ISB wins eight Island Topper positions

TDT | Manama

Indian School Bahrain (ISB) has secured eight out of the 12 Island Topper positions in Class XII CBSE examinations, held in March of this year. ISB bagged the first and second overall awards as well as the first two awards in the science, commerce and humanities streams in Class XII among CBSE schools in the Kingdom.

ISB topper Reelu Reji, who secured 98 per cent (490/500), has been adjudged the overall island topper this year. Keyur Ganesh Chaudhari, who scored 97.8 per cent (489/500) placed second in this category. Reelu Reji is also the topper in the science stream in the Kingdom, while Keyur Ganesh Chaudhari has placed second.

In addition to these national level achievements, Reelu Reji is the subject topper in chemistry (100) and biotechnology (99), while Keyur Ganesh is the subject topper in physics (100) and computer science (99) at the school level. Nandini Rajesh Nair, who stood first in the commerce stream securing 97.2 per cent (486/500), has been adjudged the second topper in this stream on the island.

Sherene Susan Santhosh (483/500) is placed third with 96.6 per cent among the CBSE schools in the Kingdom. In addition to these achievements at the national level, Nandini Rajesh Nair is the subject topper in economics (100) and business studies (98). Archisha Mario who stood first in Humanities stream scoring 486/500 (97.2pc) is eligible for the second Island topper awards in this stream in the Kingdom.

Anjajna Suresh secured third position scoring 483/500(96.6pc) at the national level. Archisha Mario has the rare achievement of scoring 100 in English for the first time in the Indian School in Class XII. She is also the subject topper in home science (98) and sociology (98) in the school.

Out of 675 students, 65.9 per cent got distinction and 92.7 per cent of students got first class, which is a landmark achievement. ISB wins second Island Topper Award for Class X ISB also performed exceptionally well in Class X, with school topper Nandana Subha Vinukumar scoring 98.6 per cent.

She is placed second on the Island in overall performance in the exam. She topped the school with 98.6 per cent, scoring 493 out of 500, which is the highest-ever scored by a Class X student in the history of ISB.

Against a total of 776 students who appeared for the exam, the school achieved a pass percentage of 100 per cent, including exactly 100 students scoring an A grade in all subjects and 172 students scoring above 90 per cent marks in aggregate.

Speaking about this year’s CBSE results, ISB honourary chairman Prince S Natarajan said: “On behalf of the entire ISB family, we congratulate all our students for their excellent performance and wish them a bright future ahead. We commend their sincere efforts and hard work.

We are also grateful to our parents for their support and continual trust in us.”Congratulating the students on their excellent performance, ISB honourary secretary Saji Antony commented: “Our students have certainly put up a remarkable performance with their outstanding results.

I congratulate them and the committed faculty of ISB who have been instrumental in establishing a high standard in academic excellence.” Executive committee member-academics Mohammad Khursheed Alam and principal VR Palaniswamy also expressed their congratulations to the students, parents and staff.