Overview
- Ashok Kumar S., 27, serving a life term in Ballari Central Prison, passed Karnataka’s Second Pre-University exam with 80.1% (481 out of 600), a First Class result certified by the state board.
- The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board reported his scores as History 94, Economics 84, Sociology 77, Political Science 75, Kannada 82, and English 69.
- Prison officials said he has been in custody for nine years after a murder conviction.
- After he asked to study, prison authorities sought approval from Alok Kumar, the prisons director-general, which cleared him to register and sit the exam.
- The prison provided study materials, a separate study space, and supervised escorts to the exam centre, and officials said the outcome shows education can aid inmate reform.