9-yr-old Boy Is Nigeria’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional

A primary six pupil of Role Model School,
Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, has emerged one of
the youngest pupils to obtain the Microsoft
Certified Professional certificate, SAMUEL
AWOYINFA reports
A nine-year-old pupil of Role Model School,
Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, Jomiloju Tunde-
Oladipo, has emerged the youngest
Nigerian Microsoft certified professional.
He came tops among 21 pupils who sat for
the professional examination in Lagos.
He is now a Microsoft office specialist in
office word 2010.
Jomiloju scored 769 out of 1,000 in the
examination held in August.
In his examination score report, the slim-
built boy performed well in Sharing and
Maintaining Documents, Formatting
Content, Applying Page Layout, and
Reusable Content, among other subjects.
By the feat, Jomiloju has joined the league
of young Microsoft certified professionals,
including Nigeria’s 10-year-old Anjolaoluwa
Seyi-Ojo; an eight-year-old Indian,
Lavishnashree, and two Pakistanis, named
Arfa and Thobani.
Microsoft Certified Professional is a
certification programme provided by
Microsoft Corporation. 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.
Jomiloju, whose certificate was signed by
the Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft
Corporation, Steven Ballmer, says he did
not achieve this feat easily, but through
persistence and hard work.
He says, “It was not all that easy, because I
had attempted the examination last year, I
did not make it then. But I remained
focused and I put in a lot of hard work.
“At home and in the school, I am always on
the computer. After school hours, if am not
doing anything, I will go to my Information
Communication Technology teacher, to
learn more.”
Jomiloju sat for the examination when he
was in primary Five.
Relating his experience, Jomiloju says, “In
all, I answered 20 questions, after
answering a question, the computer takes
you to another one. And at times, there will
be an instruction to skip the next question.
But the programme still directs one to
come back to those questions one had
earlier skipped.”
But was he really scared having failed once
to meet the cut off mark? He stresses that
he was really afraid due to his earlier
experience but he was optimistic of having
success, because according to him, he has
prepared well.
He also gives kudos to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Tunde-Ladipo, for their support and
imbuing in him the ‘can do’ spirit in
achieving the success.
He says, “My mum and dad were very
supportive. They always tell me never to
give up and eventually it paid off.
Moreover, they had bought the latest Dell
laptop. Again, I am always fascinated about
computer. The way it works and the
process, and the way it organises data.”
Jomiloju who is a left-handed writer,
according to his parents, has been a gifted
child. He has always been in love with
gadgets. His mum, Toyin, says, “Jomiloju
since he was baby had loved playing with
gadgets, he was never interested in toys.
He would pick up remote controls for both
TV and air-conditioner, and he would
correctly use them for their specific
functions.”
His father adds, “It is not that we are
unnecessarily indulging him but he is such
a brilliant child. He’s multi-talented. He
plays the saxophone, he’s good on
keyboard, he acts very well and he’s a good
swimmer.
“Each term, he participates in school drama
and quiz. He also gets prizes in other
subjects, apart from ICT.”
Does Jomiloju want to pursue a career in
software/hardware project like Bill Gates
and Steve Job? Spotting an innocent smile,
the youngster nods his head in affirmative.
His school administrator, Mrs. Adesimbo
Banjo, who speaks glowingly about
Jomiloju, says the feat recorded by her
pupil is a tonic for other pupils.
His ICT teacher, Mr. Mathew Alo, also
commends Jomiloju for the feat.
He adds, “Jomiloju was taught all the
necessary things he needed to know and he
came out as the most outstanding among
20 others from different schools in Lagos.
His class teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth
Ogunrinola, says Jomiloju takes his studies
seriously. She states, “He is not only good
in ICT, but in other subjects. He is hard
working and well behaved.”
For Jomiloju, he’s not resting on his oars
yet, as he says he is still going to seek
more Microsoft certifications.
“I still want to sit for more examinations. I
will still do excel and power points,” he
says.
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