Yasha Asley

Yasha Ayari Asley (born 2003) of Iranian descent [1]; from Leicester, United Kingdom, is a British maths child prodigy. At eight years old he is the youngest person in the world to have achieved grade A at Mathematics A-level, scoring 100% & 99% in 2 of the 6 papers. [2]

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School

Yasha attends state school, Folville Junior School, in Leicester 3 days a week and takes class with his peers. Yasha's teacher has been quoted as saying "It's like having a second teacher in the classroom. He's got a brain like a calculator." [3]

University Tuition

Once a week Yasha has private maths lessons at the University of Leicester. [4]

A-level

Yasha passed the A-level exam, which is a further education exam, normally taken by 17/18 years olds as a prerequisite to entering University. He is the youngest person in the world to have achieved the top score of A-grade.[5] The previous holders of this distinction Zohaib Ahmed, March Boedihardjo and Ruth Lawrence passed at nine years of age. [6]

Future

Yasha will be taking further A-levels in the summer, and then will be emabarking on a maths degree in the near future. [7]

References

  1. ^ The Daily Mail, London, 'Easy-peasy': What boy aged SEVEN thought of his A-level maths exam (he goes to state school and expects a top grade), 29 March 2010, Andy Dolan http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1261353/Easy-peasy-What-boy-aged-SEVEN-thought-A-level-maths-exam-goes-state-primary-expects-grade.html
  2. ^ News of the World, London, March 20 2011, 'Boy,8, is SUM genius', Douglas Wight
  3. ^ BBC News Leicester, 'Boy, 8, from Leicester gets A grade in A-level maths', quote attributed to Adam Spurr, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-12852989
  4. ^ BBC News Leicester, 'Boy, 8, from Leicester gets A grade in A-level maths', http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-12852989
  5. ^ News of the World, London, March 20 2011, 'Boy,8, is SUM genius', Douglas Wight
  6. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7941327.stm
  7. ^ BBC News Leicester, 'Boy, 8, from Leicester gets A grade in A-level maths', http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-12852989