After the celebration of the World Yoga day on the 21st day of 2015 where there were more than ten thousand inmates of the prison, it was decided that Tihar jail will produce 200 yoga teachers. These yoga teachers will earn their livelihood by way of teaching yoga. In this regard, 200 inmates were selected and it was proposed that 20 yoga teachers will teach Yoga to the inmates from Nature Cure Centre, an NGO and Panchvati Yoga ashram. This Yoga Teachers training programme will help the inmates to get a job after their release from the prison.
Last Wednesday this programme was inaugurated by the DG of Delhi Prisons Mr. Alok Kumar Verma. The curriculum and the syllabus were also unveiled by the senior official of prisons on the occasion. The NGO had designed the curriculum of the course and the inmates of the Tihar prison will undergo a proper training and the classes are proposed to be held every day.
The jail officials said that there will be both theoretical and practical classes and at the end of the curriculum or the completion of the syllabus the inmates will be required to undergo a final test and assessment. The inmates who would qualify would be given a certificate along with the expertise to earn their living as trained yoga teachers. The officials also commented that this kind of effort is the first of its kind that was attempted to be started in any jail. There are about 20 trainers of the Panchvati Ashram and the NGO who will train the inmates opined Mr. Ashutosh Kumar of the nonprofit organization, Nature Cure Centre. The yoga event and the programme will be a life changing event for the inmates. The certification so given by the institutions will help them find a suitable job after their release.
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