Sixty-eight convicts from prisons across the State wrote the Plus-Two examination at an exclusive centre in the Central Prison, Puzhal, on Thursday.
The exclusive centre for the board examinations has been functioning in Puzhal Central Prison since 2008. On Thursday, five separate rooms were allocated in the prison to enable the inmates write the exam. Five invigilators and one chief superintendent were on duty.
A. Murugesan, DIG of Prisons in-charge, Chennai range said, “We have taken several initiatives for the betterment of prisoners, to hone their skills and to educate them. The prisoners believe studies would be useful once they are released from here.”
Over 100 candidates applied for the exams this year and 73 of them were found eligible to write them. On Thursday, 68 candidates, including six women, appeared.
Convicts who are graduates and members from NGOs helped them prepare for the exams.
