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A 42-year-old information analyst has stated he’s “over the moon” after lastly getting his maths GCSE.
Mike Coles picked up his examination outcome from City of Portsmouth College, greater than 20 years after failing it the primary time.
He joined tons of of 1000’s of youngsters getting GCSE, BTec Tech Awards and different Level 2 outcomes throughout England, Wales and NI.
When requested how he grew to become an information analyst with out a maths GCSE, he stated it was all the way down to “trendy expertise”.
“A numerous the methods I exploit do it for me,” he advised the BBC.
Mr Coles made the choice to re-take the examination final yr.
“After faculty, the place I did not fairly cross the primary time, I went into cheffing for about eight years,” he stated.
“I then went right into a extra office-based function and progressed via the degrees from there.”
On opening his outcomes, Mr Coles stated he had been “fully overwhelmed”.
His subsequent objective is to cross his English GCSE, and he additionally hopes to proceed into additional training.
“After that I’d prefer to go on to A-Levels after which a level, probably in one thing much like pc science,” he added.
Giving a message to others receiving their examination outcomes, he stated: “You can all the time re-take in case you do not cross… and if I can do it, you are able to do it.”
Hampshire County Council has launched a helpline for anybody with issues about their GCSE outcomes.
