Education has no age bar. A 50-year-old woman is attending annual HSC examination, now underway in the State, to be a matriculate.
Kalpana, a resident of Makidia village under Jaleswar block in Baleswar district, had left her schooling midway for her wedding. However, she got an opportunity to fulfil her long cherished dream after 37 years.
According to reports, Kalpana had married a person of a village under Dantan police limits in neighbouring State of West Bengal. She has two daughters and one son. Her two daughters are married and her son is pursuing Plus II. Even after turning 50, the mother of three has set an example for many.
Sources said that Kalpana had visited her native place last year. During her short period of stay at father’s home in Odisha, she heard about an open school education at Sri Chaitanya Dev High School in Jaleswar, where she could resume her studies and fulfil her past dreams.
March 12, 2019 was the significant day for her life as she had enrolled her name in the school to appear in the matriculation examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE).
She said that her family also supported her to attend HSC examination at this age.
She has performed well in all the papers till today. She is looking forward to attending rest of the papers and clearing the exam with high percen