Suggestion Box

Pupils may be embarrassed to ask some personal or sensitive questions, or may fear repercussions if they give critical feedback. A suggestion box is a safe way for them to drop in any questions or comments or share their concerns. It is anonymous and confidential and thus may encourage pupils to ask about anything at any convenient time.
Materials Needed:
- A suggestion box. This could use local resources or recycled material like a sealed wooden box, old suitcase, sealed carton box etc – all with a slot where the pupils drop their comments
- Pencil and paper
Instructions:
- Get the suggestion box and label it
- Put the suggestion box at a corner in the classroom. You can negotiate with the pupils where’s best to place it.
- Explain that they are welcome to give any feedback or ask questions about HIV/AIDS related issues
- Instruct them not to write their names, but that they are welcome to indicate their age and sex
- Allow them to use the language that they are most comfortable with
- Agree on when they would like their questions to be answered and by whom (depending on whether there’s another appropriate person available)
We have suggested some questions which you can use in this activity in the section 'Tool 2: The HIV/AIDS education that pupils want'.
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