Child prodigy set for masters degree after first class honours in maths at 13

FINDLAY MAIR

Wong Pak Lo is working for Masters degree.

described the star pupil as an inspiration.

She said: “It has been absolutely tremendous to have Pok with us over the last few years.

“His natural flair for maths is inspiring and we have thoroughly enjoyed supporting him throughout his studies.”

Pok showed exceptional memory skills from a young age and has been capable of carrying out addition,

multiplication and division tasks since the age of around two.

He moved to Scotland from Hong Kong in 2006 and as a pupil at Towerbank Primary, Edinburgh, he completed the entire pre-Higher maths curriculum by the age of eight.

He went on to achieve Advanced Highers in statistics and mechanics.

He skipped primary seven and went straight to S1 at Queensferry High School, starting his Open University studies at the same time.

As he begins to study his Masters, he will also be studying his National 5s in English, maths, chemistry, biology, physics, design and manufacturing, and French.

He said: “I first went into a high school to study Higher Maths when I was 10.

“The other students were really great with me though they did initially think that I had gone into the wrong school, never mind the wrong classroom.

“I don’t think they expected someone so small to be so correct so often.

“The sciences interest me the most – physics in particular. A lot of the skills in physics are similar to the level of maths I do which I think gives me a good advantage.

“I like maths because it always gives me something to think about and whenever I solve a problem it is very satisfying.”