A woman who has served her rural Kenyan village as a midwife for the past 65 years has returned to primary school along with six of her great-great-grandchildren.

Priscilla Sitienei, 90, is believed to be the oldest primary school pupil in the world. She enrolled at Leaders Vision Preparatory School in the Rift Valley village of Ndalat five years ago, with the intention of finally learning to read and write.

Affectionately known as “Gogo”, which means grandmother in the local Kalenjin language, Mrs Sitienei grew up under British colonial masters and never had the chance to go to school.

She said she wants to be able to read the Bible, pass on her midwifery skills and write down the herbal remedies she uses in births.

She also hopes to inspire those younger than her – including her own classmates, aged between 10 and 14, some of whom she delivered as babies.

Source : http://popafrica.com/meet-worlds-oldest-primary-school-pupil-kenya/

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Dis is 2 show dat age is no barrier 2 education

that is the essential of Education, thump up to her, indeed education goes beyond age

That shows d willingness despite her old age

She has broken the gueness book of records, the second oldest person to be in primary school was 84, also from Kenya

Kimani Nganga Maruge, 90, became a celebrity when he joined a school in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret at the age of 84, earning him a Guinness book of records entry as the oldest man ever to start primary school.

"He has been sick and his condition had deteriorated lately," said Donatila Ekuyi of Cheshire Home for the Aged.

"He has been sick suffering stomach cancer. We are waiting for his family members."

A former Mau-Mau who fought British settlers in the 1950s,http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/6031708/Worlds-oldest-pupil-dies-aged-90.html

Before my granny died,she will always drag my elder bros to adult evening class especially during exams.My brother will sit outside close to the window to show her.One day she was caught...Hehehe ..fear no catch her,she was even shouting at the teacher..saying he is my grandson...",na who ask her"...

wish her long life and success in her quest for knowledge