From a 46-year-old mom to determined twins — meet the Maharashtra SSC heroes proving it’s never too late to learn.

Rani’s three-decade dream

“I wanted to do this for myself,” says 46-year-old Rani Suryavanshi, who scored 73.60 per cent in her SSC after a 30-year gap. Married off at 15, Rani had long given up on education. But in 2023, inspired by her now-grown three children — a doctor, engineer, and air hostess — she enrolled in Std IX. “I used to walk past the night school in Mazgaon but never had the courage to step in,” she says. “This year, I finally did.”