16 UAE students win Cambridge Learner Awards

16 learners from five GEMS schools in the UAE on Monday received awards to acknowledge their outstanding performance in the 2012 University of Cambridge International examinations.

The Outstanding University of Cambridge Learner Awards, also known as the Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards, celebrates the success of learners taking Cambridge examinations in over 40 countries around the world.

Harshil Niraj Dhanky from The Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi was awarded the Top of the World Category in IGCSE Travel and Tourism. 13 of his fellow GEMS students received the Top of the UAE Category (five in IGCSE, six in AS Level and two in A Level) and a further two were recognised in the IGCSE High Achievement category. 

Margaret Atack, Group Senior Director, Education, GEMS Education, said, “The awards recognise the talent, dedication and commitment of both the students and the teachers in our schools. On behalf of GEMS Education, we congratulate each student.”

Gordon Slaven, Director of the British Council, UAE and Simon Higgins, Regional Manager CIE, MENA attended the event and congratulated the students who won the awards.

2012 Outstanding Cambridge Achiever Award winners :

Top of the World - IGCSE Travel and Tourism – Harshil Niraj Dhanky from The Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi

Top of the UAE

IGCSE

IGCSE Computer Studies – Bishoy Rami Ragheb from The Westminster School, Dubai
IGCSE Economics – Samar Bawaney from the Cambridge International School, Dubai
IGCSE First Language English - Harshil Niraj Dhanky from The Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi
IGCSE Global Perspectives -  Nicole Maria Rodrigues from the Cambridge International School, Dubai
IGCSE Mathematics (without coursework) – Vyshakh Sanjeev from The Cambridge High School, Abu                            Dhabi

AS Level

AS Level Chemistry – Anand Kasture from the Cambridge International School, Dubai
AS Level Economics - Anand Kasture from the Cambridge International School, Dubai
AS Level English Language – Hussein Elsamani Berima Saleh from the Westminster School, Dubai
AS Level Literature in English – Sana Farooqui from the Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi
AS Level Psychology – Tannya Dipak Jajal from the Winchester School, Jebel Ali
AS Sociology- Neiha Sharjeel Khan Lasharie from  Winchester School, Jebel Ali

A Level
A Level Literature in English – Mahmoud Nasr Mohamed Ahmed Arif from the Cambridge International School, Dubai
A Level Sociology - Mahmoud Nasr Mohamed Ahmed Arif from the Cambridge International School, Dubai

High Achievement - IGCSE

IGCSE Child Development – Ounse Chtourou from the Winchester School, Jebel Ali
IGCSE Foreign Language Dutch – Teis Lind from GEMS Wellington International School

 

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