a sourcebook of hiv/aids prevention programs volume 2

National Family Life HIV/AIDS Education, Nigeria 213the Honourable Commissioner of Education, under the direct supervisionof the Directorate of Private Education and Special Programmes.Once the Curriculum Department had completed its work, PP TESCOMselected the teachers to be trained; AHI facilitated the actual training. PPTESCOM was also responsible for communicating with teachers and monitoringtheir participation and performance.PartnershipThe Lagos State Ministry of Education is responsible for developing andimplementing education policies in the state. It carries out its work through anumber of organs, including the Office of the Honourable Commissioner;the Office of the Permanent Secretary; and the departments of basic educationservices, higher education, science and technology, private education andspecial programs, curriculum services, inspectorate, finance and administration,and accounts, as well as the policy implementation, public relations, andinternal audit units. AHI provides technical and financial assistance andenables implementation of activities (through, for example, the organizationof training workshops).Disseminating Information and Providing Technical Supportfor Scaling Up the ProgramProgram staff coordinated the dissemination of information on FLHE withthe aim of introducing it in other states in Nigeria. Efforts included (a)training United Nations Family Planning Association (UNFPA) master trainers,who were subsequently expected to train others in states where UNFPAis active and (b) sponsoring learning visits for education ministry officialsfrom the states of Plateau, Enugu, Anambra, Abia, and Rivers.National dissemination was conducted in January 2006 during a dinnerevent at the National Stakeholders Conference on Strengthening FLHEImplementation in Nigeria. The goal was to advocate for scaling up FLHEimplementation in other states, using the Lagos State success story as amodel. The event was attended by 200 people, including a representative ofthe minister of state; state directors of education; state heads of inspectoratedepart ments; staff of the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency; HIV/AIDSdesk officers from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory; staff of thefederal Ministry of Education HIV/AIDS Unit; representatives of CSOsand initiatives such as Nigeria’s Community Participation for Action in theSocial Sector Project and the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative in Nigeria;resource people and agencies such as UNFPA, the British Council, UNICEF,and UNAIDS; and other agencies that support such initiatives. Key officials(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank