Lady celebrates her 80-year-old grandma as she bags Masters degree

A South African grandma has achieved her dream of bagging a Masters degree and she is being celebrated for her determination.

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She graduated with a Masters in Business Administration, (MBA), shortly before her 80th birthday and joyfully donned her gown at the graduation ceremony.

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The news of her graduation was shared on Twitter by her granddaughter who was excited as she posted a photo of the latest MBA holder in town.

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”Grandmother is graduating! She did her MBA (Master of Business Administration) and is graduating just shy of her 80th birthday!!!

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Never give up on your dreams”, the tweet reads.

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While some netizens congratulated her, others expressed mixed reservations over the importance of the qualification to her.

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Reacting, @ADaniel26099125 said; #lifelonglearning is essential but at age 80 paying 1000s for an MBA or a degree 😲🙄🤔🤔Never underestimate the value of informal & nonformal learning. And reading books.

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@Siya_ZAR; Congratulations but damn that’s 1 hell of a wasteful expenditure. She is probably a Comrade this one 😭

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@berthakobue; “She thought it could be done and she did it “. All hail the Queen 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

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@Whatever777G; You need around R100k minimum to do an MBA and there is no grants for such a course. So don’t make people feel inferior for not having qualifications

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@Dashofcool_; The Grandmother can still live for another 20 years, and till use her knowledge to inspire and teach 🙌, some people don’t even live beyond 30 years with their qualifications ,so is that a waste of time. some people are so insensitive 😑, and negative just in general.

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@Randy_nzhula; Congratulations to her🔥🔥, I admire her courage. Studying requires balance, sacrifices,
and dedication. Considering her age it just makes everything so special and unique. Respect to granny💯 🎓🎓

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@TshegoCyrus; One sad truth. No company will hire her. They be looking for young Active Potential employees nowadays 😓😭 unless she starts her own business

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@Eemmanuel_UNA; Just a waste of money and energy no job she should have just started a business tuition money.

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