The effects of HIV/AIDS on formal education in Kenya

Education is a crucial social institution. No human society can survive and prosper without a good system of education. HIV/AIDS pandemic is a threat to education as well as to all the other sectors of development. Education sector is negatively affected by HIV/AIDS in a similar manner the pandemic destroys the human body. This book analysis the impact of HIV/AIDS on formal educational achievement of learners. The author utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to investigate this phenomenon in an African contest. The book is a must read to students of education, sociology and other social sciences as well as policy makers in education, social development and health.

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O autor ensina Sociologia da educação na Universidade de Nairobi. É também professor visitante nas Universidades do Sudeste do Quénia e Machakos. É licenciado (HONS), PGDE, Mestre em Educação, Mestre em Sociologia. É também bolseiro de PHD da Universidade de Nairobi. Tem interesse em Educação, investigação social e transformação comunitária.