Preparedness of the Secondary School Christian Religious Education (CRE) Teachers in Provision and integration of HIV/AIDS Education in Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to establish challenges in the teaching and learning of Christian that affect the provision of HIV/AIDS in Kenya. The objective of this study was to establish the preparedness of CRE Teachers in provision and integration HIV/AIDS education in Kenya. The research question was: to what extent are CRE teachers prepared (in terms of training in provision of HIV/AIDS Education. The study used descriptive design survey. Data was collected using questionnaire. This was a quantitative study. Stratified random sampling was used to select the schools while simple random sampling was used to select the teachers who participated in the study. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that the CRE teachers were not well prepared in provision and integration of HIV/AIDS to learners. The study recommended that CRE teachers should be in serviced on how to teach HIV/AIDS education in the subject. This paper presents findings on the preparedness of secondary school CRE teachers (in terms training) in providing HIV/AIDS education to the learners in Bungoma County, Kenya.