11-Year-Old Chhattisgarh Boy Set To Appear For Class X Board Exams

Durg: Livjot Singh Arora from Chattisgarh’s Durg district is on the verge setting a record of sorts. The class V student is just 11 and yet granted permission to appear for the Class X Board exams for the ongoing academic session.

The board has taken the decision to allow him for Class X exams on the basis of Milestone School Bhilai student’s intelligence quotient (IQ) test report, an official from the state public relations department told news agency PTI.

“This is probably the first case in the state, where a child below the age of 12 has been given an opportunity to sit for the Class X board examination,” the official said.

According to an official release, Livjot had submitted an application to the CGBSE that he wanted to appear for the Class X board exams for session 2020-21. Following his application, he had to undergo an IQ test at Durg district hospital. The test revealed that his IQ was equal to that of a 16-year-old, the release stated.

A set of standardised tests that are designed to assess human intelligence actually yields the IQ score of a person.

“Livjot was talented right from the start. When he was in Class III, we found that he could solve complicated maths problems within seconds. Later, we saw news reports of young children being allowed to appear for board exams, and we started preparing him without putting any pressure on him,” Livjot’s father Gurwindar Singh Arora was quoted as saying by the agency.