Meet the Grandmother Who is Now a Secondary School Student

 
 
The woman in the photo is a grandmother but that has not hampered  her love for education.
 
Despite her advancement in age, she has enrolled in a secondary school and is in fact a Senior Secondary II student in Kaduna State.
 
Identified as Mrs Helen Odeba, the woman has been hailed on social media as an epitome of the passion and craving for knowledge.
 
Mrs Odeba's story was shared on Twitter by the man standing beside her in the photo above, identified as A.S. Aruwa.
 
According to him, Mrs Odeba's case has proved that it is never too late to seek for knowledge.
 
Below is how he made his tweet:
 
 
Social media users have hailed the woman's courage and quest for knowledge with many calling her the epitome of passion for more knowledge.

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