The HIV and AIDS training kit is a user-friendly guide to build capacity in education sector professionals who have responsibility for the implementation of their country's education sector policy on HIV and AIDS. The kit consists of three sections. Section One contains information on getting started - such as a training curriculum, generic workshop programme and tips for training in the era of HIV and AIDS. Section Two contains tools to assess HIV/AIDS competency, in both the participants and the trainers. It then sets the scene with information on legal and policy frameworks within which implementation should take place; and the policy principles that should guide implementation. There are also background facts on the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on education; and a "Goldstar" scenario response, which describes an optimal or ideal response. Section Three explores each of the policy themes: Prevention, Care and support, HIV and AIDS and the workplace, Management of the response.