77-year-old man clears Class 10 in 56th attempt, enrols for Class 12 exam
Jaipur: Age is just a number. Hukumdas Vaishnav (77), a retired government employee from Jalore, who flunked Class 10 exams 55 times, has now got enrolled for Class 12 exams. Hukumdas Vaishnav cleared the class X exam in 56th attempt.
The story of this man pursuing his studies in his 70s is a source of inspiration for many. He was born in 1945 at Sardargarh village of Jalore. Hukumdas passed classes 1 to 8 from Teekhi village. For the first time in 1962 in Mokalsar, he appeared in Class X examination. The examination centre was in Barmer. While he got supplementary in the first exam, he failed for the second time. His friends challenged that he will never clear his class X exam.
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However, Hukumdas promised that he shall clear his class X exam one day. Hukumdas Vaishnav says that he became a fourth grade employee in the Ground Water Department.
Thereafter, he left regular studies and started appearing for examinations as a volunteer. In 2005, he retired from the Treasury Department as a Class IV employee. Till 2010, he appeared for Class 10 exam organised by the Board of Secondary Education for 48 times. After that, he tried from the State Open Board and finally in 2019, he passed Class 10 exam with the second division. After that he got enrolled for Class 12 in 2021-22 session and will now appear for exams.
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On Tuesday, Hukumdas Vaishnav applied from Class 12 arts class exams at Government Higher Secondary School in Jalore city. His grandson has already completed his schooling.
-PTC News with social media inputs
