A Five year old boy Passes Microsoft Exam

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.
Ayan Qureshi at the compurer
The exam invigilators thought Ayan Qureshi was
too young to be a candidate
Ayan's mother Mamoona is training to be a GP.
The family moved to England from Pakistan in
2009.
"I'm very happy and very proud, I don't want to
see him set a world record every day. But I want
him to do his best whatever he does in his life,"
she said.
Ayan says he hopes to launch a UK-based IT hub
similar to America's Silicon Valley one day,
which he intends to call E-Valley.
He also wants to start his own company.
Source: http://m.bbc.com/news/
technology-30054140

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