A JSS 1 pupil of Valencia College, Ibadan, Oyo State, has done his
school proud by becoming one of the youngest kids that have obtained the
Microsoft Certified Professional certificate.
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| Photo: Seyi-Ojo Anjolaoluwa |
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JSS 1 pupil of Valencia College, Ibadan, Oyo State, has done his school
proud by becoming one of the youngest kids that have obtained the
Microsoft Certified Professional certificate, SEGUN OLUGBILE reports
A 10-year-old pupil, Seyi-Ojo
Anjolaoluwa, has emerged the youngest Nigerian Microsoft certified
professional and one of the youngest people in the world to attain such
feat.
Born on July 21, 2002 to the family of Dr
and Mrs Anjolaoluwa, the chubby boy participated in the MCIP test on
July 24, 2012. He scored 869 out of possible 1,000. Due to his
performance, he was adjudged by Microsoft as a certified professional in
Microsoft Windows XP (Administration Management and Configuration, Exam
70 – 270).
Anjolaoluwa, a JSS1 pupil of Valencia
College, Ibadan, Oyo State, has thus joined the league of world’s set of
young Microsoft certified professionals, including Lavinashree, an
eight-year-old Indian, and two Pakistanis, named Arfa and Thobani.
Though their performance was not as high
as Anjolaoluwwa, some Nigerian children, which include Nwaiwo Favour of
Royal Family Academy, Abuja; and Osaremen Davidson and Olanrewaju
Shittu, both of Doregos Private Academy, Lagos are also in the good book
of Microsoft Incorporation for their enviable performances in the
certified examination.
Microsoft Certified Professional is an
internationally recognised certification programme provided by Microsoft
cooperation. The certification is tailored towards building skills on
Microsoft business solutions, focusing on client-end operating systems
such as windows XP, Vista, Windows7 among others.
Though he was not the only pupil
registered by his school for the professional certification examination,
the boy’s performance placed him shoulder higher than his five other
school mates.
Except for his good looks and good
natured smile, nothing about Anjolaoluwa appears extraordinary. But
will he pursue a career in software/hardware development like Bill Gates
and Michael Dell who started their software/hardware project around the
age of 13? Anjolaoluwa said no.
Rather than pursue a career in
information technology, he said his aspiration was to become a medical
doctor. His mission in life is to make his school and country proud.
The Head of Training for ITS, an
Ibadan-based IT company in charge of the ICT section of Valencia
College, Mr. Oresanya Joshua, commended the efforts of Anjolaoluwa and
the other five pupils, saying they should be celebrated.
“The kids deserve to be celebrated,” he said.
Oresanya also urged the Federal Government to urgently integrate information technology into the nation’s school curriculum.
This, he said, would not only enhance the
sustenance of the gains that the country has made in information
technology, it would also help the nation to discover ICT gurus in its
school system.
He added that his company has been in the
vanguard of efforts to integrate information Technology Training
Curricula into Nigerian schools from primary to tertiary levels.
Oresanya added that schools should be encouraged to take the teaching of
ICT seriously.
“Schools should be encouraged to embrace
ICT because some schools still teach computer studies the same way they
teach social studies without exposing the kids to practicals. If not
for Anjolaoluwa and the other pupils that excelled in the Microsoft
Professional Certification test, we would not have known that ICT gurus
are within us,” he said.
The school Principal, Mrs Victoria
Morakinyo, also applauded Anjolaoluwa and the other pupils who made the
school, the country and Africa proud.
She added that they thrived in the
examination because of the state-of-the-art facilities available in the
college as well as the employment of expert and quality teachers that
deliver qualitative education to pupils.
The principal, however, commended Anjolaoluwa and other five pupils that sat for and passed the certification examination.
The other pupils are Adeyinka Oreoluwa, Odunsi Nicholas, Ajao Blessing Ololade Toluwanimi and Agbele Oluwaloniope.
They also came out in flying colours and were certified.
For the ICT savvy pupils, it was just
the beginning of their career as they promised to explore other areas of
ICT certification so as to match their counterparts in the developed
world.
With the skill acquired from this
certification, these young Nigerians stand the chance of securing high
paying holiday jobs as system administrators, help desk support analyst
or as system engineer. This qualification places them on a higher
pedestal when compared with pupils of their age or class.
Morakinyo said that with this feat, the
college could arguably be classified as the fist secondary school in the
country to produce six Microsoft Office Specialist pupils within a
year.
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http://www.punchng.com/education/boy-10-emerges-nigerias-youngest-microsoft-certified-professional/#sthash.RyKLSqv2.dpufBorn on July 21, 2002 to the family of Dr and Mrs Anjolaoluwa, the chubby boy participated in the MCIP test on July 24, 2012. He scored 869 out of possible 1,000. Due to his performance, he was adjudged by Microsoft as a
certified professional in Microsoft Windows XP (Administration Management and Configuration, Exam 70 – 270).
Anjolaoluwa, a JSS1 pupil of Valencia College, Ibadan, Oyo State, has thus joined the league of world’s set of young Microsoft certified professionals, including Lavinashree, an eight-year-old Indian, and two Pakistanis, named Arfa and Thobani.
Though their performance was not as high as Anjolaoluwwa, some Nigerian children, which include Nwaiwo Favour of Royal Family Academy, Abuja; and Osaremen Davidson and Olanrewaju Shittu, both of Doregos Private Academy, Lagos are also in the good book of Microsoft Incorporation for their enviable performances in the certified examination.
Microsoft Certified Professional is an internationally recognised certification programme provided by Microsoft cooperation. The certification is tailored towards building skills on Microsoft business solutions, focusing on client-end operating systems such as windows XP, Vista, Windows7 among others.
Though he was not the only pupil registered by his school for the professional certification examination, the boy’s performance placed him shoulder higher than his five other school mates.
Except for his good looks and good natured smile, nothing about Anjolaoluwa appears extraordinary. But will he pursue a career in software/hardware development like Bill Gates and Michael Dell who started their software/hardware project around the age of 13? Anjolaoluwa said no.
Rather than pursue a career in information technology, he said his aspiration was to become a medical doctor. His mission in life is to make his school and country proud.
Culled - Punch
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