South African Prisons to Educate Inmates
Minister of Correctional Services S'bu Ndebele says offenders without a qualification equivalent to Grade 9 will be required to complete Adult Education and Training levels 1 to 4.
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South Africa:
Compulsory Education for Inmates
SAnews.gov.za, 22 January 2013
Correctional Services Minister S'bu Ndebele has announced that as from 1 April, it will be compulsory for inmates who do not have a qualification equivalent to Grade 9 to complete… Read more »
Prisoners at Leeuwkop prison.
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South Africa:
Inmates Achieve 79,25 Percent Matric Pass Rate
Govt of SA, 6 January 2013
Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has congratulated inmates on achieving a 79,25% pass rate in the 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, compared to… Read more »
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South Africa:
Inmates to Build Schools
Govt of SA, 19 November 2012
Offender labour will soon be utilised more to build and furnish schools in South Africa. Read more »
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South Africa:
Inmates Encouraged to Achieve 100 Percent Pass Rate
SAnews.gov.za, 18 October 2012
Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has challenged inmates writing their Grade 12 examinations to achieve a 100% pass rate. Read more »
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South Africa:
More Than a Million Rand Worth of Books Donated to Inmates
Govt of SA, 18 September 2012
More than a million rand worth of books have been donated to inmates, since the announcement of the "Reading for Redemption" campaign by Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso… Read more »
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South Africa:
Correctional Services Minister On Turning Prisons Into Schools
Govt of SA, 2 October 2012
Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele will today (2 October 2012) meet with Cuba's Vice Minister of the Interior Ministry, Division General Jose Milian Pino, before… Read more »
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South Africa:
Schooling Prisoners a Challenge for Department
BuaNews, 26 October 2011
Despite President Jacob Zuma indicating that schooling should be obligatory, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has said that it remains a legal challenge to force… Read more »
