Tears of joy and relief in UAE after CBSE XII results out

Tears of joy and relief in UAE after CBSE XII results out

It was a fabulous Friday for thousands of CBSE students across the UAE as India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced Grade XII results on Friday. Tears of joy and relief were shed across homes in the UAE, as nearly all CBSE schools in the UAE notched up a 100 per cent pass percentage. Our Own Indian School student Naveen Suresh Nair was reportedly the UAE topper (as at the time of going to press), with a whopping 99.2 per cent. The student who had a subject-combination of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, and English, said: “I was quite surprised with the results. I expected a bit lower marks as the tabulation was something new. But I was sure of scoring excellent marks since I had done very well in my 10th and 11th grade.” Nair, who credits his good showing to his teachers and parents, told Khaleej Times that he planned on taking JEE advance coaching to get into the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology. The CBSE had taken the unprecedented step of cancelling Grade XII board exams this year due to a sharp spike in Covid-19 cases in India. Consequently, a new evaluation policy was formulated, where weightage