Regulations for the Implementation of the Education to Prisoners Article 5

The Supplementary Education and Continuing Education of Prisons shall be conducted face-to-face or adopt the use of transmission media such as radio, television, information appliance or audio-visual equipment in prisons. Prisons shall decide the course plan in accordance with the course policy established by central authority governing education.Regarding the course plan and its implementation, the central and local authorities governing education shall provide education and training, consultation and guidance and relevant resources based on the needs raised by schools.In cases that prisons collaborate with universities and colleges or open colleges to provide extension education, such education shall be conducted face-to-face or adopt the use of transmission media such as radio, television, information appliance or audio-visual equipment in prisons. The collaborated schools shall decide the course plan and review the plan of each class in every academic year.The prison security management, students’ needs of study and the goal of correctional education shall be taken into consideration to revise the programs reasonably for the implementation of each prison course plan at each education level.