A team of experts has carried out a series of tests on the mental maturity and ability of a seven-year-old to prove his competency for taking the High School Certificate Examination next year.
Millennium Bismay turned up at the office of the Board of Secondary Education on Friday to sit the test and prove his talent. The Board had to conduct a test on Bismay, who had not received any formal education, to determine if he was capable to appear for the HSC exams as students below 14 years were not allowed.
Bismay's father Laxmikanta Behera, a physical instructor in a school and mother, a Sanskrit teacher, had approached the board to fix a day to conduct the test examination of their son so that he could appear the boards in 2007.
The experts from the Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar and Utkal University's Centre for Advanced Studies in Psychology have conducted a series of tests to assess
The tests were carried out on the basis of the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children and Ravens Coloured Progressive Matrics to arrive at the mental maturity of the boy.
Bismay, who sat through the two and half an hour written examination on eight papers, said: "I have answered almost all the 150 questions except a few in History and Mathematics."
However, Bismay's parents were dismayed by the way their boy was subjected to answer all the questions at one go whereas other students in examination were asked to write one paper in one sitting.
"I am very optimistic and confident that he will definitely come out with flying colours and set a record of being the youngest to appear for the HSC exams with out any formal education," a proud Behera said.
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