The 5-year-old British of Indian descent became the world's youngest qualified computer professional after passing the Microsoft Windows exam. Ayan Qureshi has just started attending primary school, but has already successfully passed the test at the University of Birmingham and became a Microsoft Certified IT Specialist.
In doing so, he set a new world record by becoming the youngest person ever to pass the Microsoft exam. Ayan managed to do this at the age of five years and 11 months. Before that, the record belonged to six-year-old Pakistani Mehroz Yawar.
Ayan first got acquainted with the computer when he was only three years old. His father, 43-year-old Asi, noticed the child's love for technology and began to help him develop.
An IT consultant set up a computer lab for his son in his home and began to prepare him for complex Microsoft testing. After just five months of training, Ayan passed the Windows 8.1 Support test with several adult candidates. It is worth noting that the boy completed the two-hour test ahead of schedule.
“We are very proud of him,” said the boy's father. "He has plans to take the advanced test in the future, but for now he has to focus on school."
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According to his father, the boy became very interested in computers at the age of three. It was then that the father began to tell his son about hardware and software, as well as installing software.
“I found that he remembers everything I tell him, so I built a computer lab in our house so he could study,” continues Asi. - "I showed him how to install Windows and then decided to prepare him for the exam. It was not easy, but he still managed to get a certificate."
When Ayan and his father arrived at the university, the observers were so shocked to see such a young candidate that they did not immediately want to admit the boy to the exam. However, a phone call to Microsoft corrected the problem and Ayan took his seat at the computer along with other adult candidates.
The boy has not yet decided what he would like to do when he grows up, but he assumes that his future work will be related to mathematics and computing, writes Mail Online.