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Programa de Educación Afectivo Sexual (PEAS), the Dominican Republic 13Parents are involved in the program, and both teachers and studentshave identified their active participation as particularly important. Parentalinvolvement varies across schools, however. In some communities parentstake part in teacher-parent meetings and participate in training workshops.In others parents are not involved at all, because the program has targetedonly students.The active support of religious authorities has also been important. Somereligious schools have solicited training from PEAS, which has beenadapted for their use. Other religious schools, however, have taboos againstteaching sex education and do not offer the program.Student EvaluationEvaluation of student progress is not done in a formal or systematicmanner. Teachers informally assess student knowledge, attitudes, and skillsby observing what students say and how they act during group discussionsand other activities.Teachers meet with the principal once a year to report on programprogress. Central-level staff also hold meetings to evaluate the program.Technical personnel make use of the results of these sessions to improvethe program.Evaluation results (see below) have been used to strengthen programimplementation strategies, to enhance the various themes, and to integratenew components. They have led to new activities, including a peer educationprogram intended for teenagers and a training program for young leadersand the development of a series of teaching material and pedagogicalmethodologies intended for a variety of users.Survey ResultsIn 2004 SEE and COPRESIDA sought technical assistance from theGlobal Monitoring and Evaluation Team (GAMET) of the World Bank todevelop and administer a survey on knowledge of, attitudes toward, andpractices related to STIs, HIV/AIDS, and sex education among studentsand secondary-school teachers and to evaluate the program. The surveywas conducted in two regional education districts of Santo Domingo(regions 10 and 15). 1The Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) method was used, witheducation districts representing supervision areas. 2 Twenty-seven membersof the national technical team of SEE and COPRESIDA were trained in theLQAS methodology. 3(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank