Education in prisons being an important means of reformative treatment, the Education Personnel shall offer a comprehensive programme of education to prisoners in which various educational functionaries shall perform their specific duties in the following areas, namely:-
(a) conducting diversified educational programmes for health, academics, social and moral education;
(b) linking prison education with mainstream education;
(c) screening of newly admitted inmates for the determination of their educational aptitude, abilities and interests;
(d) participation in Classification Committee’s work;
(e) conducting literacy, socio-cultural and spiritual development programme;
(f) arranging tests and examinations and periodically assessing educational progress of inmates, changing educational programmes when necessary;
(g) maintenance of a library with sufficient reading material; and
(h) providing Audio-visual facilities.