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Original Research Article

Influence of instructional facilities on teaching of life skills on HIV/AIDS in secondary schools in Gucha South District, Kenya

Francis Abobo

Doctorate Student, Department of Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, School of Education, Kenyatta University

E-mail: abobofrancis@yahoo.com
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Accepted May 19, 2015

Abstract

Despite the introduction of Life Skills on HIV and AIDS in all learning institutions in 2008, there are still cases of irresponsible sexual behaviour, teenage pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections/diseases (STIs and STDs spread of HIV and AIDS infection among the young people. Barriers such as stigma and discrimination in addressing the HIV and AIDS pandemic. Until then, little was known as to why life skills on HIV and AIDS lessons has not reduced the rising rate of these irresponsible behaviour among the adolescent. However, blame has been made on inadequacy of instructional facilities in schools to enable teachers deliver life skills lesson successfully in classrooms. Unfortunately, little is known about the influence of instructional facilities on the teaching and learning of life skills on HIV and AIDS in secondary schools. The purpose of this study therefore, was to describe how instructional facilities influence teaching of life skills on HIV and AIDS in secondary schools in Gucha South District, Kenya. To achieve this purpose, the study was guided by the following objective: To identify instructional facilities used in teaching of life skills in secondary schools. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. The study targeted 37 secondary schools, 1800 students, 150 teachers; and 37 principals. The study sampled 180 students, 30 teachers, 15 secondary schools and 15 principals. Purposive sampling, simple random sampling technique and stratified sampling techniques were used to select the study sample. Questionnaires, interview schedules and observation schedule were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) package was used to analyze data from questionnaires while qualitative data from interviews schedule and classroom observation schedule were analysed by thematic analysis. The main finding was that: teaching and learning resources were available in majority schools though they were inadequate. The study recommended that the government through the ministry of education should ensure that instructional facilities for teaching and learning life skills on HIV and AIDS are adequate in schools to enhance the teaching of life skills in the school curriculum.

Key words: Gucha South District, Kenya, Influence, Instructional Facilities, Life Skills on HIV/AIDS, Secondary Schools, Teaching