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THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1982

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YOUNG PRISONERS EXCEL IN LONDON EXAMS

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THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, MR KENNETH TOPLEY, IN A SPECIAL CEREMONY HELD TODAY AT THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE TO 14 YOUNG PRISONERS WHO HAVE PASSED THE TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN COURSE EXAMINATIONS WITH REMARKABLE RESULTS.

THE RECIPIENTS, WHO ARE AGED BETWEEN 19 AND 24, TOOK THE EXAMINATIONS FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND YEAR AND EMERGED WITH TOTAL OF 19 DISTINCTIONS, 16 CREDITS AND SIX PASSES.

OF THEM, SIX SAT FOR THE SECOND YEAR EXAMINATION AND THE REMAINDER FOR THE FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION,

THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN COURSE WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN 1978 IN LINE WITH THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT IN CORRECTING YOUNG OFFENDERS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING. SUBJECTS TAUGHT INCLUDED MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND ELEMENTARY TELECOMMUNICATION PRACTICES.

DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS, 37 YOUNG PRISONERS, 25

OF WHOM HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCHARGED, HAVE SAT FOR THE EXAMINATIONS, A MAJORITY OF THOSE DISCHARGED ARE PRESENTLY EMPLOYED IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY WHILE TWO OF THEM HAVE CONTINUED THEIR STUDIES IN AN EVENING COLLEGE AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE 3RD YEAR COURSE.

TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, OFFICERS AND MASTERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS PARENTS AND RELATIVES OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES.

FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, MR TOPLEY, ACCOMPANIED BY MR GARNER + TOURED THE INSTITUTION TO SEE THE VARIOUS FACILITIES PROVIDED AND OBSERVED THE EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING CLASSES FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS.

MR TOPLEY ALSO VISITED THE NEWLY BUILT LAUNDRY AT THE ADJACENT PIK UK PRISON WHICH IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING 450 000 KILOGRAMMES OF SOILED LINEN FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS A MONTH.

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