Authorities at the Nsawam Medium Prisons yesterday took delivery of 585 books and a computer, to help the inmates acquire tertiary education.
The items are a donation by an Accra-based publishing company, ASANFAT Agency, in partnership with The Ghanaian Times, and it follows a publication by the paper in March on an ongoing programme by the prison facility to help interested inmates receive higher education.
Currently, the facility offers classes inmates desirous of sitting for junior and senior high school (J/SHS) certificate. Some of them have written their external examinations and passed.
It has also, for the past three years, been running tertiary programmes in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for the inmates, many are whomh are also on the threshold of securing their degree certificates.
Currently about 70 of the inmates are taking part in the educational programme, some teenagers.
The presentation of the books and the computer, is meant to help the facility sustain the programme, as a way of reforming the inmates into educated citizens to contribute to national development.
Asana Salifu, managing director of ASANFAT, indicated that the company was touched “when we read The Ghanaians Times story; so we decided to help.”
He called on the authorities to put the donation to its intended use, assuring that the company would not renege on its social responsibility to the facility.
He urged the inmates to take their studies seriously, remarking that “when you are in prison, it doesn’t mean you’re doomed and finished, and you’re also not cut off entirely from the world.
“Try as much as possible to get your certificates from here, so that when you finally get out, you’ll have improved your job prospects,” he quipped.
On his part, the Deputy Director of the Nsawam Prisons, Mr Chris Larbi, promised to put the donation to good use.
He said by educating the inmates, particularly in ICT software and hardware, the prisoners would be employable by the time of their release.
The items are a donation by an Accra-based publishing company, ASANFAT Agency, in partnership with The Ghanaian Times, and it follows a publication by the paper in March on an ongoing programme by the prison facility to help interested inmates receive higher education.
Currently, the facility offers classes inmates desirous of sitting for junior and senior high school (J/SHS) certificate. Some of them have written their external examinations and passed.
It has also, for the past three years, been running tertiary programmes in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for the inmates, many are whomh are also on the threshold of securing their degree certificates.
Currently about 70 of the inmates are taking part in the educational programme, some teenagers.
The presentation of the books and the computer, is meant to help the facility sustain the programme, as a way of reforming the inmates into educated citizens to contribute to national development.
Asana Salifu, managing director of ASANFAT, indicated that the company was touched “when we read The Ghanaians Times story; so we decided to help.”
He called on the authorities to put the donation to its intended use, assuring that the company would not renege on its social responsibility to the facility.
He urged the inmates to take their studies seriously, remarking that “when you are in prison, it doesn’t mean you’re doomed and finished, and you’re also not cut off entirely from the world.
“Try as much as possible to get your certificates from here, so that when you finally get out, you’ll have improved your job prospects,” he quipped.
On his part, the Deputy Director of the Nsawam Prisons, Mr Chris Larbi, promised to put the donation to good use.
He said by educating the inmates, particularly in ICT software and hardware, the prisoners would be employable by the time of their release.
