NAGPUR: There isn't any age for studying. In an ideal example of the adage, 65-year-old Kamala Dhakde seemed for Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (Ignou) Bachelor Preparatory Programme (BPP) examination at Kurkheda village in the Naxalite-hit Gadchiroli district lately.
A local of Visora village in Gadchiroli district, Kamala is the oldest to have registered for the route from the district. She had attended formal class over 5 a long time ago.
Her enrolment impressed 4 other girls, who had been reluctant mainly because of their advanced age, to start out finding out. The BPP batch had 33 scholars, including six girls in the age workforce 40-65 years, for the six-month route adopted through examination this month.
Growing up in the tribal-dominated village beneath Wadsa taluka, Kamala’s research had been discontinued when she used to be in Std IV due to deficient financial situation at house. Both her parents had been farm labourers and had married her off in her early teens.
Marriage too didn’t trade Kamala’s fortune as she joined her husband in running the family as farm labourers.
But, Kamala by no means gave up fundamental reading and writing talents she had got throughout her faculty days. “She had been helping villagers in writing letters and reading out them over the years,” said Gauri Uikey, Ignou co-ordinator at Kurkheda centre.
Uikey has visited over 150 villages in the district to encourage dropouts, youths, as well as adults to enrol for a number of programmes introduced through Ignou.
Uikey said Kamalbai’s daughter Sheela, now married, completed her Bachelor of Arts and used to be a typical at consciousness camps organized through the istitution. “It used to be through Sheela that her mother came to know about our BPP, which helps other people like her having no formal training to take in upper research after clearing the entry-level examination BPP,” Uikey said.
She said Kamalbai could also be just right in accounts and has been helping self-help teams in wearing out their paintings in numerous villages.
“She loves social paintings. All her lifestyles, she used to be busy earning day-to-day bread and butter and hence, couldn’t devote time for research. But her spirits are high. At other consciousness camps, she used to ask about lessons and how you can enrol. Generally, middle-age other people feel shy in enquiring about training but she had no hesitation,” Uikey added.
Regional director P Sivaswaroop said Kamlabai plans to pursue Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) after her BPP result is declared. “Her affiliation with Ignou would fortify our efforts to spread training to the remotest corner of this tribal belt,” he said.
A local of Visora village in Gadchiroli district, Kamala is the oldest to have registered for the route from the district. She had attended formal class over 5 a long time ago.
Her enrolment impressed 4 other girls, who had been reluctant mainly because of their advanced age, to start out finding out. The BPP batch had 33 scholars, including six girls in the age workforce 40-65 years, for the six-month route adopted through examination this month.
Growing up in the tribal-dominated village beneath Wadsa taluka, Kamala’s research had been discontinued when she used to be in Std IV due to deficient financial situation at house. Both her parents had been farm labourers and had married her off in her early teens.
Marriage too didn’t trade Kamala’s fortune as she joined her husband in running the family as farm labourers.
But, Kamala by no means gave up fundamental reading and writing talents she had got throughout her faculty days. “She had been helping villagers in writing letters and reading out them over the years,” said Gauri Uikey, Ignou co-ordinator at Kurkheda centre.
Uikey has visited over 150 villages in the district to encourage dropouts, youths, as well as adults to enrol for a number of programmes introduced through Ignou.
Uikey said Kamalbai’s daughter Sheela, now married, completed her Bachelor of Arts and used to be a typical at consciousness camps organized through the istitution. “It used to be through Sheela that her mother came to know about our BPP, which helps other people like her having no formal training to take in upper research after clearing the entry-level examination BPP,” Uikey said.
She said Kamalbai could also be just right in accounts and has been helping self-help teams in wearing out their paintings in numerous villages.
“She loves social paintings. All her lifestyles, she used to be busy earning day-to-day bread and butter and hence, couldn’t devote time for research. But her spirits are high. At other consciousness camps, she used to ask about lessons and how you can enrol. Generally, middle-age other people feel shy in enquiring about training but she had no hesitation,” Uikey added.
Regional director P Sivaswaroop said Kamlabai plans to pursue Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) after her BPP result is declared. “Her affiliation with Ignou would fortify our efforts to spread training to the remotest corner of this tribal belt,” he said.
65-year-old tribal woman appears for Ignou exam, leads education drive in Gadchiroli
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