EDUCATION FOR RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD

PROJ CONSISTS OF 4 COMPONENTS: RESEARCH, TRAINING, MASS MEDIA EDUC, AND CURRICULUM MATRLS DEVEL. EACH COMPONENT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY A MAJOR DIVISION OF THE MOE WITH APPROPRIATE TECH ASSISTANCE. INIDE (MOE"S RESEARCH BRANCH)WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESRCH & TRNG COMPONENTS. A LOCAL UNIV & AN AID CONTRACTOR WILL ASSIST INIDE WITH 2 STUDIES. 1ST STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING INITIAL PERIOD OF PROJ AND WILL ASSESS KNOWLEDGE,ATTITUDES & PRACTICES RELATED TO SPRP. 2ND STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED AFTER SPRP EDUC CURRICS ARE INTRODUCED IN CLASSROOMS AND WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE KNOWLEDGE & ATTITUDE CHANGES AND REFINE THE CURRICS. SEVERAL ELEMENTS COMPRISE TRNG COMPONENT. IN PRELIM STAGES OF PROJ,SELECT INIDE SPECIALISTS WILL BE SENT TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO OBSERVE TCHR TRNG PROGS IN SEX EDUC AND TO PARTICIPATE IN INTRNATL TCHR TRNG PROGS. DURING FIRST 2 YRS,4 SEMINARS WILL BE HELD FOR MOE CENTRAL OFFICE SPECS & REGIONAL PERSNNL TO DEVELOP PROJ STRATEGIES & OUTLINE CURRIC CONTENT. 117 TCHRS OR "FAMILY LIFE EDUC SPECS" (FLES)& 1200 COMMUNITY EDUCATORS WILL BE TRAINED TO IMPLEMENT NON-FORMAL SPRP PROGS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THIS TRNG WILL COVER SPRP TECHNICAL INFO AND EDUC & PROMOTION TECHNIQUES. GOP"S NATL INST OF TELE-EDUCATION(INTE)WILL DEVELOP & PRODUCE SPRP PROGRAMS FOR RADIO AND PUBLIC & CLOSED-CIRCUIT TV. CONTENTS OF THESE PROGS WILL BE INFLUENCED BY THE RESULTS OF THE INIDE STUDIES. PILOT PROGS WILL BE DEVELOPED,PRE-TESTED,AND REVISED BEFORE THE MAJOR PROGRAMMING EFFORT IS BEGUN IN THE 2ND YR OF THE PROJ. FAMILY LIFE EDUC/SPRP CURRICULA & ACCOMPANYING GUIDES WILL BE DEVELOPED BY PERSNNL FROM THE RESPECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DIVISIONS OF THE MOE AND ADVISORS. THESE CURRICULA & GUIDES WILL BE USED FOR ALL GRADES OF BASIC,SECONDARY,ADULT,AND VOCATIONAL EDUC AND FOR TCHR TRNG INSTITS. CONTENT OF PRIMARY EDUC CURRIC WILL FOCUS ON PHYSIOLOGY & BIOL: SEC & ADULT WILL COVER POP INFO,SEX EDUC & FAM PLANNING METHODS.