UAE: Several schools record 100% pass rates as A-level results announced

UAE: Several schools record 100% pass rates as A-level results announced

Outstanding 2022 scores surpass last formal examinations in 2019, say principals

Published: Wed 17 Aug 2022, 6:52 PM Last updated: Wed 17 Aug 2022, 7:14 PM

Several schools in the UAE have posted an impressive 100 per cent pass rate in A-level results, after schools began receiving the final scores on Wednesday evening.

However, pupils and parents will only be receiving the results by Thursday morning.

Many school groups highlight that this year's outstanding A-level results surpass the 2019 records when students last sat formal examinations.

This was the first year since the pandemic started that students could actually sit for the exams.

A-level examinations had been cancelled for the last two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic around the world. Therefore, results were decided by schoolteachers based on internal assessments and verified by exam boards.

More than 1,300 pupils from 18 GEMS schools in the UAE and Qatar completed nearly 4,000 A-levels, with over 20 per cent of students achieving an A* grade across schools.

Over 32 per cent of entries achieved A* to A grades and 55 per cent recorded A* to B grades.

Dino Varkey, Group Chief Executive Officer, GEMS Education, says, "GEMS students never fail to demonstrate what hard work, commitment and resilience can achieve.