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Mumbai: 51-year-old woman again joins college to be graduate

There is no age for education, this saying has been proved right once again by a woman here in Mumbai. After taking a break of 30 years, a 51-year-old woman joined college. The woman, name not revealed, talks about her experience of enrolling in college to be a graduate. "After my 12th standard I had to give up my education to get married. It was a joint family, so continuing my education was not an option, but somewhere within me I always felt like I had missed out... that I wanted to study further," she says. In 2013, she enrolled herself for a Bachelor degree in Commerce and now she is in her third year, preparing for final exams. She talks about her experience on the Humans of Bombay Facebook page. Read her entire story below:

"After my 12th standard I had to give up my education to get married. It was a joint family, so continuing my education...

Posted by Humans of Bombay on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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