Yasha Ayari Asley of Iranian

Demographics of Iran

Iran's population increased dramatically during the later half of the 20th century, reaching about 75 million by 2011. In recent years, however, Iran's birth rate has dropped significantly. Studies project that Iran's rate of population growth will continue to slow until it stabilizes above 100...

 descent ; from Leicester

Leicester

Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

, United Kingdom, is a British maths child prodigy

Child prodigy

A child prodigy is someone who, at an early age, masters one or more skills far beyond his or her level of maturity. One criterion for classifying prodigies is: a prodigy is a child, typically younger than 18 years old, who is performing at the level of a highly trained adult in a very demanding...

. At eight years old he is the youngest person in the world to have achieved grade A at Mathematics A-level, scoring 100% & 99% in 2 of the 6 papers.

School

Yasha attends state school, Folville Junior School, in Leicester

Leicester

Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

 3 days a week and takes class with his peers. Yasha's teacher has been quoted as saying "It's like having a second teacher in the classroom. He's got a brain like a calculator."

University Tuition

Once a week Yasha has private maths lessons at the University of Leicester

University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College....

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A-level

Yasha passed the A-level exam, which is a further education exam, normally taken by 17/18 years olds as a prerequisite to entering University. He is the youngest person in the world to have achieved the top score of A-grade. The previous holders of this distinction Zohaib Ahmed, March Boedihardjo and Ruth Lawrence

Ruth Lawrence

Ruth Elke Lawrence-Naimark is an Associate Professor of mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a researcher in knot theory and algebraic topology. Outside academia, she is best known for being a child prodigy in mathematics.- Youth :Ruth Lawrence...

 passed at nine years of age.

Future

Yasha will be taking further A-levels in the summer, and then will be emabarking on a maths degree in the near future.