Asylum seekers held in a detention centre on Manus Island have basic education courses.
On a tour of Australia's detention centre as part of a judicial inquiry on Friday, media were shown a large tent being used as a class room.
Inside, a group of asylum seekers sat around a rectangular table.
"We're learning about how there are billions of people in the world," the teacher explained.
The room itself was sparse, with basic ABC's on sheets of paper stuck to the walls One asylum seeker hid his face behind a piece of paper as the media entered.
The room also doubles as a prayer room, and some religious text could be seen on the walls.
Detainees also have access to the internet at certain times, with a small wooden shed with a blacked out window serving as their main connection to the outside world.
There are also telephone facilities in one section of the centre known as the green zone, where transferees are allowed call their families at night.
During a judicial human rights inquiry in Lorengau, the Manus capital, this week, one asylum seeker said detainees often missed their opportunity to call home.
"If there is even a small argument while waiting for the phones, we are (all) told, `no go back to your rooms'," he said.
