Academic achievement: Froebel’s, Roots students ace Edexcel exams

Edexcel delivers more than 10 million exam scripts in over 92 countries, says official.

KARACHI:

Edexcel International has announced their IGCSE and GCE examination results for the academic year 2013. Kenza Mehmood and Atqa Rabiya Amir of Roots School System, while Shahbakht Aftab, Malik Azaz Haider and Azeem Ahmad of Froebel’s International School received 10A’s straight in the Edexcel IGCSE examinations.

The students will be awarded certificates and medals in recognition of their performance.

The students of EMS, Beacon Light Academy Karachi, Bloomfield Hall, Mrs Tahseen Learning Karachi, British Overseas and British International School have also achieved outstanding grades.



The assistant vice-president of Edexcel International in the subcontinent, Premila Paulraj Canitius, commended the high achievers and appraised their teachers and parents on the success of children.

She said that Edexcel’s delivered more than 10 million exam scripts in over 92 countries and uses onscreen marking with the groundbreaking ePen technology. The Pakistani students  have proven their ability and achieved good grades in the subjects because of their self-discipline, commitment, hard work and focus on the curriculum.

Edexcel, a pearson company, is UK’s largest awarding body offering academic and vocational qualifications and testing to schools, colleges, employers and other places of learning in the UK and internationally.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 4^th, 2013.