Education
59-Year-Old Meghalaya Man Prepares for Class 10 Board Exams
The Indian Express1h
THE BRIEF
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Fifty-nine-year-old Sylvester Shadap from Ri Bhoi district is preparing to appear for the Class 10 Secondary School Leaving Certificate examination in December.
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Shadap is among 9,767 school dropouts registered under Meghalaya's Second Chance Learning Programme, 37 years after he left school due to financial hardship.
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The joint initiative by the Meghalaya government, MBOSE, and MPOWER provides free self-study materials and 171 learning centres across the state without an upper age limit.