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Age no bar Age no bar

by Gyanvitaranam

   As of late a bunch of older adults made news with their graduation from a prestigious medical school in the west and there was 105-year-old Bhagirathi Amma who made headlines of leading dailies for being the oldest to clear Kerala literacy exam which was equivalent to class 4-level education. What if she or someone of her age wanted to pursue something at a higher level?

   Do you even remember the elderly making news for graduating from school/ college? That doesn’t happen in our world. But you had probably come across an aunt who dreamed to study more but couldn’t because she decided to have a baby first…a father who dropped out of college to support his family in his younger days...a bright friend who couldn’t graduate because he was too ill in his/her teens. They dreamed to study more or catch-up from where they left. Nevertheless, it remains a dream because education is still not AGELESS. By the time they are ready to....

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