Two students from Pakistan International School, English Section, Riyadh (PISES) topped the British Council’s IGCSE exam, one of the world’s most popular international exams for higher schooling in physics and english subjects.

“Hamza Hamid Hussain topped in the world in physics while Laiba Arshad Khan was declared the worldwide topper in English,” Muhammad Tanveer, PISES acting principal, told Arab News on Tuesday.

“Moreover, four of our students got top positions in Riyadh as — Anusha Sultan Meo and Mariam Asad got first position in biology whereas Zainab Tariq and Syed Hadi Hussain Rizvi topped in Math,” he said.

Delighted over the result of their students, Tanveer expressed his feelings of gratitude to Almighty Allah and congratulated the staff, students and their parents for their collective efforts and contribution to bring school to this standard of extraordinary achievement.

He said although the students of PISES have been making their mark at the victory stand for many years, “it is the first time that our six students are among the highest achievers in the world and in the Kingdom.”

“This outstanding performance reflects the devotion and dedication of the teachers, hard work and enthusiasm of students coupled with keen and watchful role of parents. Certainly, it would not have been possible without a harmonized effort of these three stake holders,” he observed.

He also named Muhammad Naeem Akhtar, Syed Hassan Jamal, Lubna Nadeem, Shahida Hassan, Aisha Umair and Aalia Sattar among the teachers whose guidance, supervision and encouragement made this possible.

School management committee was delighted over the results as its Chairman Professor Sultan Ayoub Meo, Vice Chairman Rana Sarfraz Ahmad and other members congratulated the students, teachers and parents for the achievement.

They maintained that it is a matter of honor and prestige not only for PISES but also for the whole Pakistani community living in the Kingdom and reaffirmed that the management committee was determinedly keep on working to provide better educational facilities to the community.

Members of the Pakistan community were also equally excited with good results with many parents saying that PISES has been continuously producing excellent results in ‘O’ and ‘A’ level examinations, especially since 2007, by securing positions not only in the Kingdom but also worldwide.