A TOTAL of 2,977 secondary school students (2,154 girls and 823 boys) excelled in their final results, recording a grade point average (GPA) of more than 95 per cent.
Girls outshone boys as the secondary schools recorded an overall pass rate of 97.3pc, revealed Education Minister Dr Majid Al Nuaimi yesterday.
Reem Hamed and Abdulnasser Mohammed Abdulnasser were joint top scorers achieving 99.9pc in the sciences and mathematics, with only two other boys making it to the top 10 – one in third position and the other in 10th.
Mariam Abduljabbar topped the commercial sciences stream with a GPA of 99.5pc, with the top other nine rankings filled up also by girls. Anwaar Sadiq Ahmed from Jidhafs Secondary Girls’ School was second with 99.1pc.
Kawthar Mahdi Almahroos was ranked first on the languages and humanities studies stream achieving 98.9pc with no boy on the top 10 too.
Jaffar Salman topped the boys-only religious stream with 99.2pc.
Dr Al Nuaimi endorsed the academic results of the intermediate and secondary schools (all sections).
“The success rate for general mainstream education in the secondary schools was 97.3pc, with 2,977 students – 2,154 females and 823 males – achieving a score of 95pc or more,” he said.
“The success rate in the special technical and vocational education was 87.9pc, with 56 students obtaining at least 95pc.
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“Intermediate students had the highest score with a success rate of 98.34pc.”
Dr Al Nuaimi expressed his gratitude to His Majesty King Hamad and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for their direct support and care.
The Cabinet last month extended its best wishes to all students sitting their final examinations during the second semester of the 2021-22 school year.
“We congratulate the students, parents and teachers for the high success rate and praise efforts throughout the academic year,” said the minister.
Around 146,000 government school students and 80,000 private school pupils, aged between six and 18, sat the examinations remotely and in-person.
The subjects covered include mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and science, English and Arabic, amongst others.
Children failing to reach the required grade target will have the chance to resit the examinations later this month.
Teachers and faculty will be evaluating the papers until June 30 before setting off on a two-month break from the classroom.
A few private institutions, however, held examinations earlier last month and have hosted graduation ceremonies for their most senior students.
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