59 Prison Inmates Graduate From Adult Education Scheme

59 inmates of Jos Prison have graduated from different educational programmes organised under the facility’s Adult Education Scheme.

This was made known by the Controller, Noel Ailewon. Ailewon, in a statement in Jos on Friday.


According to him, the graduates were the first set of students enrolled into the pilot group of the adult education school.

“The scheme is part of our efforts to reform inmates so as to add value to their lives,” he added.

The statement noted that 10 senior secondary school graduates sat the National Examination Council (NECO) examinations, 29 inmates also graduated from the Junior Secondary section to the Senior Secondary section, while 27 inmates graduated from the Primary School Section to the Secondary School.

The controller urged all prisoners in the state to take advantage of the programme to prepare themselves to be assets to the society after serving their terms.