NCHD to establish ‘Adult Literary Centers’ in jails

ISLAMABAD, May 8 (APP):National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) would establish Adult Literary Centers in all 99 jails of the country under ‘Literacy for Jail Project’ to educate prisoners in the jails.
Talking to APP, NCHD official, Rai Riaz Hussain said that the ‘Literacy for Jail Project’ to educate prisoners in the jails is a massive programme alongwith skill development programmes to make them useful citizens after their release from jails on completion of their term.
He informed that at present 8 Adult Literacy Centers were functional in Jails of Kasur and Toba Tek Singh while others were in progress, adding NCHD had planned to establish such centers across the country.
He said that education is the antidote of terrorism, extremism, violence, gender disparities and any other discrimination while NCHD is determined to achieve 90 percent literacy rate in the country.
To question, he said that in September 2016 NCHD launched ‘Non-formal Education Project’ in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Association (JICA) in Islamabad Capital Territory. Under the project, he said, 12 non-formal schools were established for the age group of 8 to 14 years.
On commenting National Training Institute (NTI) of NCHD, he said it was set up with the aim to meet the needs of literacy professionals working in the field of literacy and non-formal education, and develop their capacities in line with the latest approaches evolving in the world with the help of other stake holders. NTI would also prepare Accelerated Learning Modules and condensed syllabus required for learners, he added.