Although Ajoni Williams presently attends Boscobel Primary School in St Mary, the enthusiastic academic dreams of one day graduating from university, becoming rich, and flying aeroplanes for a living.

Encouragingly, he is now one step closer to achieving his objectives. After scoring the highest Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results in his school (95 per cent for science; 93 per cent in social studies; and 84 per cent for maths), Williams earned a place at the school of his choice, Calabar High, one of Jamaica's best known educational institutions.

The clever 12-year-old, who resides in the nearby district of Galina, told The Gleaner: "When I found out my results, I was so excited and happy that I ran out of the class and started running around the school. These exams were important to me because I wanted to bring up my average from the 70s to 95 per cent and higher.

"Before the exam, I studied non-stop for two months. I found my books from grades four, five and six, and just started practising. If there was something I didn't understand, I tried to find some work that would help me to get better. Sometimes the work was hard, but I didn't get tired because it was something that I really enjoyed doing."

Looking ahead, Williams hopes to turn his dreams into reality and is elated that he will be attending Calabar High, a school whose notable alumni includes co-founder of the Red Stripe brand, Paul Geddes and former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.

He said: "When I finish school, I want to be a pilot because I like planes and pilots make a lot of money. I have enjoyed my time here at Boscobel Primary, mostly because of the teachers. But I am really looking forward to going to Calabar because it's a great school on a beautiful property with great teachers, and good track and field, football, and cricket teams."