The Tamil Nadu School Education Department had made arrangements for examination centres at the respective prisons, as per the request of the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services. File
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The pass percentage of prison inmates in the Class 12 board exams is 92.31, with as many as 122 prisoners passing the examinations this time in Tamil Nadu.
For the academic year 2024-2025, 130 prison inmates, including two women, from Central Prisons and Special Prisons for Women across the State appeared for the Class 12 public exams.
The Tamil Nadu School Education Department had made arrangements for examination centres at the respective prisons, as per the request of the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services.
Prisoners of Central Prison, Palayamkottai, and Central Prison, Salem, scored the top three ranks. Convict-prisoner Meenakshi Sundaram scored 524 marks out of 600, followed by Vaithilingam with 517 marks and Kanivalavan scoring 511 marks.
A senior officer of the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services said imparting education is the foremost measure among various reformation and rehabilitation programmes carried out by the department.
Many educational programmes have been launched, as the prison population comprises many inmates who have not received any education. Various educational and vocational courses are being offered for the prisoners, aimed at empowering them towards life-sustaining employment on their release. Elementary schools are functioning with qualified teachers in all Central Prisons/Special Prisons for Women and District Jail, Pudukkottai.
Published – May 08, 2025 02:45 pm IST
