For the first time this year, a vocational training school will operate in Korydallos prison, offering a two-year program for junior high school graduates.
As P. Konta, Director of Education for Correctional Facilities, stated, the school will provide students with skills through a Level 3 certification in the National Qualifications Framework, so that once released they are prepared to work. The first class in Korydallos prison will include 20 participants.
The National Qualifications Framework has eight levels covering the full range of qualifications, from primary to higher education.
Schools of all levels (elementary, junior high, high school) already operate in prisons across the country, as well as Vocational Training Schools (SAEK, formerly IEK).
The program will begin at Korydallos but will be extended to other prisons nationwide. As Konta told ERT, these programs help “reduce the likelihood of reoffending later, when inmates are released, and generally alleviate the mental strain that imprisonment itself causes”.
“This is the goal. It’s a very important step, and surely others will follow. Because simply producing graduates from one level of education is not enough—it helps, but it doesn’t ensure smooth, immediate reintegration”, she added.
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