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The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) says no fewer than 157 prison inmates across the country have embraced formal education.

Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, Controller-General of the service, disclosed this at the De-radicalisation workshop organised for senior officers of the service on Monday in Abuja.

He said that many of the inmates, who sat for the Western African Examination Council (WAEC) examination passed with impressive grades.

Ahmed was represented by Mrs Husseina Kori, Deputy Controller-General in charge of Health and Social welfare at the service.

The prison boss said that three of the 157 inmates were currently undergoing undergraduate admission process at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the de-radicalisation programme was funded by the European Union (EU).

He said that the inmates who acquired formal education were extremists, adding that the service had recorded a significant breakthrough in changing their mindset.

“It is commonplace to say that violent extremism poses serious threat to social cohesion and economic development of a nation.

“This programme, which started a few years ago, has successfully navigated the teething challenges usually associated with novel projects particularly when it involves rehabilitating extreme deviants, ‘he said.

Ahmed said that the service had assumed the tedious task of leading the de-radicalisation programme considering its mandate of Reforming, Rehabilitating and Reintegrating deviants into the society.

He said the programme had turned out to be a great window of hope in the midst of devastating circumstances ensuring that violent extreme offenders desist from their unpatriotic activities.

Ahmed said that the Federal Government in its commitment to protect lives and property of citizens had deployed numerous strategies to tame the scourge.

“Although the crisis is not over, it is gladdening to see steady progress, especially in de-radicalising violent extremists.”

Ahmed reiterated the service`s commitment to uphold the confidence reposed on the service by the federal government to spearhead this great initiative.

source: https://www.titiloyeblog.com/2019/04/prison-inmates-excel-in-waec-exams-nps.html

why them no go excel? wetin dey distract them for there?

Eyahhhhh

Were they expected to fail? you can turn a prison to a library. when you don't have access to internet, clubs, bar, and sweet pv$$y.

Well, if it takes prison to have 9 distinctions...we still refuse to represent any prison yard in any academic examination. Yes, even if a brand New Jet costs 500 naira only in heaven, none of us is ready to go and buy it.

Good one by the Government

Nairaland should better upgrade

These filthy postings are getting worse.

How many years, still same kind of website

Seun ...pls why is this

Very good development.

So I will be learning a course next to a murderer or rapist....

Nice one. every soul has chance...

Misplaced priorities.
Use them to farm and fix broken infrastructure instead of wasting time on an education system that actually makes Nigerians more stupid!

They are still ex convicts. Imagine someone given capital punishment to face firing squad, do you wish the person to go and use his wassce in the world beyond? Or someone with life imprisonment, would he be using his wassce in the university of prison

All na scam or what's the use of that WAEC result which could easily be bought by Buhari Muhammadu, Salisu Buhari, Adeleke just to mention a few

asdccbth:

I remember this babe can take bbc ehn what's her name again?

seun please ban that guy showing pornographic pic here,he almost cost me my job.

is it a crime to view nairaland in the office during leisure hour?

Life is not fair.....

Of course, those of us that are free are prisoners to our phones and computers.

Okuda:
why them no go excel? wetin dey distract them for there?

You self commit crime, make them convict you so you go go there nau, so you go excel as nothing go distract you

There is little or no distraction, so kini bid deal

incogni2o:
Nairaland should better upgrade

These filthy postings are getting worse.

How many years, still same kind of website

Seun ...pls why is this

Enter house �

God bless GEJ. The only President that built almajari to save the north.

SweetJoystick:

You self commit crime, make them convict you so you go go there nau, so you go excel as nothing go distract you

lol. jor o

Praktikals:
There is little or no distraction, so kini bid deal

The hunger there alone is enough distraction

Ok

they had time to read and not worry about food, money, job

I call that second chance, which most people often squander.


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incogni2o:
Nairaland should better upgrade

These filthy postings are getting worse.

How many years, still same kind of website

Seun ...pls why is this

Then create your own forum..a webapp that can be better than Nairaland,stop complaining, when u know u aren't capable of doing so.
You can go ahead n create a forum ,where users ,post n be credited..

Expected now, who wan stop exam malpractices in Prison? It's surely a free for all malpractices, even the prison officials are seizing the opportunities to make-up their school certificates.

Education frees