BALANCING A love of loom bands with linear equations, Esther Okade from Walsall in the West Midlands has been successful in sitting the A-level maths exam and has achieved a remarkable B grade.
The daughter to an engineer and math expert mother, Omonefe Okade, and a commercial finance director father, Paul Okade, it could be said that the 10-year-old star child’s affinity for numbers is etched in her DNA.
Mrs Okade, a maths coach, recalled how after watching the heartwarming film Akeelah and the Bee, her ambitious daughter – who has been home schooled since the age of three – became committed to developing her math abilities.
After she was rejected by a number of secondary schools, Esther, then only aged six, was granted permission by Ounsdale High School, in Womborne, to sit her first GCSE exam.
She managed to achieve a grade C, much to her mother’s delight.
But Esther was dissatisfied and was determined to give the exam a second try one year later to achieve a grade A. At the same time, the prodigy also sat two AS level math papers and was awarded a grade B.
PROUD
“I cannot tell you how happy and proud I am as a father,” Mr Okade said. “The desire of every parent is to see their children exceed them and take the family name to greater heights and my children have done just that.”
Also stepping up to the challenge set by his big sister is Isaiah Okade, who at the tender age of five, is already preparing to sit his GCSE maths exam next May.
And while most 10-year-olds are preparing for their final year in primary school, Esther has much bigger plans, asserting that a degree in maths is her next goal.- voice
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