CHINA'S SENIOR CITIZENS FLOCK BACK TO SCHOOL

Bored with life after retirement, a growing number of people are enrolling in universities for the elderly to meet new friends and pick up new skills

While some of her peers spend most of their time taking care of their grandchildren and watching television, 63-year-old Wang Huizhen has opted to revisit something that she left behind decades ago - study.

Since enrolling in the Shanghai University for the Elderly in 2011, Wang has been taking four classes every week with subjects including foreign languages, dancing and singing. She is the monitor in her class and has raked in 72 credits so far.