Need Assessment of Inmates of Prisons through Distance Education

Autor/inn/en	Aziz, Tahir; Chuadhry, Muhammad Asif; Liaquat, Sumaira; Ali, Asim
Titel	Need Assessment of Inmates of Prisons through Distance Education
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 15 (2014) 4, S.322-331 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1302-6488
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Correctional Education; Educational Needs; Needs Assessment; Distance Education; Educational Attainment; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Nonformal Education; Continuing Education; Surveys; Attitudes; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Jugendstrafvollzug; Fürsorgeerziehung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bedarfsermittlung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Weiterbildung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten
Abstract	To meet the educational needs of inmates, educational scholars of the world have attempted numerous strategies and interventions designs to facilitate learning and to improve achievement. The real function of a prison is to help develop better citizens, not just better inmates. Therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the educational needs of inmate's prisons. The objective of study was to assess the educational needs of inmates of prisons through distance education. The sample of the study comprised of 57 inmates of graduation/master level available in the jail at the time of survey adopting cluster technique. Data collected through questionnaires was tabulated and descriptively analyzed according to 5 point Likert scale. With the help of summary obtained from Likert scale analysis, mean was calculated. The study revealed that majority of inmates was interested in further education above their obtained level. It was concluded that the inmates give too much importance to education. It was recommended that non-formal wing of Ministry of Education may include prisons while allocating funds for non-formal education and establishment of non-formal basic education schools in prisons. It was further suggested for Allama Iqbal Open University to extend its facilities for prisons to meet his motto "the education at door step". (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10