GEMS students excel in ISC and ICSE examinations

Press release
Published May 30th, 2017 - 05:52 GMT

The twins at GEMS Modern Academy
The twins at GEMS Modern Academy

Building on its history as the oldest ICSE School in Dubai, students from GEMS Modern Academy have again received outstanding results in the ISC and ICSE examinations this year.

Out of the 145 students who appeared for the ISC (Grade 12) exam, 20 per cent of students scored above 95%, 55.9 per cent of the students scored above 90% and 100 per cent of students recorded an aggregate of above 60%.

Atharva Pulujkar and Soumil Banerjee topped the Science stream with a score of 99%.

In the Commerce Stream, Lavanya Hero Bhatia topped the batch with 96.25% and Gayathri Pushpanadh topped the Humanities Stream with 94.5%

15 students scored a perfect score of 100 in Mathematics in ISC.

Nargish Khambatta, Principal and CEO of GEMS Modern Academy, and Convener of the ICSE and ISC examinations, Dubai, said: “It is heartening to note that our toppers are also all-rounders, finding the right balance between their focus on academics and their extra-curricular pursuits. Our students have lived up to the high expectations their teachers had of them. We are particularly pleased with our ISC batch – our largest cohort and yet they have managed to exceed past records. Congratulations to our students, parents and teachers.”

Out of the 225 students who appeared for the ICSE (Grade 10) exam, 9.8 per cent of students scored above 95%, 41.8 per cent of the students scored above 90% and 100 per cent of students recorded an aggregate of above 60%. 

Adiba Ejaz is the school topper with a percentage of 98.8 % .

9 students scored a perfect score of 100 in Mathematics and 6 scored 100 in Computer Application in ICSE.

Based on their predicted marks, students of Modern have received admission into prestigious universities like U C Berkley, London School of Economics, Stanford University, Imperial College London, UCLA, University of Michigan, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Culinary Institute of America, Harvey Mudd College, University of Toronto, Purdue, University of British Columbia. Sanchit Kapoor has been accepted into UC Berkley and has been accorded the Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship while Swayam Parida has been accepted into Stanford this year. 

The school’s IB cohort completed their examinations last week and have also received excellent placements based on their predicted grades. Their results are expected on 5th July.

Background Information

GEMS Education

In 1959, two teachers, KS Varkey and his wife Mariamma, arrived in Dubai. 

At the time, Dubai was a burgeoning trade centre on the Arabian Gulf. The Varkey family had left Kerala, India to seek a better life for their family. What they found was a real need to educate children arriving in the city from around the world.

Their son, Sunny, added a visionary’s ambition to a practitioner's experience. From simple roots in a family of teachers, GEMS Education, is today an international company with schools and education services across the Middle East. We still share the same mission - to provide a quality education to everyone.

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