Lady sits for exams, 30 minutes after giving birth
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A 21-year-old Ethiopian woman has taken one of her secondary school leaving exams 30 minutes after giving birth, she has told the BBC.
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Almaz Derese, who is from Metu in western Ethiopia, had hoped to sit the tests before her child arrived, but the exams were postponed because of Ramadan.
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She went into labour on Monday shortly before the first paper was due to start.
“Because I was rushing to sit for the exam, my labour wasn’t difficult at all,” Ms Almaz told BBC’s Afaan Oromoo.
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She took her English, Amharic and maths exams in the Karl Metu hospital, but hopes to take the remaining tests at the exam centre over the next two days.
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The new mother said that studying while being pregnant was not a problem, and she did not want to wait until next year to graduate. Monday’s exams went well, she added.
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Her husband, Tadese Tulu, told the BBC that he had to persuade the school to allow her to take the exams at the hospital.
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Ms Almaz now wants to take a two-year course that will prepare her for university. Her baby son is said to be doing well. 📷: Ilu Abba Bor Zone communication office