By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : To improve their employability or just pick up an additional skill, prisoners at the country’s largest prison, Tihar, are increasingly attending spoken English classes being conducted there.
The two-hour long tutorials being organised every day have seen an increase in the number of students as more and more are expressing their interest in learning the language.
Authorities at the Tihar prison said both male and female prisoners are coming regularly to attend these classes and taking great interest in them.
“Over time, we have seen prisoners showing their keenness to join the classes. We have great rush to manage everyday,” Tihar Prisons spokesperson Sunil Gupta said.
Interestingly, the classes are given not by language trainers but different English-speaking prisoners lodged here.
Explaining the idea behind the classes, Gupta said, “There are so many prisoners of foreign nations who know good English.