At 92, Indian girl attends college for the primary time and learns to learn and write

A 92-year-old Indian great-grandmother started attending a college with the intention to study to learn and write. Her instance impressed others, because the authorities knowledgeable the native press this Wednesday, twenty seventh. Salima Khan, born in 1931 and married since she was 14, dreamed of being literate all her life. Initially from Bulandshahr, within the state of Uttar Pradesh, Khan says that when she was rising up there have been no colleges for women within the metropolis. Six months in the past she began learning alongside her grandson’s spouse. Her story turned recognized after a video during which she seems counting to at least one hundred went viral. “My grandchildren tricked me into giving them more cash as a result of I didn’t know find out how to depend,” she instructed the Occasions of India newspaper. “These days are over.”

Following her instance, 25 girls from her city started attending literacy lessons, college principal Pratibha Sharma instructed the Occasions of India. Guinness World Information information the late Kimani Ng’ang’a Maruge of Kenya because the oldest individual to finish major training, after coming into an academic establishment in 2004 on the age of 84. The literacy fee in India is round 73%, in response to the 2011 census.

‘Khan chachi’ learns to learn at 92, conjures up a village in UP’s Bulandshahr

Salima has accomplished six months of training and is ready to learn and write. Her video, counting from one to 100, is making waves on social media. https://t.co/sEKRaNy0Rg pic.twitter.com/LNTrPmOaEA

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