13-year-old Nigerian-born student, Emmanuella Mayaki, has made history by becoming one of the youngest students ever admitted to a US university.
According to The News Agency of Nigeria, the ICT genius was accepted into the Programme for the Exceptionally Gifted at the Mary Baldwin University, US, to study Computer Science in the spring.
Mayaki’s letter of admission made available to NAN in Benin read, “Dear Emmanuella, congratulations on your acceptance to the Programme for the Exceptionally Gifted at Mary Baldwin University! Welcome to the PEG class of 2026.”
She received a Scholastic Aptitude Test score of 1,300, which is 91 percentile.
It was disclosed that Mayaki opened an ICT school for girls in Abuja, Nigeria, when she was 11 years old in the year 2020.
Her goal for the academy was to give girls the tools they need to learn digital skills and close the digital literacy gap, as well as to train and equip young people in digital technology.
Mayaki said that the academy’s goal was to protect the future of girls.
