diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/publicmodifier/Student.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/publicmodifier/Student.java
index 50784c6e54..65237fa864 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/publicmodifier/Student.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/publicmodifier/Student.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ public class Student {
     private BigDecimal grade; //new representation
     private String name;   
     private int age;
+    public static final String GENDER = "male";
 
     public int getGrade() {
         return grade.intValue(); //Backward compatibility
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ public class Student {
         this.age = age;
     }
 
+    public int getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return this.name;
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/PublicAccessModifierUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/PublicAccessModifierUnitTest.java
index fa42044aca..8b11e3a9ad 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/PublicAccessModifierUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/accessmodifiers/PublicAccessModifierUnitTest.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance.Lifecycle;
 import com.baeldung.accessmodifiers.publicmodifier.ListOfThree;
+import com.baeldung.accessmodifiers.publicmodifier.Student;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ public class PublicAccessModifierUnitTest {
         assertEquals(0, new BigDecimal(0).intValue()); //instance member
     }
     
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingGenderPublicStaticFinalField_getReferenceToStringMale() {
+        assertEquals("male", Student.GENDER);
+    }
+    
     @Test
     public void whenUsingIntegerMaxValueField_maxPossibleIntValueIsReturned() {
         assertEquals(2147483647, Integer.MAX_VALUE); //static field