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WORLD’S
YOUNGEST IT PROFESSIONAL
Born
on March 13, 2004, Shafay Thobani grew interested in computers ever since he
was a toddler.
On
April 9, 2012, Shafay appeared in the Prometric test and secured 91 per cent
marks, thus making him the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Training
Specialist (MCTS) at the age of eight years and 24 days.
The
young man is certified professional in Microsoft Windows 7 Configuration and
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. Before appearing in the exam, he remained
under training of Microsoft certified trainers for 13 months.
His
trainer Faisal Durrani said it was a challenge for him to teach complicated
concepts such as Domain Name System (DNS) and Internet Protocol (IP) address to
a child as young as Shafay. “So we split the 40-hour course designed for
grown-up IT specialists into 13 months for the child. We taught him by giving
him easy examples in order to grasp the concepts. Teaching him for three to
four hours every day, we would also allow him breaks to let him be the normal
kid that he is, swimming, playing football or rollerblading,” said Mr Durrani.
Speaking
of the boy’s main areas of interest, Shafay’s father Dr. Shah Thobani said he
liked network and communication programming. “He has already completed 65 per
cent of Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization, too,” he added.
“Shafay
was born in 2004, the same year Arfa was declared the world’s youngest
Microsoft Certified Professional at the age of nine. Arfa was an inspiration
for us and I hope that Shafay, too, would be a role model for more children to
show their tremendous achievements,” Dr Thobani said.
In
the tradition of most ordinary Pakistanis who are patriotic when it comes to
their homeland, Shafay echoes familiar feelings.
Shafay
said, “I am proud of myself and I will work for Pakistan in any way possible.”
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