DAMMAM/JEDDAH/ RIYADH: The International Indian Schools in Dammam, Jeddah and Jubail produced a 100 percent successful result, according to the results of the All-India Secondary Examination (Grade 10) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). All 642 IISD students who sat the Class 10 exams in March this year were successful. Of them eight were placed in compartment. This is for the tenth consecutive time that the Dammam school has produced 100 percent result.
Sreelakshmi Muraleedharan stood first in the Dammam school (IISD) with 94.2 percent. Muraleedharan Vishnu Prasad and Sheryl Nedumkallel Sani shared the second place with each scoring 93.8 percent. Ashwath Yegyan Kumar and Sruthy Shah shared the third spot with 93.6 percent.
International Indian School-Jeddah (IISJ) also produced a 100 percent successful result. Out of 667 students who appeared for the exam, 418 passed in first division, 138 in second division, 84 were placed in pass division and 27 others were placed in compartment. No student failed. The IISJ students obtained a total of 1,110 distinctions in different subjects.
Among the boys, Hammad Yusuf topped in the school by scoring 95.4 percent, followed by Shine Ali with 94.2 percent and Muhammad Ahmed 93.6 percent. Among the girls, Blessy George topped in the school with 94 percent, followed by Mariyam Milofa 93.2 percent and Syeda Kausar Fatima 91 percent.
International Indian School-Riyadh (IISR), however, had two students failing at the exam. In all, 616 students sat the exam, the percentage of passes being 99.9 percent. There were 428 students with first class distinctions, 94 in second class, 72 in third class and 20 in compartment.
IISD Principal E.K. Mohammed Shaffe said the results were in line with expectations. “There is always room for improvement. At our school, we never let complacency to get the better of us. Consistent good results only mean we have to keep up the momentum,” he told Arab News.
Shaffe praised the hard work put in by his team of teachers and the students themselves. “Good results are a combination of many things. Good work by teachers and the section heads, hard work by students and excellent support by the parents. We were fortunate to have all three in good measure,” he added.
According to Shaffe, the results were especially satisfying in that of the 642 students who sat for the exams, 36 students scored above 90 percent, 191 scored between 80 and 89 percent, 89 students scored between 75 and 79 percent, 76 students scored between 70 and 74 percent while 127 students scored between 60 and 69 percent. “The number of students passing with 50 percent or less was only 32,” Shaffe said.
The International Indian School-Jubail (IISJU) reported that out of 121 students who sat the exam (64 boys and 57 girls) all of them passed with six placed in compartment. Andrea Fernandez, with 95 percent, topped both in the school and the Eastern Province. Aamir Khwaja Syed was the top achiever among boys with 90.4 percent.
IISJU Principal Syed Hameed, who joined the school recently, credited the school’s success “to the sincere efforts of our hardworking teachers, constant guidance and motivation of school managing committee and the invaluable cooperation of the parents’ community in Jubail.”
Salah Karadan, chairman of the IISJ managing committee, congratulated the students and teachers for the 100 percent results.
— Siraj Wahab in Dammam, K.S. Ramkumar in Jeddah and Mohammed Rasooldeen in Riyadh
