living with HIV /AIDS
5. Act as a springboard to reach young people out of school.

Components of the Programme

       Growing Up

   HIV / AIDS

   Drug Abuse 

   Life Skills

   Gender

   Values

Target Group

• Students from IX & XI stds

Three broad focus areas – State 

• -Students sessions & programme in school
• -Curriculum / content revision & inclusion
• -Curriculum & Training in BEd / DEd colleges  

Steps in Implementation

1. State Task Force for the School Adolescence Life Skills Education programme has been formalized.

The Task Force is under the chairmanship of the Secretary of Education, the other members are representatives from the Education Department, namely, the Director of SCERT, Director of Primary Education, Director of Secondary Education, Textbook Bureau, Members of the Population Education Cell, MSACS, MDACS, UNICEF, State Health Department, key partner NGOs in each focus district.

2. Formation of a Working Group on the School Life Skills program at Mumbai.

To ensure smooth functioning of the program in Mumbai, including proper and good monitoring and evaluation, it is essential to constitute a Working group for Mumbai. This would have representatives of the Education Department, namely, the Deputy Director, the 3 Educational Inspectors, Representatives from the teacher training colleges, BMC Public Health Department, M.O. Schools department, ABE, ICSE, CBSE, NSS, MDACS and UNICEF.

Role of the working group:

1.      The working group must meet quarterly to monitor all activities related to the school program in Mumbai.

2.       The working group will serve as the nodal point to coordinate the school program in Mumbai, which includes liaison with the SRG and DRG for training and monitoring. At all times, working with the Education department for implementation in schools and school activities must be ensured for sustainability.

3.      All strategy implementation plans and follow up actions need to be first discussed at the working group meeting.

3. State Resource Group (SRG) for Mumbai:  Approximately, 20 persons will constitute the SRG for Mumbai. These persons will be the master trainers team as well as officials from the Education department, and NGO representatives who have undergone 5 days residential training at Pune, between the dates, 17^th august to 11^th September. Persons from the BMC Health Department – M.O. Schools, the Education dept, teacher training institutes, and NGOs have been included in the SRG for Mumbai.

4. District Resource Group (DRG) for Mumbai: The DRG will be created for each zone, namely, North, South and West. Each DRG member will be responsible for 10 schools; the number of schools in that zone will determine the strength of the DRG. 1 DRG member shall be responsible for 10 schools. The DRG members will include representatives from the Education Department (the Deputy Education Inspector, faculty from teacher training institutes, the BEd College Extension Service Centre faculty, Social work colleges, Medical colleges, Local NGOs and any other resource persons in the zone).

5. Advocacy meetings for Mumbai: Prior to the implementation of the program in schools, advocacy meetings will be held at every zone. Key stakeholders from the zone will attend the meeting. This will ensure their involvement and will help in smooth functioning of the program.

6. DRG selection and training: This will be done by the SRG members after the advocacy meeting. Persons with time and commitment will be included in the DRG. The DRG members will undergo 5 days training, similar to the SRG. This training will be conducted according to mediums. It is proposed to have one training each in English, Hindi and Marathi with 40 persons attending each training.

7. HM sensitization: The HM sensitization will be done ward wise in collaboration with the Education department. All the HMs shall be called for a one-day sensitization meeting. The DRG members will conduct this meeting.

8. Nodal Teacher Training: It is proposed to train 2 teachers per secondary school in the district. These teachers will be selected by the Head masters (hence the need for proper orientation of the HMs) and will attend 3 days training workshop conducted by the members of the DRG at the ward level. However, as Mumbai has achieved 91% coverage, the teachers shall be called back for 3 days, however, these will be enrichment sessions / training. Topics like counseling skills, gender issues. Leadership roles, providing a safe space for young people, creating youth networks, doing community outreach work, networking etc shall be taken.

9. Parents meeting: This will be done at the school level. Each school will conduct a parents meeting prior to starting the programme for the students. The HM and the trained nodal teacher shall conduct the parents meeting, with support from the DRG and the SRG.

10. Students’ activities: The nodal teachers in their respective schools will conduct the two sessions on growing up and HIV /AIDS, and the co curricular activities. The monitoring will be done by the DRG (Each DRG member is responsible for 10 schools). Reports will be prepared by the nodal teacher and handed to the DRG member who will then hand it over to the SRG. The coordinated reports of the ward (compiled at the Education Inspector’s zonal office) will then be sent to MDACS and also to the State Education Department.

Skills Development - Activities

• Question Box
• Value Clarification
• Case Studies
• Group Discussion
• Role Plays
• Debate
• Posters
• Painting

11. Monitoring  (Flow of Reports)

	Deputy Education Inspector --- Ward

	Office of Education Inspector ---- Zone

	Office of Dy. Director of Education --- Region

 

			Office of Education Secretary
								SCERT

 

			Ministry of HRD
	NACO

 

Update till 2006

Zone wise Update

Update of night School Peer educator

Photo- gallery of activites