JUVENILE EDUCATION

PROGRAMME
 WHAT

Education programme for

JUVENILE students : juvenile hall/
EDUCATION homes/ camps or youth
education facilities
 WHY
Poverty
Psychological
Family ties

FACTORS

Peer
Education influence
 HENRY GURNEY SCHOOL

• Established to care for young offenders.

• The name was adopted upon its official opening by Sir Henry
Gurney on May 15, 1950.
• The programmes run by Henry Gurney are rehabilitative
in nature:
-Orientation
-strengthening self-personality
-vocational training
-pre-free programme

Muzaffar Syah Mallow . (2017). New Straits Times. Change name of Henry Gurney
schools to reflect our independence, Retrieved from
https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2017/09/283720/change- name-
henry-gurney-schools-reflect-our-independence
HENRY GURNEY SCHOOL LIST
 INTEGRITY SCHOOL

• Located within prison is academically-oriented for (SPM)

• Founded in April, 2008 partnership between the Education
Ministry and the Malaysian Prison Department.
Student enrolment does not depend on age but on academic
abilities
• Integrity school prepares students for the (SPM) and skills
training to the vocationally-inclined.
• The schools only cater to arts stream students as they do not
have the facilities for science laboratories.

The Star. (2017). The Star Online. Do you know about schools in prison, Retrieved from
www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/07/11/do-you-know-about-schools-in-
prison/#YEFEsyF6Ck4Esvws.99
 THE PUTRA MODULE
1. Building
Programme

Integrated
4. approach of 2. Character
Community physical and Reinforcement
Programme spiritual Programme
rehabilitation

Alpatanni, P. (2015). Juvenile 3. Skills

Delinquency in Malaysia. Fakulti sains Programme
sosial gunaan (fass). 1-13. DOI:
10.13140/RG.2.1.2679.4720.
 Discipline Building Programme
Main objective :produce inmate who are
discipline and abide by all the regulations, active
and practice a healthy way of life.
Implemented for three months
 Character Reinforcement Programme
• is the core treatment
• Implemented between 6 and 12 months.
• Focus on the development of self-identity and
positive attitudes
 Skills Programme
• Objective: to produce inmates who are skilled
and possess certificate as well as those who
excel in sports.
 Community Programme
Objective: prepare the inmates to face the
stigma attached after they are released and to
encourage public participation
 DIGITAL LITERACY

• Collaboration between the Prisons Department of Malaysia

and Microsoft Malaysia
• Three-year programme that includes digital literacy and
upskilling opportunities in the areas of digital inclusion,
entrepreneurship and capacity-building.
• Inmates from the prison schools will be trained to use basic
computer programmes such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
and Excel

Hanna Sheikh Mokhtar. (2016). News Straits Times. Education behind bars,
Retrieved from https://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/07/160570/education-
behind- bars
“This notion complements a 2015 Microsoft
study which found students recognising the
value of coding — or software programming —
as a core subject in schools.

(Begum, 2016)
The director, corporate, external & legal affairs, Microsoft
Malaysia and Emerging Markets
 CHALLENGES
• Having no continuity of learning
• Students’ minds are full of other
challenges they’re facing
• Could not see the purpose of learning

Eliza Ranee Jeremiah. (2017).The Star Online. Classes behind bar, Retrieved
from https://www.thestar.com.my/news/education/2017/07/09/classes-
behind-bars/
If we put them in jail, they will learn
how to perform more serious crimes.

(Zahid Hamidi, 2018)