70-Year-Old Sudanese Sits For Primary School Exams

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Resumen: Un hombre sudanés de 70 años de edad, se ha sentado para su examen en la escuela primaria en el estado de Kordofán del oeste del país, con la esperanza de proceder a la escuela secundaria y, finalmente, la universidad, según un informe. De acuerdo con Dabanga, Ibrahim Yagoub Fudeili estaba entre una docena de estudiantes que se inscribió para presentar su Certificado de Educación Primaria  (CPE) el pasado domingo. Fudeili dijo que quería animar a los jóvenes sudaneses a tomar su educación en serio, ya que fue privado de estudiar cuando era más joven, debido a dificultades financieras.

A 70-year-old Sudanese man has sat for his primary school exam in the country’s west Kordofan state, with hope to proceed to secondary school and eventually university, a report says.

According to Dabanga, Ibrahim Yagoub Fudeili was among a dozen of students who wrote their Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) exam last Sunday.

Fudeili said he wanted to encourage young Sudanese to take their education seriously, as he was deprived of studying when he was younger, due to financial difficulties.

The father of 12 said he studied consistently after work as he had a family to feed.

He said that he studied the curriculum through a compensatory approach specially designed for the elderly. He was the oldest in his class.

At the time of his enrollment, the Guinness Book of World Records listed him as being the oldest person in the world to start primary school, said a Voice of America report.

Kimani Ng’ang’a Maruge started school in 2004 after the Kenyan government introduced free universal primary school.

«I was shown by God to go to school, and He encouraged me to study…That is why I am back in school,» he was quoted as saying at the time.

Fuente: http://allafrica.com/stories/201703080149.html