South African mother finishes school at the age of 31

A mother of two in South Africa has passed her final-year school exams at the age of 31, the local Daily Sun newspaper reports.

Slindile Cele said she was older than some of the teachers at her school in Ndwedwe town in KwaZulu-Natal, but she told herself that "I must respect them" in order to achieve her goal.

She now hopes to study nursing.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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