Date: __________________________
Place: __________________________
School No: ______________________
How many years worked as a school principle: ___________________
How many years worked in the school in general: _________________

1. In your opinion, is HIV/AIDS a problem in Armenia today, which should be addressed by various national programs?

2. What is your opinion regarding whether our young people are at risk for contracting HIV/AIDS?

3. What subjects associated with sex education are currently taught in the national school program?

4. Do you think that it is necessary to implement HIV/AIDS educational programs in Armenian schools? Why it is necessary or why not?

5. What is your opinion about a common belief that sex education in schools would entice adolescents to engage in sexual activities?

6. In your opinion, what kind of laws, regulations, and guidelines regarding school education policies will be necessary in order to introduce effective HIV/AIDS education program into the school curriculum?

7. Who should prepare guidelines regarding appropriate HIV topics, instructional materials, and strategies and who should participate in that process?

8. In your opinion, how it is important that school administration including school principal and other administrators, teachers, and nurses receive adequate training and knowledge about HIV/AIDS? (in order for them to be better oriented while making appropriate decisions.)

9. What are some of the obstacles to/problems in introducing and implementing HIV/AIDS education in the schools? Please address:
- legislative
- administrative (development of guidelines regarding appropriate topics, development of regulations on teaching methods, curriculum development, curriculum requirements for different grades)
- organizational/financial (development and production of textbooks, preparation/training of appropriate specialists and their distribution between schools)
- cultural/societal (traditional approaches to sexuality education)

10. What is a role and participation of the society (parents or other members of a society) in developing and introducing effective school AIDS education program? Probe: Should they be involved in the development of school education program? In what way(s)?

11. In your opinion, what is the capacity of the national schools for implementing HIV/AIDS education programs? Probe: Program/curriculum available? Teachers ability/readiness to teach about sensitive issues, supporting school environment available

12. What is the capacity of the national schools to organize and conduct training of parents about HIV/AIDS and other sex education issues and in how to talk to children about sensitive issues? Probes: In which form such training could be organized? Who will conduct the training for parents? What other alternatives to training is schools you would recommend for providing necessary information to parents?

13. What kind of support you will need in order to effectively introduce and deliver HIV/AIDS education program in school? Probes: Continuous training of teachers, development of guidelines regarding appropriate HIV topics, instructional materials, and strategies. From whom do you expect this support? (role of non-governmental organizations). Address issues of methodological instructions, textbooks etc

14. In your opinion, in which form HIV/AIDS education program should be taught in schools:
- as a component of a larger health education program
- as a part of some other subject
- as a separate course
- as an extracurricular course

15. In which grades HIV/AIDS education program should be taught? Probe: Should information be provided through low to higher grades and tailored at age of the students?

16. Which issues should be addressed by HIV/AIDS school education program:
- it should help students to acquire age-appropriate knowledge necessary for prevention of HIV-infection
- HIV/AIDS education program should describe the benefits of abstinence for young people
- it should help adolescents avoid HIV high-risk behaviors through development of necessary skills
- how to use condoms/contraceptives to prevent pregnancy and STIs
- other (specify)

17. Who should teach HIV/AIDS prevention/health education program in schools:
- any teacher
- biology teacher
- teachers or other specialists who received special training in school health education
- regular classroom teachers in elementary school and qualified health education teachers/other trained personnel in secondary school

18. Is a permission of parents or other caregivers necessary in order for a student to be able to participate in a school HIV/AIDS prevention course?

19. Would you like parents to be present during initial lessons of the course on sexuality education and HIV/AIDS prevention in school along with their children? Why or why not?

20. What other alternatives can you suggest for teaching sexuality education and HIV/AIDS prevention to adolescents then through the national school curriculum?