Adolescence Education Program to empower adolescents make healthy choices conducted

Mokokchung, August 29 (MTNews): The Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) and the Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE), Kohima jointly organized a two-day online training of teachers on Adolescence Education Program (AEP) on 25 and 26 August, 2022, at the Conference Hall, NBSE Kohima.

The training was conducted with an aim to enhance the understanding and skills of teachers to effectively address the adolescents at schools and empower them to make healthy choices.
It was conducted for the teachers of high schools and higher secondary schools from all the districts of Nagaland registered under NBSE. A total of 847 participants registered for the training, while a total of 548 participated on the first day and 411 on the second day.

The two-day sessions comprised of different topics such as Aims and Objectives, HIV/AIDS and STI, Growing up and Adolescence Reproductive Sexual Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Life Skills for HIV Prevention and Implementation of 16 hour Curriculum of AEP.