IGNOU would impart free education to Mizo Prisoners

IGNOU would impart free education to inmates of the prisons in Mizoram from next academic session, the open university said in a statement here today.

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) would also provide free textbooks to the students in jail.

IGNOU had established a study centre at Central Jail near here in 1999 and examination centre has been functioning in the prison for a few years.

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