Shillong(Agencies): Defying age, a 50-year-old school
drop-out and a grandmother from a remote village in Meghalaya has cleared the
Class 12 board examinations, earning kudos for her achievement and becoming a
social media star of sorts.
The results of the Meghalaya
board’s Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSLLC), Arts stream, were
announced on Monday and Lakyntiew Syiemlieh passed the exams, according to the
board’s website.
Lakyntiew was the oldest
student and proudly adorned the uniform while attending classes in Balawan
College in Ri-Bhoi district for two long years.
“I am so happy to have cleared the
examinations,” Lakyntiew told PTI.
She said she wants to pursue
higher studies with vernacular language as her major subject.
The grandmother had dropped
out of school in 1988 because mathematics was a headache-inducing experience
for her.
“I stopped going to school because mathematics
was too difficult for me to understand. I was offered a job to teach
preschoolers in 2008 and that was the beginning of my love for re-learning,”
she said.
In 2015, Lakyntiew took up a
distance education course offered by IGNOU after a gap of 26 years to retain
her post at SSA School, where she used to teach.
“I was happy because mathematics was not
included in the IGNOU course,” she said.
Education Minister Lahkmen
Rymbui congratulated Lakyntiew for her feat despite her age.
“Age is not an issue when one is in search of
education. Lakyntiew Syiemlieh is an example for everybody and especially those
who give up studies midway. I congratulate her and appreciate her hard work and
dedication,” Rymbui said.
Her story was widely
circulated on social media.
Lakyntiew said, she has been
replying to congratulatory messages on her Facebook page and is busy attending
to calls from friends and family members.
Radio jockey Desmond Rimaki
Sunn posted on his Facebook page, “If you have the will power to succeed,
nothing can stop you.” PTI
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