Analysis of Educational Facilities for Prisoners in Southern Punjab
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47067/ramss.v5i1.213Keywords:
Prisoners, Prisoners’ Education, Effectiveness, Educational FacilitiesAbstract
Education plays an essential function in the political and socio-economic progress of a nation. Different studies show that education of the prisoners has great importance in society. Prisoners are those persons who are ignored in society. They want to get education. But they have not been properly treated regarding education. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the educational facilities in the prisons of Southern Punjab. The objectives of the study were to investigate the educational facilities provided to the prisoners in Southern Punjab and to find out problems related to prisoners’ education. The study was delimited to the male prisoners of Southern Punjab. Research methodology was descriptive. Data was collected through qualitative and quantitative survey. For this purpose, questionnaire and interview were developed after literature review. Data related to questionnaire survey was analyzed by applying different statistical techniques. Percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test of independent sample were applied to analyze the data. Qualitative analysis of interview data was made. Exact words of respondents were written for all questions. General themes from the respondents’ answers were identified. On the basis of quantitative and qualitative analysis of data, findings were made and results were drawn. It was concluded that prisons had lack of better computers, computer labs, libraries and equipment for vocational work. Arts and science teachers were not available. It may be suggested that government should allocate sufficient fund in order to provide educational facilities to prisoners. Government should provide computers, libraries and equipment for vocational work in prisons.
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