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Tuesday 2 March 2010

Wonder Twins, head for high school aged 9 - and they are Nigerians...












Paula and Peter Imafidon

Nine-year-old twins are expected to become the youngest pupils to be admitted to a secondary school.

Paula and Peter Imafidon have already broken world records when they passed A/AS-level mathematics papers at the age of 7. Today, the twins will join hundreds of thousands of other families across the country to find out which secondary school they are going to, despite being two years younger than most of their counterparts.

Peter and Paula, from Waltham Forest, northeast London, attend a normal State primary school but have received provisional offers from more than 12 leading secondary schools.

The so-called “wonder twins”, who come from a family of high achievers, set two world records when they passed A/AS-level maths papers. They became the youngest candidates to pass A-level maths and were also the youngest school pupils to do so, as the previous record holders had been taught at home.
A year later they took and passed the University of Cambridge’s Advanced Mathematics (FAM) paper, becoming the youngest students to pass the rigorous examinations.

Chris Imafidon, their father, said that the twins would cope well with secondary school despite their age. “We’re delighted with the progress they have made,” he said. “Because they are twins they are always able to help and support each other.”














Peter and Paula’s sister Samantha, 12, passed her maths and statistics GSCEs at the age of 6, as did the twins. Their eldest sister, Anne-Marie, 20, holds the world record for being the youngest girl to pass A-level computing, at 13. She received a government scholarship to study at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Another sister, Christiana, 17, was the youngest schoolgirl to study at undergraduate level in any British university, at the age of 11.

Mr Imafidon said that all of the children had taken part in the Excellence in Education programme, which helps disadvantaged families, and their achievements were due to being nurtured rather than natural "genius".

“Every child is a genius. Once you identify the talent of a child and put them in the environment that will nurture that talent then the sky is the limit," he said.
Peter has ambitions to become Prime Minister while his sister wants to be a maths teacher. Mr Imafidon said he was confident that they would achieve their goals.
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Source: Timesonline

18 comments:

chayomao said...

WOW....
Did this make CNN abi BBC?
We need more of this to clear Abdulmutallab's mistakes..

Dayum those r some smart azz kids...

Myne said...

This is really interesting!

Anonymous said...

ahh i also entered secondary school at 9 and so did my little sister, why am i not on bbc and cnn and worl record..... 4 naija pple dey enter at 7, iz gd sha on an international level

Anonymous said...

Was going to say whats the big deal. I started sec school at 9 too BUT those kids are exceptional. A levels ke? Keep it up and even better they are from my home state :o).

Isabella Osa said...

I entered boarding school at 9 too. However overseas it's rare. A levels at 7! Outstanding!

Anonymous said...

the focus should have been on their A-levels maths. God knows how many children enter secondary school at 9, not really a big deal. Anyway, it just shows that our Nigerian children are very sharp! They never fail to impress wherever they are.

Anonymous said...

Yes o as per the A levels stuff they must really be exceptional,but as fro going to sec at 9,thats no news,my dota is 9 too and the only reason she s not going is be cos i objects,i can count 10 kids without battling an eyelid who re in sec sch at 9

Anonymous said...

i was going to say the same thing, i also entered sec school at 9, and i graduated from a nigerian university reading comp eng with honours at 20

i had d 3rd best result for SAT when i was 14

but those kids sure are smart

Anonymous said...

Yaaaay, I went to Secondary School at 9 too. This is awesome to see that we are recognizing things like this.

BB said...

In Naija, it's not a big deal, but outside it is. Just like how, I started varsity @ 16 and people find that shocking when all my cousins back home did it, and it's normal.

But, it's def good for our image.

Anonymous said...

I entered secondary school when I was 8yrs old...So what;s the news here?

TaioFierce Ameen said...

I entered secondary skwl at 9 too #justsaying buh good 4 dem sha....

tomisin said...

erm people high skul over there is different frm high skul here...over there jss1 and jss2 do are not a part of high school....high school starts frm our own jss3 thus giving them only 4 yrs of high school. and moreso, a nine yr old over then is prolly still in grade 2 or 3 so u can see hw good this is....i've heard of them, they even published a maths textbook....

Onose said...

annoymous 6:13 they are from our home state oh! lol ( ive never even been there LOL) im not surprised that they r nigerian though!! we dont play with education!

Anonymous said...

lol @ anonymouses...this is not naija standard its the English system

Anonymous said...

It's a big deal in the States or Europe. It's not a big deal for Nigerians, because that's our life. Americans don't get it, that education is a manditory, and been on top is a must for us, after all the beating, yelling, and talking, u beta be doing the unbelievable. I'm proud of them

Anonymous said...

oh, puh-lease I got into secondary at 9 too. After being held back a year.

Anonymous said...

Seriously, I wish Nigerian parent can put more effort in taking good care of their children, I mean physically. It's not always about books, looks matter too. Those twin girls can look better than that, if they clean up very well.

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