Education for prisoners

In Pavlodar and Almaty in 2018 will launch a pilot project to enable prisoners to get a higher education remotely.

Criminals of the Republic of Kazakhstan will be able to remotely 'to come' in pairs of higher educational institutions of the country, reports the representation of Central Asia.

'Everyone has the right to learn, even criminal, education should be available to all who wish. Almost three thousand prisoners are enrolled in educational institutions, some receive vocational education, and it is only 10% of the total weight. All the prisoners, about 66 thousand people,' - said the Director of penal reform International Azamat of Shambilov.

The pilot project identifies two of the institution LA 155/8 and AP-162/3 in Pavlodar. The project work will begin in 2018

'Adopting the experience of foreign countries, the Republic of Kazakhstan is building its own process of adaptation, where the main element is training in correctional colonies of our country. Training the correctional system should be created with all the requirements in the labour market, and this competitiveness, competence and the ability to quickly solve tasks', - said the Chairman of the Committee of the penal correction system Meiram Ayub.