NEW: I'm not gifted - SA pupil who scored 'highest maths mark in the world'

A 17-year-old from Somerset College in the Western Cape has achieved what is being regarded as the highest maths mark in the world.

Dario Trinchero scored 100% for Maths in the International Cambridge AS levels. He wrote the exams in Grade 11.

According to the school's executive head Meg Fargher, thousands of students across the globe write the AS levels, including many South Africans. A handful got 100% for the 2015 exams, but Trinchero's accolade of being "first in the world" was because of the "quality of his answers and the depth of his answers".



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