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14 yeard old for MCA
Coimbatore, TN:
A 14-year-old boy has got special
permission to pursue a Master of Computer
Applications degree at the University in Tamil
Nadu. Mohammed Suhail, at the age of three, had
learnt to create, save, rename and do all the
basic operations with files, and at the age of
six, he joined a computer centre to learn
various other complex software of computer
application. During the seventh standard, when
he was 14-year-old, he decided to discontinue
his schooling and applied for a postgraduate
programme from the Bharathiyar University. "From
my childhood I started working and learning
computers in various fields like hardware
infrastructure, software development and
networking and data bases," said Suhail.
"During my seventh standard I decided to
discontinue my schooling and then joined college
in a professional course and I especially
prepared myself for those things. In the past
three years then during my eighth standard I
developed various kinds of software," he added.
An applicant should be of 18 years and above for
doing a postgraduate degree programme according
to the University norms but after testing the
computer application knowledge of Suhail, the
university officials welcomed him to the
computer science department of their college.
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Suhail has won various national
level competitions and has earned excellence
award from Microsoft. He aims for completing the
two-year Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
course in the next six months. He has also
developed over 20 software for school management
and aims to develop an Operating System at very
low cost, which can by easily bought by common
people. "My aim is to become a computer
scientist and develop something new that will
contribute to the public in India. Then in my
future I have also planned to develop an
operating system at a very low cost like it will
be available in the rates like 200 to 300
rupees, it generally costs over 8000 to 12000
rupees," said Suhail.
