February 27, 2008	Wednesday	Safar 19, 1429

KARACHI, Feb 26: As many as 21 students from Karachi have scored highest marks around the world in the Cambridge O Level, AS Level and International A Level June 2007 exams.

In this connection, Cambridge University’s International Examinations’ High Achievers Award ceremony for brilliant students was held on Tuesday at Antrim Garden under the aegis of the British Deputy High Commission.The British Deputy High Commissioner, Robert Gibson, was the guest of honour at the ceremony which was attended, by the high-scoring students, their parents and teachers.

The regional manager for South Asia, Cambridge International Examinations, William Bickerdike, said that the most impressive thing about the performance of students in Pakistan was that it was consistently brilliant and reflected that the levels of preparation and endeavour were as high as ever.

The audience was informed that in all 15 students from across Pakistan had achieved top positions in the world in their subjects and of them, six were from the Lahore region, eight from the Islamabad region and one student belonged to the Karachi region.

Mohammad Emaad Hassan, of city’s Beaconlight Academy, who has secured the highest marks in mathematics, was given the Edexcel medallion by the Global relations manager, Dr David Davies.

It was further stated that of the total 432 students who had graduated from the December 2006 and June 2007 examinations, apart from 64 students who received recognition for achieving excellence at the national level, 13 students had also received awards for obtaining the highest marks at the global level.

The British Council’s director of examinations, John Glides, and the head of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Pakistan, Arif Masud Mirza, were also present while the British Council’s Director, Mashood Rizvi, conducted the ceremony.