Methodist Mission begins literacy programme in prison

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

Dunedin’s Methodist Mission has begun a literacy and numeracy programme at the Otago Corrections Facility in Milburn that it says is ”much more powerful” than classroom learning.

The organisation began the courses at the prison this week, after winning a contract with the Department of Corrections.

Te Wananga o Aotearoa secured a contract to deliver programmes nationally, but Methodist Mission Southern took a contract to deliver intensive literacy and numeracy programmes at the prison. Continue reading

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