Ananya Verma was given admission to class IX at a Lucknow school on Monday after the education dept’s consent. Her exact age on monday was 4 years, 8 months and 21 days.
In 2005 her elder sibling ,Sushma, who was just five then, was enrolled in Class IX at the UP Board-affiliated St Meera’s Inter-College. In 2007, she was recognized by the ‘Limca Book of Records’ as the “youngest student” to pass Class X when she was seven years, three months and 28 days old. At the age of 13, Sushma had completed her BSc from Lucknow University.
Her brother Shailendra too was a child prodigy and completed his BCA when he was 14. At present, he is working and also pursuing his MCA in Bengaluru.
She is already eyeing a place in the Limca Book of Records. When she was officially given admission to class IX at a Lucknow school on Monday after the education department’s consent.
She will appear for the UP board examinations within 2 years. If she manages to clear, Ananya will break the record of her own sister Sushma Verma, who was 7 years when she cleared her 10th boards in 2007. Both sisters are in the same — UP board-affiliated St Meera’s Inter College in Lucknow.
District inspector of schools Umesh Tripathi said “Ananya is so talented that none of us could stop her taking admission in class IX. She speaks fluent Hindi and reads class IX books with ease, hence she deserves the admission,” said Tripathi.
Born on December 1, 2011, Ananya is the daughter of Tej Bahadur who is an assistant supervisor (sanitation) at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University while her mother Chaya Devi can’t even read or write.
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