Opening a New Chapter at India`s ``Grandmothers School``

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Kamal Keshavtupange, 60, who studies at Aajibaichi Shaala (Grandmothers' School), drinks tea inside her house in Fangane village, India, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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Drupada Pandurangkedar, 70, who studies at Aajibaichi Shaala (Grandmothers' School), poses for a photograph outside her house in Fangane village, India, February 15, 2017. The lessons are timed so the women can finish their chores, or their work in the fields, before attending class. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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Women leave after attending Aajibaichi Shaala (Grandmothers' School) in Fangane village, India, February 20, 2017. At Aajibaichi, afternoon classes in the one-room school are held six days a week for two hours. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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Sheetal Prakash More (R), a 30-year-old teacher, helps Janabai Kedar, 74, as she writes on a slate at Aajibaichi Shaala (Grandmothers' School) in Fangane village, India, February 15, 2017. About 65 percent of women were found to be literate, compared with 82 percent of men, according to the 2011 report. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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Kantabai More (R), 65, helps her classmate Anusuya Kokedar (3rd L), 65, as she writes on a slate at Aajibaichi Shaala (Grandmothers' School) in Fangane village, India, February 15, 2017. ndia's literacy rate grew to 74 percent in the decade to 2011, according to the latest census, but female literacy continued to lag the rate for males by a wide margin. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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Sheetal Prakash More (R), a 30-year-old teacher, teaches at Aajibaichi Shaala (Grandmothers' School) in Fangane village, India, February 15, 2017. The students at "grandmothers' school" in the village of Fangane are elderly women who are getting the chance to learn to read. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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