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| Ibrahim Yagoub Fudeili |
A 70-year-old man has defied the odds by sitting for his primary
school exam in Sudan’s West Kordofan state with the hope of going to secondary
school and eventually university, Dutch-funded Radio Dabanga reports.
Ibrahim Yagoub Fudeili,
who joined dozens of pupils taking the Certificate of Primary Education (CPE)
exam, told the radio station:
“I want to encourage
children to pursue their education. Do it for Sudan’s progress in science.”
He said he had had to give up his education when younger because
of financial difficulties.
The father of 12 said he
studied consistently after work as he had a family to feed.
Earlier, I stopped
continuing to study because of financial difficulties. But I returned today. I
have a family to support – twelve people, to be exact,” Fudeili was quoted as
saying.
He said that he studied
the curriculum through a compensatory approach specially designed for the
elderly. He was the oldest in his class.
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