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"The education center will prove a milestone in establishing prison as a reform house in the real terms," Singh said. JAMSHEDPUR: Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh of the Jharkhand high court inaugurated the distant education extension centre of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) at the Ghaghidih central jail in Jamshedpur on Sunday.The inauguration of the education centre brought smiles on the faces of the inmates as they look at it as an opportunity to transform their lives by pursuing higher education from the prison. "The centre is the outcome of the joint effort put in by the District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) and district administration," S N Sikdar, DLSA secretary (East Singhbhum), said. January and July. The course will be offered to the inmates in five languages including English, Hindi, Odiya and Bengali and Santhali.A total of 356 inmates took admission to the courses on offer with maximum 106 in BPP, 15 in BDP and 10 in CIT, respectively out of a total 1,800 inmates.Along with the education centre, an offset printing press and a soap manufacturing factory was also inaugurated at the prison by the chief guest..