CBSE Grade 12 results in UAE: At 99.4%, this boy is likely to be country’s topper

CBSE Grade 12 results in UAE: At 99.4%, this boy is likely to be country’s topper

Abu Dhabi-based Sidharth Puthiyedathu scores 100 per cent in three subjects

Sidharth Puthiyedathu with his family. — Supplied photo

Published: Fri 12 May 2023, 8:27 PM Last updated: Fri 12 May 2023, 8:28 PM

With an incredible 100% in three subjects, Abu Dhabi-based Sidharth Puthiyedathu scored 99.4 per cent in CBSE Grade 12 exams.

The Indian education board announced results on Friday and UAE students scored exceptional marks.

Sidharth, a student at Abu Dhabi Indian School, got 100 each in mathematics, physics and computer science while dropped just two marks in English and one in chemistry to make it a grand score of 497 out of 500.

His parents Suresh Narayanan and Malini, and elder sister Anjali are ecstatic, and so is school principal Neeraj Bhargava. However, Sidharth was not in the UAE to celebrate the victory as he is taking part in the International Mathematical Olympiad camp in the Indian city of Mumbai.

“We were not expecting CBSE results to be declared today. His sister checked the results. We are yet to speak to him. We can’t contact him during this one-month selection camp. After the camp, he will fly to Kochi,” Suresh told Khaleej Times over the phone from Kerala where the family is on