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210 prisoners have been identified for the literacy programme, says R. Rajaram. Transforming lives of prisoners is the objective behind the launch of the Continuing Education Programme (CEP) in the Central Prison. A joint initiative of the district administration and the Central Prison authorities, the CEP that would be carried out by the Department of Non-Formal and Adult Education is essentially a positive intervention in the lives of the illiterate and semi- literate prisoners who form the majority in the jail housing over 2,000 inmates. The authorities have designed the continuing educational programme to suit those serving lengthy terms. A total of 210 prisoners have been identified initially for the literacy programme. The prison authorities have made necessary infrastructural arrangements in the jail premises by renovating two old work-sheds at a cost of Rs. 13.5 lakh each for implementing the literacy programme. The renovated work sheds have been divided into seven sections, each with a capacity to accommodate 30 learners. The classes would be conducted on a daily basis for four hours in the morning and afternoon hours barring Saturdays and Sundays and prison holidays. A team of seven “prison teachers” will handle classes for the identified inmates, says the Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Tiruchi Range, B.M. Ezra. A majority of the inmates enrolled in the continuing education programme are illiterates. There are also school dropouts involved in the literacy initiative. And the prisoners enrolled for the programme are all lifers, “long and short termers”. There are learners right from 21 years to 70 years, says Mr. Ezra. Study materials that are supplied free of cost by the Department of Continuing Education have been formulated for easy learning. The programme is basically meant to enable the inmates to read and write, which, the authorities believe, will further prompt them to pursue higher education in future. Facilities have been created for higher education as well, say prison authorities. Regular classes would keep the inmates productively engaged leaving little scope for negative thoughts, a senior prison official said adding that the authorities were encouraging the inmates to read books kept in the library, which has a collection of over 5,000 books of various subjects. Though the initiative is to create cent per cent literacy on the premises, the long-term objective is to transform their lives and behaviour and help them make a new beginning after they step out of the prison, say the authorities.
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