A/HRC/37/50/Add.2 52. Moreover, it is allowed for convicts and detainees, held in closed and open penitentiary institutions, to continue their education through non-formal education activities. Detainees and convicts in open penitentiary institutions can also have formal education. 53. Regarding the claims in Paragraph 42 regarding “lack of schooling and insufficient access to recreational activities for juvenile pre-trial detainees” as well as “adult inmates not allowed to work”, the Government would like to inform that the juveniles who have never received formal education or dropped out of education are evaluated by the teachers working for educational services in penitentiary institutions and all proceedings for the education of these juveniles are carried out by the said services. 54. Within this framework, while the juveniles held in education houses for minors benefit from formal and non-formal education, juveniles who are held in juvenile sections of closed penitentiary institutions and in the institutions for adults benefit from non-formal education. Moreover, 1st and 2nd Level Literacy Courses are delivered in all penitentiary institutions. The juveniles who are held in penitentiary institutions for terror-related crimes also benefit from formal, non-formal education and 1st Level Literacy courses. 55. With a view to securing full rehabilitation of juvenile offenders in penitentiary institutions, of those who have never attended school or drop-outs are evaluated by the educational service to continue to their education. As per their needs they are offered literacy courses or formal education if they are suitable in terms of age and educational level or to distance learning. Moreover, they may take exams by Student Selection and Placement Center and the Ministry of National Education within the framework of nonformal education. Social and cultural activities and studies for juveniles (conferences and seminars, theatre plays, concerts, movies, painting, comics, folk dances, music, handicrafts, exhibitions, quiz shows, debates, chess-draught etc. and celebrations of important days and weeks) are also carried out . 56. In all institutions including at high security penitentiary institutions, within their capacities, new courses are offered to ensure that inmates would have a profession after serving their sentences. It is aimed that inmates become equipped with suitable knowledge, skills and competencies in a dynamic manner in accordance with contemporary needs; encouraged for entrepreneurship, team work, decision-making and problem-solving and their adaptation to the changing social and economic conditions is ensured. 57. As per the below-mentioned provisions in Article 29 of The Law on the Execution of Penalties and Security Measures on “Employment of convicts” and Article 96 of the Regulation on the Administration of Penitentiary Institutions and on the Execution of Penalties and Security Measures; • Convicts who do not have an occupation and who are determined by the institution doctor to be mentally and physically healthy and convicts who have an occupation and who are willing to work may be employed in workshops in return for such wages as shall be fixed according to the means of the institution. • The purpose of such employment is to ensure that convicts learn an art or trade which will enable them to maintain themselves after release, and to develop or strengthen their motivation to work and produce. In the employment of convicts, their abilities, skills, aptitudes, and mental and physical conditions will be taken into account. • The employment of minor convicts shall only be in the field of vocational training. Minors and juvenile convicts attending education institutions or formal education may not be employed in workshops during the teaching year. 8