(MENAFN- The Peninsula) A promising Pakistani student, who set a world record by passing his O-Level examination at the age of nine years and five months, was frustrated about being overlooked during the nominations for President's Pride of Performance Awards.
Rai Haris Manzoor from Rawalpindi, born in 2004, became the youngest student to pass the O' Level through the University of Cambridge board in 2014.
The brilliant student was withdrawn from school by his parents in 2012 while in grade four, and has been since homeschooled. He reportedly studied for 17 months the seven O-Level papers he appeared for, said Rai Manzoor Nasir, the boy's father.
Interestingly, Manzoor has a twin brother who is in grade four at a private school in Rawalpindi.
After his achievement came to light, he was given awards by high-ups including the prime minister and the army chief, but Manzoor still considers himself deserving of the presidential Pride of Performance Award, citing the case of Ali Moeen Nawazish, who was given the award a few years back after securing a world record 21 A's in the Cambridge Examination System.
"If I am awarded the pride of performance, many other youngsters would try to break records, the same way I did after witnessing the performance of Nawazish", Manzoor said.
He says that the morale of the high-achievers should be recognised and boosted to foster healthy competition and motivate others to follow suit.
Manzoor says that despite his name having been recommended for the award, the education ministry did not forward the summary to the Presidential Secretariat.
Manzoor passed the O-Level examination in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics in May 2013 at the age of eight years 11 months and 27 days. He appeared for the rest of the papers in January 2014.
"We worked hard to prepare our child for the exams," Nasir said, adding that Manzoor studied for hours every day in his quest to break the record. Manzoor is enrolled in an
A'-Level programme at a private school in Islamabad and wants to study law after finishing high school.
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