ACT OF KINDNESS #3 :HELPING INMATES HOW TO READ, WRITE AND ARITHMETIC!

The program was originally implemented from August 2015 to February 2016 through a request letter from the jail warden requesting assistance from the College of Teacher Education in assisting its inmates in terms of literacy in English and Mathematics. They also suggested that the program be continued because, according to Jail Officer 1 Eileen Bonavente, the Coordinator for Inmate Welfare, most volunteers from various NGOs were not consistently attending their program due to their fear of teaching the inmates, and there were inmates who passed the Alternative Learning System (ALS) under the instructions of ALS.

Jail education is a broad phrase which includes a range of education programs within a prison as well as prison education and correctional education. These activities involve both professional and academic training. The objective of these programs is to prepare the prisoner for success outside the prison and to improve rehabilitation features.

OBJECTIVES:

General Objectives: The literacy extension program of the College of Teacher Education aims to extend help in terms of literacy in English and Mathematics of the inmates of Los Baños Municipal Jail.
Specific Objectives:
a. The program provide and enhance English proficiency in Grammar, Comprehension, Reading, Speech, and Writing.
b. It provide and enhance the knowledge in Mathematics of the inmates.
c. It is also provide them to have a review on their Alternative Learning System (ALS) Examination and that lead them to pass the said exam.

CONCLUSIONS:

Based on the results of the over-all evaluation of the program they really like the activity and they learned from it. As an evidence, the results of evaluation are all of them or 100% of the participants rate the activity as best with an overall mean rate of 4.00 and their assessment on time allocation and duration of activity is just right. The participants said that they appreciated the said activity because of their teachers are dedicated and with expertise in their field.
The participants improved their reading, writing, and arithmetic skills. There are also inmates who passed the Alternative Learning System(ALS) examination and most of all the inmates develop their self-esteem.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Some of the participants answered that the most useful topic for them is the proper pronunciation, diction and the correct usage of grammar while some of them said that all of the topics are useful.
Most of them suggested to have additional time allotment for the said activity and they suggested to have an area enough for the big numbers of participants. They also suggested to continue this kind of skills training.