Sixteen-year-old Bangladeshi Faisal Masum had also obtained the highest marks in English Language in Saudi Arabia and had secured the top position in accounting and chemistry in the Riyadh province.

The IGCSE examination is conducted worldwide by the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

“This is a unique achievement and the whole school is delighted over this marvelous performance,” Mohamed Hussein, principal of the school, told Arab News on Wednesday.

“We are proud of this student, who has brought credit not only to the school but to the whole of Saudi Arabia and to his motherland,” the principal said.

Congratulating Masum for his brilliant performance, Bangladesh Ambassador Mohamed Shahidul Islam said he is thankful to his parents and teachers for playing their part in his academic performance.

“This is a good example to be emulated by others in the school,” the envoy said, adding the performance will be written in golden letters in the annals of his alma mater. “He has proved that nothing is impossible,” Islam noted.

Faisal’s father A.K.M. Masum is a satellite engineer with Media Gates Group in Riyadh. He has two sons and hails from Bogra in Bangladesh.

The school recently honored 21 students who got A star and A grade passes at the same examination with gold and silver medals.

The school has 1,385 students and 98 teachers. It follows the British curriculum and is accredited by the University of Cambridge for IGCSE examinations and by Edexcel London for GCE Advanced-Level examinations.

“We have achieved a success rate of over 90 percent in EdExcel and IGCSE examinations," said Hussein, adding most of the former students of the school are currently pursuing higher studies in universities and colleges in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

The University of Cambridge International Examinations Centre and the British Council in Riyadh will hold the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards Ceremony on Feb. 28 at the Holiday Inn, Al-Qasr, Riyadh.