Connecting Morals and Values to Combat the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Grade 10 School Children

This paper sought to understand the connection of morals and values to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in Grade 10 school children. HIV/AIDS is a disease that threatens the lives of everybody including school children and their intellectual ability, which may lead to poor performance in their studies, pregnancy, drug abuse and dropout of school. Since there is no cure for it, and it is transmitted by various ways including sexual contact, it is vital that everyone including school children, teachers, parents know about the disease and how to connect morals and values to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and for halting further spread of the infection. The paper uses a qualitative case study research design by means of phenomenological investigation of Grade 10 school children connecting norms and values to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in one of the rural Senior Secondary Schools in the Dutywa District. The findings showed two themes, learner behaviors and lack of independent experience, lack of knowledge about the use of drugs. Forthcoming researchers could carry more research on young people's behaviors to sustain good practices for effective goals about their lives.