EXHARYANA CM CLEARS CLASS-10 EXAM

EARLIER REPORTS SAID HE HAD CLEARED CLASS 12

NEWDELHI: Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, who is serving a 10-year sentence in Delhi’s Tihar jail after his conviction in the teachers’ recruitment scam during his tenure, has cleared the Class 10 board examination, sources said on Friday.

According to sources, the 82-year-old has scored 53.40% in the exam that was conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in April. This year over 66% students have cleared the exam, results of which were announced on Friday.

The NIOS, formerly known as the National Open School, is an autonomous organisation under the Union human resource development ministry. Set up in 1989, it offers open basic education and for the pre-degree level.

It is one of the three nationa school boards along with Centra Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Council for the Indian School Certificate Exami nations (CISCE).

Earlier media reports claimed that Chautala had cleared his Class 12 though he had actually appeared for Class 10 exam. The former CM’s son, Abhay Singh Chautala, was quoted as saying that his father, who was on parole went back to jail in April to appear for Class 12 exam and secured ‘A’ grade.

Chautala, who took admission in Tihar Study Centre, Centra Jail No 7 in Tihar Jail, opted for social sciences, science and tech nology, Hindi, Indian culture and heritage and business studies in