Genius African girl, 10, appointed to teach in UK school as computer expert
- A Nigerian whiz kid has been offered a teaching job at an after-school club in England
- The 10-year-old got the teaching job after she was discovered to be computer proficient
- The school said the young girl is very passionate about sharing knowledge with her age mates
- The smart kid advised the Nigerian government to set up infrastructures that would encourage children to learn to code at a young age
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An after-school club at the Southfields Primary School, Coventry, England, has appointed a Nigerian pupil, Emmanuella Mayaki, to teach following the discovery of her rare talent.
The 10-year-old is reported to be proficient in all main Microsoft programs by the age of seven and has even launched a website of her own.
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Martin Benbeidge, one of the instructors at the school, said Emmanuella is not only the school’s star, but has superior skill and passion for sharing knowledge, Vanguard reported.
Despite what she has been able to achieve at such tender age, the 10-year-old is not slowing down as she hopes to learn more programming languages like Prolong and Lisp as soon as possible.
She has shown what is possible with the right education and guidance and her story is something she wishes other kids, especially in Nigeria, get to share.
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The young girl said she wants the Nigerian government to put up infrastructure that would allow kids in the country to learn some computer skills and be able to code too.
“I want to become a machine learning engineer because I have experience in programming and my job is to program a machine to perform specific tasks,'' she said when describing what she does.
"My knowledge of modern software such as Eclipse, which I use to program Java applications, is also part of the reasons I want to be a machine learning engineer,” she added.
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She further noted that she wanted to teach children because she believes technology is the future, saying technology learning at a tender age will create a better society.
“In the code club, I am teaching HTML and CSS, also graphics because if you build a website you need some graphics to add on to the page,' she said.
"In the club, there are currently about nine pupils. Hopefully, the club will increase its members in September,” she added.
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She also advised all children that it is not too early to start, noting it is wrong for parents to keep computers away from their six or seven year olds fearing that they may spoil them.
“Today, my Academy App among others is already on Google play store where I pass on knowledge of coding and graphics. I remember at age seven, I set a target to become a professional web designer and analyst at age nine, and I have accomplished it,” she said.
In other news, photos of 3 stunning ladies all of whom have aced their courses have caught the admiration of social media users.
Reports indicate that all 3 ladies graduated from a pretty tough programme called LPC with 1st Class honours. The 3 ladies posed in adorable graduation pictures, giving a true meaning to the phrase beauty-with-brains
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