Evaluation of Components of Adult Education On The Inmates' Welfare In Agodi Prison Yard, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
The purpose of this study is to evaluate components of adult education programmes on the inmates welfare in Agodi prison yard, Ibadan Nigeria. Survey research was utilized in order to carry-out the study. The respondents were divided into two groups: one hundred and seventy (170) inmates (awaiting trials and convicts) and twenty-five (25) facilitators were sampled. Four research questions were generated from the literature review. Questionnaire on adult education programmes in the prison and responses elicited from respondents were numerically, quantified, tabulated and analyzed using the Likert scale. The analysis showed that: basic literacy, vocational, computer and religious education programmes were the components/ types of adult education programmes provided for the prison inmates; there was inadequate welfare and vocational materials; non-existence of educational unit in the prison; coupled with unqualified resource persons or facilitator to impart the knowledge; and government were not funding adult education programmes adequately in the prison. Based on the findings, it is recommended that effort should be made towards providing adequate funds from all tiers of government (federal, state, local government) and non-governmental agencies for adult education programmes in the prison. It is high time educational unit is separated from welfare department to ensure effective delivery of educational programmes in the prison and, specially trained facilitators should be recruited whose salaries will be comparable with those in public institutions in order to realize the potency of adult education programmes in the prison. Keywords : Adult education programmes, Prison inmates, convicts, awaiting trial, crime.
Utilization of Religious and Philosophy Education in Uplifting the Image of Prison Inmates and Curtailing Ex-Prisoners’ Recidivism in Enugu Prison Yard in Nigeria
The purpose of the study is to evaluate how religious and philosophy education is uplifting the image of prison inmates and curtailing ex-prisoners’ recidivism in Enugu State prison yard in Nigeria. The study sample was 190 inmates and 20 facilitators. Results showed among others that religious education raises the image of the prison inmates by making them and everyone else to realize that they are people made in the image of God and that they have inherent capacity to change the course of their lives. The recommendations include that prison religious education should focus on the development of the whole person of prisoners, bearing in mind their social, psychological, economic, and cultural background.
Students as promoters of rural extension in aquaculture in the Marajó archipelago, Pará, Brazil
Aquaculture is the creation of aquatic organisms. An expanding activity, being of great importance its approach in rural extension. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the contribution of extension activities in aquaculture in the professional training of students in Marajó, Amazon, Brazil. The project “Technology transfer through training and technical assistance for tambaqui breeders, Colossoma macropomum, in the archipelago of Marajó/PA” was developed by 10 technician and under graduate students from rural education course and the technical course in aquaculture from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pará (IFPA) Campus Breves, in the city of Curralinho. They participated in the stages of data collection in aquaculture enterprises, training for producers and monitoring of aquaculture production, acting as researchers, instructors and extension workers, respectively. The duration of the project was from August 2019 to March 2020. At the end of the project, a questionnaire was applied to the students involved. The results showed that the aquaculture extension activities developed were relevant and significant, for the construction of knowledge in a mutual way between those involved (students and aquaculture producers). The acquired experiences will substantiate and subsidize the professional practice of these students in a concrete and effective way. In conclusion, the extension project represents an excellent tool in the teaching-learning process for students.