Five-year-old passes Microsoft exam

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A boy from Coventry has become the youngest computer specialist in the world.

Ayan Qureshi is now a Microsoft Certified Professional after passing the tech giant's exam when he was just five years old.

Ayan, now six, whose father is an IT consultant, has set up his own computer network at home.

He told the BBC he found the exam difficult but enjoyable, and hopes to set up a UK-based tech hub one day.

"There were multiple choice questions, drag and drop questions, hotspot questions and scenario-based questions," he told the BBC Asian Network.

"The hardest challenge was explaining the language of the test to a five-year-old. But he seemed to pick it up and has a very good memory," explained Ayan's father Asim.

Mr Qureshi introduced his son to computers when he was three years old. He let him play with his old computers, so he could understand hard drives and motherboards.

"I found whatever I was telling him, the next day he'd remember everything I said, so I started to feed him more information," he explained.

"Too much computing at this age can cause a negative effect, but in Ayan's case he has cached this opportunity."

Ayan has his own computer lab at his home in Coventry, containing a computer network which he built.

He spends around two hours a day learning about the operating system and how to install programmes.

When the boy arrived to take the Microsoft exam, the invigilators were concerned that he was too young to be a candidate.

His father reassured them that Ayan would be all right on his own.

The test is usually taken by people who want to become IT technicians.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30054140
 
No five year old has ever passed an Apple certification. So suck it up Redmont-heads. :)
 
Meh, I finished most of my exams in two or three hours. Five years is way too long.
 
"I found whatever I was telling him, the next day he'd remember everything I said, so I started to feed him more information," he explained.

"Too much computing at this age can cause a negative effect, but in Ayan's case he has cached this opportunity."

And this is a good example of why its sometimes good for the kid to answer his/her questions if they want to know or learn something. :D

Those parents can be proud, they've taught their kid a skill that will be completely natural to him. I'm almost jealous, it took years to get the skills I have now.
 
MS exams are not hard. CCIE etc is a completely different ballgame.
 
I agree the networking and hardware exams are piss. My old man had me building pic's at age 6, and networks not long there after. **** I passed A+ without studying for it (not that those answers are the most accurate)
 
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