DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2015.v03i07.020

Pages: 1268-1273

The aim of this present study is to examine the impact of HIV/AIDS on the performance of AIDS orphans in Mutasa South Constituency primary schools in Zimbabwe’s eastern province of Manicaland. The population comprised all the 385 teachers in the constituency. The sample was made up of 120 randomly selected teachers from the 22 primary schools comprising of 65 females and 55 males. The study employed the quantitative research methodology and adopted descriptive survey design. All the information was collected through a questionnaire which largely had close-ended questions and two open-ended questions. All teachers indicated that they have HIV/AIDS orphans in their classes. The study also revealed that most HIV/AIDS orphaned pupils did not attend school as regularly as they were expected to. The study recommends that schools should have clear policies guiding the welfare of HIV/AIDS orphans in schools. Teachers should also be staff developed on ways of handling the HIV/AIDS as this is a relatively new phenomenon in the school system and most teachers were not trained to handle this situation at colleges.