8-year-old boy 'youngest IT professional'

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Marko Calasan, from Macedonia, has recently become a "certified computer system administrator" after passing a Microsoft exam.

He told the Telegraph that he wants to become a computer scientist, with his ambitions also including designing a new computer operating system.

Radica Calasan, Marko's mother, told the newspaper: "He is obviously extraordinarily gifted, but children above the age of six could learn much more about computers than generally assumed."

Ms Calasan runs a computer school with her husband - and Marko is the one who fixes any technical problems with the school's systems.

Previously, a nine-year-old girl from India held the title of youngest IT professional, reports ARS Technica.

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