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Asha Kamble, a 52-year-old domestic worker from Mumbai, cleared her SSC examinations after returning to school nearly 39 years after dropping out due to child marriage. Balancing multiple jobs, household work and caregiving duties, she attended night school in Grant Road and now hopes to complete her Class 12 education as well.

Mumbai: For most people, the end of a long workday signals rest. But for 52-year-old Asha Kamble, the second half of her day was only beginning.

Married off at 13 while in Class 8, education felt impossible

Every morning at 6.30 am, Kamble would leave her home and travel across Mumbai’s Tardeo area, cooking at multiple households before returning home around evening. After finishing her own household chores and caring for her aged mother, she would pick up her books and head to night school at Grant Road — determined to reclaim a dream she had abandoned nearly four decades ago.

“I studied in a local school in Kalachowki, but when I was in Class 8, I was married off at the age of 13,” Kamble said. “After that, education felt impossible.”