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A number of issues remained unresolved before the HIV testing of learners could start during the first school term of 2011, said the Basic Education Ministry on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinister Angie Motshekga is still in talks with the department of health. There is a task team between the two departments and they are busy coming up with a framework of how it is going to work,\u201d said ministerial spokeswoman Hope Mokgatlhe.<\/p>\n

She said an exact date for the programme’s implementation could thus not yet be determined.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are dealing with very young people and there is a lot of counselling needed before and after… We don’t have the capacity to do (testing)… Our teachers are not trained health professionals,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mokgatlhe said the question of funding and resources had to be dealt with by the task team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to find where the resources are going to come from. We need to establish the number of nurses we are going to need and where they are going to come from. The discussion should be around schools…Are they the ideal environment to test for HIV? If a learner tests, we would like them to have the privacy they deserve,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mokgatlhe said Motshekga \u201csupports the idea of learners being tested\u201d but that learners \u201cshould continue their testing in clinics.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plans for a school-based HIV counselling and testing (HCT) programme has been on the card for the last year.<\/p>\n

Speaking in January, Health Department spokesman Fidel Hadebe said the testing would be voluntary.<\/p>\n

He was not available for comment on Tuesday. -Sapa<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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