CHENNAI: As education nonetheless society’s nice leveller? That is also up for debate but as many as 148 of the 164 inmates of prisons in Tamil Nadu passed the state board Class X exams this year.
Abdul Muthalif alias Khaja Mohideen, arrested through the National Investigation Agency for alleged links to ISIS, scored 426 marks out of 500 to simply emerge the topper among prisoners from Tamil Nadu who took the examination, prisons division officers mentioned on Wednesday.
In Chennai Prison Zone, two inmates of Puzhal Central Prison, took 2nd and 3rd spots among prisoners who passed the examination. A convict serving a life sentence, Samu, positioned 2nd with 414/500 marks; another convict, Thangaraj, was once 3rd with 406/500.
In Puzhal Central Prison, 44 inmates out of 56 cleared the examination, the prisons officers mentioned. In Tiruchy Central Prison, 32 of 39 inmates cleared the examination; 53 passed in Coimbatore Central Prison; and 19 passed in Palayankottai Central Prison.
Muthalif, arrested through the state police for the murder of Hindu Munnani chief Okay P S Suresh Kumar, is recently in Poonamallee Special Sub Jail. The NIA on September 15 officially arrested Muthalif, a local of Kollumedu close to Kattumannar Kovil in Cuddalore district, on a pending trial warrant. Muthalif was once on the time in Puzhal Central Prison in connection with the July 2015 murder of Suresh Kumar.
The govt appointed two academics to take day-to-day classes for inmates at every of the state’s 8 central prisons; the prisoners appeared for the exams as non-public candidates. Prisons officers mentioned the academics conducted two hours of particular classes for prisoners on a daily basis in the run-up to the examinations.
"The prisoners took notes from two prisoners with MA and MTech degrees," mentioned a senior prisons reliable. "We have organised a week of intensive training classes for the inmates."
Senior prisons officers congratulated the successful inmates and inspired them to pursue higher education.
"We will continue to offer maximum support to prisoners who wish to pursue higher studies," a senior jail reliable mentioned.
Abdul Muthalif alias Khaja Mohideen, arrested through the National Investigation Agency for alleged links to ISIS, scored 426 marks out of 500 to simply emerge the topper among prisoners from Tamil Nadu who took the examination, prisons division officers mentioned on Wednesday.
In Chennai Prison Zone, two inmates of Puzhal Central Prison, took 2nd and 3rd spots among prisoners who passed the examination. A convict serving a life sentence, Samu, positioned 2nd with 414/500 marks; another convict, Thangaraj, was once 3rd with 406/500.
In Puzhal Central Prison, 44 inmates out of 56 cleared the examination, the prisons officers mentioned. In Tiruchy Central Prison, 32 of 39 inmates cleared the examination; 53 passed in Coimbatore Central Prison; and 19 passed in Palayankottai Central Prison.
Muthalif, arrested through the state police for the murder of Hindu Munnani chief Okay P S Suresh Kumar, is recently in Poonamallee Special Sub Jail. The NIA on September 15 officially arrested Muthalif, a local of Kollumedu close to Kattumannar Kovil in Cuddalore district, on a pending trial warrant. Muthalif was once on the time in Puzhal Central Prison in connection with the July 2015 murder of Suresh Kumar.
The govt appointed two academics to take day-to-day classes for inmates at every of the state’s 8 central prisons; the prisoners appeared for the exams as non-public candidates. Prisons officers mentioned the academics conducted two hours of particular classes for prisoners on a daily basis in the run-up to the examinations.
"The prisoners took notes from two prisoners with MA and MTech degrees," mentioned a senior prisons reliable. "We have organised a week of intensive training classes for the inmates."
Senior prisons officers congratulated the successful inmates and inspired them to pursue higher education.
"We will continue to offer maximum support to prisoners who wish to pursue higher studies," a senior jail reliable mentioned.
ISIS suspect tops prisoners in TN Class X exams
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