Photos: 78 Year Old Mariana Ong’ango Ololo, Kenyan Granny Starts School
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| 78-Year-Old
Mariana Ong’ango Ololo in class room |
Just as the old maxim
goes, wonders shall never end.
78-year-old Mariana
Ong’ango Ololo, a new pupil at Obambo Primary School, is not only the
oldest pupil in her class, the grandmother is also the oldest pupil in
the school.
Ololo, who hails from
Siaya county, reportedly showed up at the school unannounced on 14 May,
in a school uniform with a shaved head and accompanied by her
56-year-old son George.
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| 78-Year-Old
Mariana Ong’ango Ololo learning from co-pupils |
The school principal
Joseph Muloand told the Daily Nation, “It is a unique case. We have to
lay down a strategy of handling such an elderly pupil.” Ololo has
already missed classes on several occasions due to her poor health.
The Nation reports that
she is a mother of eight and has been a widow since 2002. She reportedly
started school because of an interest in politics and was inspired to
do so by the election of Uhuru Kenyatta. She told the Daily Nation,
"“Uhuru Kenyatta is not an old man, but took over as fourth President
because he has got an education. That is a clear indicator that a person
cannot rank highly in society without an education.”
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| 78-Year-Old
Mariana Ong’ango Ololo running in the field |
Her story is very similar
to that of Guinness World Record holder Kimani Maruge who enrolled in
primary school at the age of 84. Maruge had a 2010 movie, called The
First Grader, made about his experience.
Note from Bimtime:
The day you stop
reading that is the day you start dying because the more wealthy you are
in knowledge the younger you become.
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| 78-Year-Old
Mariana Ong’ango Ololo with her Teacher |
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| 78-Year-Old
Mariana Ong’ango Ololo in the farm |
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| 78-Year-Old
Mariana Ong’ango Ololo directed by Teacher |
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| 78-Year-Old
Mariana Ong’ango Ololo playing football |
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| 78-Year-Old
Mariana Ong’ango Ololo shaking hands with Teacher |
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