UK School Appoints Nigerian Girl to Teach Programming

A UK school has appointed a ten-year-old Nigerian girl to teach computer programming.

The Nigerian Girl, Emmanuella Mayaki, is proficient in all the main programmes of Microsoft. She has already launched a website of her own at the age of seven.

An instructor, Martin Benbeidge, stated that Emmanuella is not only the school’s star but also has superior skill and passion for sharing knowledge.

“I want to become a machine learning engineer because I have experience in programming. My job is to program a machine to perform specific tasks,” she said.

“I possess the knowledge of modern software such as Eclipse, which I use to program Java applications. As a result of that, I want to be a machine learning engineer.

“In the code club, I am teaching HTML and CSS. Not only that, I teach graphics because if you build a website you need some graphics to add on to the page,” she added.

Mayaki said she would like the Nigerian government to put up infrastructure for kids to learn some computer skills and ability to code.

In the club, there are currently about nine pupils. Hopefully, the club will increase its members in September.

“Today, my Academy App among others is already on Google play store where I pass on knowledge of coding and graphics. I remember at age seven, I set a target to become a professional web designer and analyst at age nine, and I have accomplished it,” Mayaki disclosed.