Eight-year-old gets A* maths GCSE

12:30pm Thursday 21st August 2008

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YOUNG genius Zohaib Ahmed has scored an A* in his maths GCSE at the age of just eight-years-old.

The maths ace is following in the footsteps of his ten-year-old big brother Wajih who last year achieved the same result and only last week achieved an A in his maths A level.

Now Zohaib has already started studying for his maths A level and hopes to break the record for the youngest person to sit the exam.

He said he found the GCSE exam only "slightly hard" and was delighted with his A* grade.

"I feel really happy and slightly relieved. I love maths because with simple logical steps you can construct complex concepts."

He also shares his big brother's ambition of working in the city as an actuary in the finance sector.

Despite his impressive maths credentials Zohaib has no school to go to in September after the family moved from Farnborough to Chandler's Ford last month.

He is currently on the waiting list to go to Knightwood Primary School in Chandler's Ford which is currently full up.

Proud mum Saadi, 36, and dad Usman, 42 of Bere Close are delighted with Zohaib's achievements.

Saadi, said: "He was at a very young age when I started to notice that he was good at maths. He started doing simple maths questions and puzzles at the age of two.

"We started playing games with him when he was little with balls - asking him how many balls there were if you added three and one which he loved.

"Both our sons have made us really proud."

Usman, who works for the Ministry of Defence said he realised his sons were particularly gifted when they were about five and able to do advanced maths.