UAE schools record outstanding results in GCSE exams

UAE schools record outstanding results in GCSE exams

Several students score straight Grade 9s in first written examination since Covid-19 pandemic

Published: Thu 25 Aug 2022, 5:35 PM Last updated: Thu 25 Aug 2022, 6:07 PM

Students in the UAE have given a stellar performance in the GCSE results that came out today, with several students scoring straight 9s in their exams.

This is the first time that students have written their GCSE exam since the Covid-19 pandemic. For the last two years, grades were issued based on teachers' assessments.

“It came as no surprise that students in the UAE have performed really strongly,” said Jared Nolan, Director of UK Curriculum Schools at Taaleem Education UAE.

“We are incredibly lucky that that here, the transition from school to online learning and back was done exceptionally well. Students’ education didn’t suffer as much as in some parts of the world.”

At the Taaleem network, over 40% of exam entries were awarded at the top grade of 9-8 (equivalent to A*) with 61% of exam entries were awarded at 9-7 (A*/A).

For GEMS Education, it was a day of incredible rewards. Of the 3,128 students from schools that took the exams this year, more than 1,500 students achieved top grades of 9-8 (equivalent to A*), 42% of