Ananova:

A primary school pupil has passed his Information and Communication Technologies GCSE after sitting the exam eight years early.

Eight-year-old Aran Mohan, who achieved a C grade, says he wants to be a scientist "like Albert Einstein" when he grows up.

He said: "I wasn't that nervous before I did the exam. I thought I could just sit it and see what happened, but when it was over I thought 'I have to get a good result'.

"I didn't realise I was good at ICT until after I'd done the GCSE exam. It was easier than I thought it was going to be and I feel proud now that I've done it."

Aran, of Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, not only had to fit in his revision around his schoolwork, but around his other hobbies as well.

He is due to sit his Grade 1 exams in piano, keyboard and drums in the autumn, plays guitar, football and tennis and goes ice-skating every week.

His Sri Lankan mother and father took Aran on holiday to India for three weeks in April when most GCSE students would have been knee deep in revision.

Bhavani Mohan, Aran's mother, said: "He was quite interested in computers at home so we started taking him to special classes when he was six. Because he was quite good, they suggested he sit the GCSE and it just went from there."