DSEU, Delhi prisons department collaborates for training and skill enhancement of inmates

With this collaboration, the DSEU aims to offer the different skill-based courses at Tihar Jail and award certificates to those who will successfully complete the programs. This will help them in getting employed once they are released, the prison officials said. 

DSEU collaborates with Delhi prisons department for training and skill enhancement of inmates

The Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) has inked a pact with the Delhi Prisons department to train and enhance the skills of inmates to support their long-term rehabilitation. With this collaboration, the DSEU aims to offer the different skill-based courses at Tihar Jail and award certificates to those who will successfully complete the programs. This will help them in getting employed once they are released, the prison officials said. 

"This skill training would enable inmates upon release to have an opportunity to respectfully integrate themselves into the society," the senior jail official said. For this, the DSEU will deploy trainers to impart skill-based courses to the identified groups within the jail premises. As per the officials, "a detailed assessment of existing skills and market requirements will be conducted before the launch of the courses, which will be tailor-made for the prisoners."

Director General (Prisons), Sandeep Goel, "This is the need of the hour and with such a strong institutionalized collaboration, we could aim at long term reform of the prisoners. "This program will help us add various skill courses for inmates in our jails which will help them earn their livelihood upon release. This will give the inmates a better opportunity to lead a dignified life.” Under the collaboration, the university will also hold joint workshops, seminars and conferences with the leading experts for innovation in the delivery of skill programs in such a unique setting, he said.

DSEU Vice Chancellor Neharika Vohra said, "Through this initiative, we want to give the prisoners a second chance to lead a respectable life upon release. Along with skill development, we will focus on providing foundational support and emotional-psychological well-being to the inmates for a more holistic learning experience."

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