Mother, son pass gaokao in Inner Mongolia

HOHHOT－At 43, Narna finally fulfilled her dream of going to college, and interestingly, she passed this year's college entrance exam, or gaokao, along with her son Tolga.

The family, members of the Mongolian ethnic group, live in Xinnenur village, a pasture area on the outskirts of Ulaanqab city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

Twenty-three years ago, when Narna was preparing for the exam, her hearing-impaired mother developed a leg disease. Narna made the hard decision to forego the exam and return home to tend to her mother.