MARANG, Oct 5 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Prisons Department's Adult Literacy and Numeracy (LINUS) Programme is expected to be expanded to 44 prisons nationwide within the next three years to provide inmates lacking basic reading, writing and numeracy skills with access to education.
Prisons Dept’s Literacy, Numeracy Programme To Be Expanded Nationwide
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Malaysia's Prisons Department plans to expand its Adult Literacy and Numeracy Programme to 44 prisons within three years. The initiative, launched in 2022, currently operates at six Centres of Excellence and aims to improve basic skills for inmates.
- Six prisons currently serve as Centres of Excellence for the programme.
- 371 of 515 participants enrolled since 2022 have completed the six-month course.
- Screening between 2022 and 2026 identified 3,508 inmates lacking basic skills.
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