National Literacy Mission launched at Tihar jail

Tihar Prisons authorities on April 13, launched the National Literacy Mission Programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development at the jail to educate and empower prisoners and prevent them from becoming second time offenders when freed. Recognising illiteracy as one of the reasons for crime, Tihar jail authorities decided to launch a literacy drive for all its adolescent and female inmates. Inaugurated by the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Dipak Misra, this programme will impart functional literacy to all illiterate inmates whereby they will be self-reliant in reading, writing and numeric.