36 Prison inmates write BECE, 2 candidates die
The 36, who are all males, comprise 18 juveniles from the Senior Correctional Centre (SCC), seven from the Nsawam Medium Security prison, six from the Ho Central Prison, and five from the Kumasi Central Prison.
The Chief Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Prisons Service, Chief Supt. Adamu Abdul Latif, who revealed this to the Daily Graphic, said the inmates were fully prepared by qualified teachers from the Service and some from the Ghana Education Service.
He was, therefore, optimistic that the inmates would excel in all the subjects.
Chief Supt. Latif explained that the inmates were registered with centres close to the prisons.
They were, therefore, transported to and from the examination centres under guard.
The BECE, which is organised every year in Ghana’s education system, marks the transition from the Junior High School to the Senior High School and technical tnstitutions in the country.
The Ghana Prisons Service, in its quest to deliver on its mandate in line with modern universal best practices, introduced formal education to the inmates in 2007.
This was to help them acquire some basic literacy skills, as well as a certificate to facilitate their smooth reintegration.
The first batch, which was made up of 21 juveniles and young offenders, sat for the BECE in 2009 and had a 100 per cent record.
The service has been recording 100 per cent passes since then.
