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Education Unit
Castlerea Centre of Detention
HEAD TEACHER: Riona Finn
Harristown
Castlerea
Co. Roscommon
Phone: 094 9625290
Prison Education - In partnership with the Department of
Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the
Department of Education and Science, Co. Roscommon Vocational Education Committee provides
over 10,000 hours of
tuition in the Education Unit of Castlerea Prison.
The curriculum ranges from
Literacy and Basic Education to degree level and students may opt for part-time
or
full-time courses. Many of those courses are accredited and students sit the
usual state examinations if they so wish.
The Education Unit employs a liberal Adult Education model
which is characterized by voluntary student participation,
a broad curriculum,
student autonomy in subject choice, student identification of their own needs
and an emphasis on
meeting the specific educational needs of all students. There
are approximately 110 students enrolled at any one time. |