SAO PAULO, Jan 29: The family of twin six-year-old girls in Brazil was celebrating on Wednesday a legal victory permitting them to study together at a prestigious primary school despite only one of them having won a place, the daily O Estado de S. Paulo reported.

The father of Susy and Sandy de Sousa Dutra had sued to ensure Sandy continued to learn alongside her sister on the grounds of “preserving family unity” and the siblings’ close bond.

A judge ruled that Sandy could join Susy in first grade at an institute that is part of the State University of Rio de Janeiro, whose places are distributed by lottery to qualifying candidates.

He added, however, that the case should be seen as “exceptional”.—AFP