Students from GEMS CBSE curriculum schools in the UAE have scored outstanding results in the 2017 Indian board exams for Grade 12, a statement said.

GEMS CBSE schools have upheld their impressive track record with an outstanding 99.9 per cent pass rate in the board exams. Of the 1,515 students who appeared for the exam, 295 scored above 90 per cent. 255 of the students scored between 85pc and 90pc and 1,455 of students got above 60 pc.

Overall the following students topped in their streams at the GEMS schools:
• Science: Akash Kunnath Mani - 98 pc (Our Own High School – Al Warqa’a)
• Commerce: Smeet Prakashkumar Shah 98.2pc (Our Own English High School, Sharjah Boys)
• Humanities: Hyfa Sunil Azeez 96.6pc (Our Own English High School, Girls)

“We are extremely delighted that our boys did well and congratulations to the entire community of teachers and parents who made this possible. More specifically to Smeet Shah who has been working consistently to achieve the score of 98.2 pc. The fact that 29 per cent of our students scored more than 90 per cent also is worth celebrating,” said Srivalsan Murugan, principal and CEO - Our Own English High School Sharjah- Boys’ Branch.

Michael Guzder, vice principal - Indian School, GEMS Education and executive principal, The Millennium School, said: “We congratulate all our pupils on the excellent board results. They have once again proved their merit through hard work, commitment and dedication. We also thank our teaches who have invested into each student and put in long hours of preparation along with them.” - TradeArabia News Service