10-year-old Nigerian girl gets accepted to study maths at university

She’s a big fan of Disney’s Frozen, and loves playing with her dolls. But Esther Okade is also a university undergraduate after starting a degree at the age of 10. Esther, one of the UK’s youngest university students, is studying for
a maths degree with the Open University. She enrolled 3 weeks ago, after a phone interview, an essay and a maths exam, and is already top of the class, scoring 100% on a recent test.

Esther isn’t the only member of her family with a talent for numbers – her 6-year-old brother Isaiah is already taking an A-level in maths…… President Jonathan has promised to make her the minister of education if re-elected……