DAMMAM/JEDDAH, 29 May — Students of the International Indian School, Dammam (IISD) once again excelled their counterparts in Jeddah and Riyadh at the higher secondary school examinations held by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in New Delhi.
Results declared yesterday showed that the Dammam school, with a 97.6 percent success rate, performed better than the Riyadh and Jeddah schools. However, Farah Rahman Khan of the Riyadh school was the top-scorer with 91.8 percent marks.
At the Dammam school, Bipin John Thomas and S. Zahid Ali shared the first position with 89 percent marks while Melisa D’Souza stood second. In all, 167 students appeared for the exams at the Dammam school and only four failed.
Thirty-two students scored more than 80 percent marks. Thirteen students were in the compartmental list — students who had to repeat the tests in one or more subjects for a pass.
Dr. S.V.R. Rao, IISD managing committee chairman, congratulated the students and the school principal and teachers on their achievement. He said the results were a manifestation of teachers devotion and commitment. Principal Muhammad Anwar also congratulated the students and teachers and said there was always room for improvement.
The Riyadh school was a close second with 95.3 percent success rate. Only eight of the 173 students who appeared for the exams failed. Nineteen were in the compartmental list.
Twenty students scored more than 80 percent. Six students had abstained from taking the exams after they were detained by the school due to poor performance in internal evaluation. There were no absentees at the Dammam school.
The International Indian School in Jeddah (IISJ), lagged behind Dammam and Riyadh with the success rate at 91.3 percent. In Jeddah, as usual girl students fared better than the boys bagging the top 14 positions.
Of a total 219 students who sat for the examinations this year, 163 have been successful, said IISJ Director Brig. Iqbal Siddiqui. The top 14 slots have been secured by the girl students, he added. Nineteen students failed while 10 students abstained from taking the exams. The number in the compartmental list was 37, the director said.
Afroze Shamim with 86 percent marks has topped the list, while Reema with 85 percent is in second place. Reem Mallick with 83 percent placed third, Rabab Hayder with 82 percent and Iffat Nazan with 82 percent took the fourth and fifth positions respectively.
Sameer Ahmad, with 77 percent marks, has topped the list of successful boys. Other top-scorers among the boys are Joel David Deys (76 percent), Muhammad Samir Zaheer (75), Fahd Anjum (75), Saad Murtuza Siddiqui (74).
Twenty-two students — 18 girls and four boys — have secured distinctions.
