India, March 4 -- Linda McMahon has been confirmed by the US Senate as the next education secretary. A billionaire businesswoman and former wrestling executive, the 76-year-old Trump ally was approved 51-45.

However, McMahon's selection has been questioned by critics because of her qualifications and limited educational background - a one-year stint on Connecticut's state board of education and service as a trustee at Sacred Heart University. She is also being questioned over her lack of traditional experience in education policy or administration.

McMahon attended Havelock High School as a young girl, and later enrolled at East Carolina University in 1966, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in French. She completed an academic prog...