UAE ICSE toppers ecstatic after passing with flying colours in new format of Grade 10 exams

UAE ICSE toppers ecstatic after passing with flying colours in new format of Grade 10 exams

Ahan Mishra from GEMS Modern Academy and Sahasra Buddharaju from JSS International School are the joint top scorers

Published: Sun 17 Jul 2022, 8:50 PM

UAE students have come out with flying colours in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Grade 10 exams of 2022, despite the new mode of conducting examinations in 2 semesters.

Sahasra Buddharaju from JSS International School (JSSIS) and Ahan Mishra from GEMS Modern Academy (GMA) were the joint UAE toppers with 99.4%.

Sahasra Buddharaju from JSSIS, who scored 3 centums out of 5 subjects, said she wasn’t always the best student in class. “I started to feel a little competitive when I saw so many people doing better than me,” she said. “So I slowly built my game up to par over the last couple of years. From the beginning of this year, I knew I wanted to be the topper. So I doubled down and studied whenever I could. I did a lot of practice tests and revisions and took detailed notes in all my classes. I was studying at least 6 hours a day.”

The art hobbyist aims to be an interior design major. “Art was my way of unwinding, and I hope to take it up