Effectiveness of Inmates' Educational Programs in Ilorin Remand Home, Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Isiaka, Abdulaziz; Adewuyi, Rasheed Shofiu
Titel	Effectiveness of Inmates' Educational Programs in Ilorin Remand Home, Nigeria
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 14 (2020) 4, S.558-565 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2089-9823
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Correctional Education; Access to Education; Delinquency; Social Influences; Criminals; Disadvantaged Youth; Program Effectiveness; Literacy Education; Mathematics Instruction; Language Arts; Religious Education; Science Education; Social Sciences; Computer Science Education; Humanities; Athletics; Recreational Activities; School Counseling; Job Skills; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Jugendstrafvollzug; Fürsorgeerziehung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Kriminalität; Sozialer Einfluss; Straftäter; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Sprachkultur; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Leichtathletik; Freizeitgestaltung; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung; Produktive Fertigkeit
Abstract	Investigating the effectiveness of inmates' educational programs was the major focused of this research in Ilorin remand homes, Nigeria. Specifically inmates' views on effectiveness of vocational and literacy educational program were investigated. This study was descriptive survey. 108 inmates were sampled using simple random sampling technique. Two research questions were formulated and a researcher' designed questionnaires containing 10 items in two sections with 4-point rating scale was used for data collection while data collected were analyzed using mean scores and standard deviation. The result showed that most inmates positively acknowledged literacy education in recreational, guidance and counseling, religious and social sciences as highly effective and effective respectively and the result also established that most inmates acknowledged vocational education in fashion designing, laundry/dry-cleaning, catering/home management, metal fabrication and electrical maintenance work as highly effective and effective respectively. It was concluded that literacy and vocational education policy for the inmates should be vigorously pursued and implemented in Ilorin, Nigeria. In addition, government and private organization should invest in inmates' literacy and vocational education to correct the erroneous impression that under play inmates' education which leads to their stigmatization at the point of re-entry into the society. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01