BANGALORE: There's no age bar in education, feels 80-year-old TPShantaBai, who received a cash prize for securing the highest marks among senior citizens at the Karnataka State Open University's13th annual convocation.
Shanta Bai, who is from Kolar district and is based in Bangalore, is keen on learning new subjects and languages. After her retirement from the department of minorities in 1991, she started attending Sanskrit classes.
"I couldn't teach Sanskrit to my granddaughter who was doing her SSLC in 1994. This prompted me to learn Sanskrit. But after some years, I felt I should study the language under a teacher. So I joined an institute," she explained.
She's currently attending the Vidhyuth Uttama Alankara course in Bangalore. While attending the classes, her friends forced her to apply for MA in Sanskrit offered by KSOU and attended its contact classes in Bangalore. "I was the seniormost in the course - they were in 30-50 age group. We used to discuss a lot about the lessons. My grandson helped me use Skype to discuss lessons with my friends. I'd study in the morning for the exams," Shanta added.
Though she received support from her children and grandchildren, she did not inform her husband H R Mukund Rao, a retired officer from the central excise department, about her course. "I feared he would scold me. But like other family members, he too supported me, when he got to know about it," she said.
Shanta completed BSc from University of Mysore in 1952, BEd from Osmania University and MA in mathematics from Banaras Hindu University in 1962. She has learnt French too. "I want to translate Sanskrit works to French," she added.
Shanta Bai, who is from Kolar district and is based in Bangalore, is keen on learning new subjects and languages. After her retirement from the department of minorities in 1991, she started attending Sanskrit classes.
"I couldn't teach Sanskrit to my granddaughter who was doing her SSLC in 1994. This prompted me to learn Sanskrit. But after some years, I felt I should study the language under a teacher. So I joined an institute," she explained.
She's currently attending the Vidhyuth Uttama Alankara course in Bangalore. While attending the classes, her friends forced her to apply for MA in Sanskrit offered by KSOU and attended its contact classes in Bangalore. "I was the seniormost in the course - they were in 30-50 age group. We used to discuss a lot about the lessons. My grandson helped me use Skype to discuss lessons with my friends. I'd study in the morning for the exams," Shanta added.
Though she received support from her children and grandchildren, she did not inform her husband H R Mukund Rao, a retired officer from the central excise department, about her course. "I feared he would scold me. But like other family members, he too supported me, when he got to know about it," she said.
Shanta completed BSc from University of Mysore in 1952, BEd from Osmania University and MA in mathematics from Banaras Hindu University in 1962. She has learnt French too. "I want to translate Sanskrit works to French," she added.
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