発掘記事メモ：世界最年長小学生死去の記事

　ケニアでは小学校教育を全国民に保証した。「じゃあ俺も行っていいんだよな？！」とえらい年長の人が通学を希望して―さすがに99歳でギブアップ（死去）。小学校6年生プリシッラちゃん、卒業試験直前の悲劇（大往生）。

BBC Priscilla Sitienei: 'World's oldest primary school pupil' dies aged 99 in Kenya 18 Nov 2022

「A 99-year-old woman, believed to be the world's oldest primary school pupil, has died peacefully at home in Kenya, her grandson has told the BBC.

Priscilla Sitienei started developing health complications after attending class on Wednesday.

She, and her 12-year-old classmates, had been preparing for final exams set to start next week.

Ms Sitienei's story inspired a film and praise from the UN's culture and education agency, Unesco.

She grew up in a Kenya occupied by the British and lived through her country's struggle for independence.」

　もっと若い世代の女性たちにも通学を励ますため！というのは、まあ意識高い系には受けが宜しいな。

「She told Unesco last year that she wanted to motivate young mothers to return to school.

"I wanted to show an example not only to them but to other girls around the world who are not in school, without education, there will be no difference between you and a chicken," she said.」

「She joined Leaders Vision Preparatory School in 2010, but also served her village of Ndalat in the Rift Valley as a midwife for more than 65 years.

She had even helped deliver some of her own classmates, who were then aged between 10 and 14.」

　なお産婆さんだったそうで、10～14歳の同級生たちを実際取り上げてもいるらしい。

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