Edu of prisoners’ children at a low level – AFPc
BY Ruwan Laknath Jayakody
In light of underperformance at the school level, the Association of Friends of Prisoners' Children (AFPC) highlighted the need to adopt a different approach to uplifting the education levels of children who have a parent currently within the penal system.
The Association, through their involvement as a member of the Welikada Prison (including the Magazine Prison) Welfare Board, is presently sponsoring 300 students from rural village areas across the country from Grade Five upwards, who are children whose fathers are incarcerated in the male ward at the Welikada Prison.
Chairperson of the Association, Dhammi Fernando said that as a result of the primary breadwinner being behind bars, they are essentially raised by a single parent, the mother, who is in tu...