Singapore  - An 8-year-old boy has become the youngstest student at a polytechnic in Singapore, the institution said Tuesday.

Ainan Cawley, a chemistry prodigy, created a performance for Mother's Day.

"Our intention is to equip him with the skills needed for a scientist," father Valentine Cawley told The Straits Times. "He will be doing all the laboratory-based chemistry courses."

The child's parents plan to homeschool their son. (dpa)