10 year old Boy emerges Nigeria's Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional

A 10-year-old JSS 1 pupil of Valencia College, Ibadan, Oyo State, Seyi-Ojo Anjolaoluwa, has done his school proud by becoming one of the youngest kids that have obtained the Microsoft Certified Professional certificate. He has emerged the youngest Nigerian Microsoft certified professional and one of the youngest people in the world to attain such feat. 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).
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.
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.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.