<p>Age is not a bar if one wants to study, and this was proved by the mayor of Bharatpur in Rajasthan. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Shiv Singh (59) cleared his Class X Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) exams, the results of which were declared on Sunday. He cleared the exam in the first attempt, securing 42%. <br /><br />The mayor decided to get back to studies after four decades. Reason: new government norms states that a person contesting municipal elections needs to be matriculate. For his feat he gave full credit to Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who made matriculation a compulsory criteria in the panchayat elections. <br /><br />Singh, who had dropped out of school in 1971 after passing Class VIII, enrolled as a private candidate and attended special classes held for weak students at the government senior secondary school in Roopwas village. He even took tuitions for English and Mathematics.<br /><br /> "I feel motivated after the results are announced. Now, I plan to apply for Class XI. Being a mayor, it was tough to find time to study. It was also very challenging to study after nearly 40 years," he told DH. <br /><br />Saying education is mandatory, Singh recalled a recent foreign trip when he felt embarrassed for not being able to communicate in English. <br /><br />Singh was elected first mayor of Bharatpur in 2014 when it was upgraded to a municipal corporation. <br /><br />With a strong business background, Singh entered politics in 2004 when he got elected as chairman of the municipal council.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Age is not a bar if one wants to study, and this was proved by the mayor of Bharatpur in Rajasthan. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Shiv Singh (59) cleared his Class X Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) exams, the results of which were declared on Sunday. He cleared the exam in the first attempt, securing 42%. <br /><br />The mayor decided to get back to studies after four decades. Reason: new government norms states that a person contesting municipal elections needs to be matriculate. For his feat he gave full credit to Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who made matriculation a compulsory criteria in the panchayat elections. <br /><br />Singh, who had dropped out of school in 1971 after passing Class VIII, enrolled as a private candidate and attended special classes held for weak students at the government senior secondary school in Roopwas village. He even took tuitions for English and Mathematics.<br /><br /> "I feel motivated after the results are announced. Now, I plan to apply for Class XI. Being a mayor, it was tough to find time to study. It was also very challenging to study after nearly 40 years," he told DH. <br /><br />Saying education is mandatory, Singh recalled a recent foreign trip when he felt embarrassed for not being able to communicate in English. <br /><br />Singh was elected first mayor of Bharatpur in 2014 when it was upgraded to a municipal corporation. <br /><br />With a strong business background, Singh entered politics in 2004 when he got elected as chairman of the municipal council.<br /><br /></p>