73-yr-old fails, vows not to marry

Jaipur: A 73-year-old farmer who vowed not to marry before passing his high school exams has failed to get through for the 38th time.

Shiv Charan Yadav has been taking the exams - normally given to schoolchildren at the age of 15 - every year since 1969, without success.

He was in his 30s when he first decided to better himself through education.

GEAR UP: Charan Yadav is now revising for his 39th attempt next year.

This year, he failed everything except Sanskrit, scoring only 103 out of a possible 600 points.

He said he found mathematics especially hard, blaming the subject for dragging down his score.

"Once I pass I want to get married to a girl who's under 30," Yadav, who lives alone in Kohari village in Rajasthan said..

He is now revising for his 39th attempt next year.

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