A resident of Nookat district of Osh region, Zuura Baatyrova, entered the university at the age of 70. Nurgazy Musaev reported on social media.
According to him, in Soviet times, the woman gave birth to many children and worked at a collective farm. At the age of 70, she decided to get a religious education and entered the Islamic University of Kyrgyzstan. This year she finished her first year. She and her husband returned from a pilgrimage two days ago.
Earlier, journalists wrote about the oldest student in Kyrgyzstan. An 85-year-old resident of Aravan entered the Osh State University in 2022. Before that, he studied for three years at a medical college, which he entered at the age of 79.
