BALANGA CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) on Tuesday announced that 325 inmates at the Bataan District Jail here have so far graduated from the Alternative Learning System (ALS) since 2013.
Jail Warden Andrew Tauli said of the number, 301 finished high school while 21 completed elementary school requirements. Of those who already graduated were 216 males and the rest females.
He said that the BJMP program in coordination with the Department of Education is to give education to detainees who have not received formal schooling.
ALS is designed to measure the competencies of those who have neither attended nor finished elementary or secondary education in the formal school system.
Tauli led in the handing of graduation certificates to 52 male inmates who just completed high school and 14 others who finished elementary.
He said that presently enrolled for the current school year are 70 inmates with 39 in high school and 31 in the elementary. The enrollees attend classes from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Tauli said among other programs of BJMP are livelihood and skills development.
