Following years of apparent fantasy
and dogged ambition to wear an
academic gown and own a degree
certificate from a university, a 79-
year-old woman has now fulfilled that
dream as she was among 1,678
graduates of Al-Qalam University in
Katsina, Katsina State.
Hajiya Fatima Kurfi, a mother of
four with over 20 grandchildren,
was among those called upon to
receive their various degrees at the
university’s convocation, which
was held last week.
Daily Trust gathered that ‘Mama
Kurfi’, as she is fondly called by
course-mates, was admitted into
the university in 2005 and
graduated with a Bachelors Degree
in Islamic Studies in 2009, but her
convocation ceremony was
deferred, with others’, till last week
when the university held its
maiden convocation for seven sets
that have passed through the
institute.
To Mama Kurfi, age is no barrier to
seeking education, as it is a very
important tool for life. “An
uneducated person is not complete.
Even if he tries other ventures like
business, his lack of education will
limit him greatly,” she said.
Speaking to Daily Trust, she said:
“When I was young, there used to
be a primary school in Kurfi
town were all my peers went, but
I was not among them. After I got
married, my husband started to
teach me how to read and write,
and it was with this I was able to
guide my children,”
Mama Kurfi said, when her
husband left for England and she
joined him there, her spoken
English improved greatly during
the almost three years she spent
there.
“During my stay there, I tried to
do something about my education
but could not. Upon my return to
the country, I took up the
challenge to get the formal
education as all this time I was
still doing my informal teaching
and learning processes,” she said.
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