Esther Okade, is a 10 year old Nigerian-British and an undergraduate. Read her story below and be inspired.
When you take a look at Esther Okade a 10 year old British-Nigerian, she will strike you like the average young girl of her age. What then makes her exceptional is that this young whiz is presently an undergraduate at the Open University, a UK based distance learning college. We had previously featured her as one of Nigerians talented children.
Esther who is from an industrial town in UK’s West Midland region, is one the youngest college freshmen. She recently scored 100% in a recent exam. The talented 10 year is so in love with maths that she says “she finds it so interesting and super easy and that her mum taught her in a nice way”. She hopes to finish her course in two years so she can also do her PhD in financial maths when she is 13. She then own her own bank when she is 15 because she likes numbers and people, and banking is a great way to help people.
She is quick to let you know that her parents did not push her into starting university early. “I wanted to start when I was seven but my mum said I was too young”. She begged her mum for three years before she agreed to explore the idea.
Her mum noticed her flare for figures after she started being home schooled at three. At four, Esther was eager to move to algebra and quadratic equations. Esther has always been ahead of her peers. She sat for her first Math GSCE exam, a British high school qualification at six, where she scored a C grade. A year later, she scored an A grade which she had always wanted. Last year, she scored a B grade in her math A level exam.
Esther, who is not resting on her oars is also writing a series of maths workbooks for children titled “Yummy Yummy Algebra”. In case you are wondering, Esther is not the only maths genius in the family. Her younger brother Isaiah who is six, will be sitting for his first A level exam in June.
Good luck from LagosMums!
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