AIOU promoting education in jails

Prisoners get free admissions; libraries set up at 12 prisons

ISLAMABAD:

Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is taking initiatives to achieve its objective of promoting and strengthening educational culture in jails by providing educational services to prisoners in jails throughout the country.

The central focus of the campaign is to provide basic education and training to the prisoners so that they may become responsible citizens of the state and play their role in the path of national progress and development once they are free after serving their imprisonment period.

In the initial phase of this project, AIOU is establishing libraries in jails and books have been provided to 12 jails which include two jails from each of the four provinces of the country.

These views were expressed by AIOU VC Dr Ziaul Qayyum, while reviewing the effectiveness of the project 'Jail Education'. This project is being implemented in collaboration with jail authorities in accordance with the directives of the federal ombudsman.

Admission forms and prospectuses for the autumn 2020 semester have already been provided to the jail authorities free of cost while teaching workshops, tutorial meetings, and final examination will also be organised within the premises of jails.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, August 17^th, 2020.