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Department of Basic Education ➔ The interventions identified to achieve this objective in the coming four-year period include training teachers and other community structures on treatment literacy; developing an education access and retention strategy for OVC; developing a system in schools to support OVC; developing a system to identify OVC who have dropped out of school. Children who are absent from school because of their vulnerable circumstances brought about by poverty, HIV/ AIDS, chronic illnesses, TB, poor nutrition and hunger and an unstable/dysfunctional family life and providing support to vulnerable learners to ensure that they attend school regularly. National Policy on HIV/AIDS for Learners and Educators in Public Schools This 1999 Policy provides guidelines to ensure that children affected by HIV/AIDS are not discriminated against. parent on behalf of a learner) can be forced to reveal his or her HIV/AIDS status to a school (s6). In addition, no learner can be required to undergo an HIV test as a condition for admission or continued attendance at school. unfairly discriminated against, either directly or indirectly, on the basis of his or her HIV status. ➔ 145
Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA ➔ HIV/AIDS have a right to attend any school/institution, and their needs should as far as possible be accommodated (s5). serious HIV/AIDSrelated illnesses and is unable to attend school, the learner may either be home schooled (if the HoD believes it to be in the best interest of the child) or placed in a specialised residential institution for learners with special education needs (s5.4, 5.5). Policy on Learner Attendance This Policy has recently been gazetted. viii It aims to improve learner attendance and punctuality by promoting punctual and regular attendance by learners and by providing public schools and provincial education departments with procedures to monitor and manage learner attendance (s3). It introduces, as from January 2011, an obligation on schools to: attendance; ➔ 146
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<strong>Government</strong>-<strong>funded</strong> <strong>programmes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>services</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>vulnerable</strong> children in SA<br />
➔<br />
<br />
HIV/AIDS have a<br />
right to attend any<br />
school/institution, <strong>and</strong><br />
their needs should<br />
as far as possible be<br />
accommodated (s5).<br />
<br />
serious HIV/AIDSrelated<br />
illnesses <strong>and</strong><br />
is unable to attend<br />
school, the learner<br />
may either be home<br />
schooled (if the HoD<br />
believes it to be in<br />
the best interest of the<br />
child) or placed in a<br />
specialised residential<br />
institution <strong>for</strong> learners<br />
with special education<br />
needs (s5.4, 5.5).<br />
Policy on Learner<br />
Attendance<br />
This Policy has recently<br />
been gazetted. viii<br />
It aims to improve<br />
learner attendance<br />
<strong>and</strong> punctuality by<br />
promoting punctual<br />
<strong>and</strong> regular attendance<br />
by learners <strong>and</strong> by<br />
providing public schools<br />
<strong>and</strong> provincial education<br />
departments with<br />
procedures to monitor<br />
<strong>and</strong> manage learner<br />
attendance (s3).<br />
It introduces, as from<br />
January 2011, an<br />
obligation on schools to:<br />
<br />
attendance;<br />
➔<br />
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