14 yr Labourer Son is a Computer Graduate

A 14-year-old boy from Lucknow in Utter Pradesh State of India who stunned the academic world by clearing class XII examinations at the age of 11 has accomplished another feat by becoming a computer graduate at the age of 14.

Shailendra passed the Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) from Lucknow University with first division (74.93 pc). His father Tej Bahadur Verma is a daily wage labourer and mother Chhaya Devi is illiterate. Earlier this year, his seven-year-old sister Sushma Verma became the youngest matriculate of the country, passing the UP Board’s Class X examination.

Shailendra has applied for Masters in Computer Applications in IGNOU and would prepare simultaneously for CAT. He wants a career in software development. “But it’s very early now,” he says. Right now his target is to get into an IIM.

About his experiences at the university, Shailendra says he felt a “some communication gap in the first semester with classmates who were much older. But within few months we became friendly. And in my final semester, I even helped some freshers.”

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