Forty-one students have won awards from Cambridge International Examinations for outstanding performance. One student has received the prestigious Cambridge ‘Top in the World’ award
7 April 2017: Forty-one Nepalese students have won awards from Cambridge International Examinations for their exceptional performance in the June 2016 and November 2016 Cambridge exam series. The awards recognize success in Cambridge International AS & A Level subjects.
The students, from schools across the country, were congratulated at the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards ceremony, supported by the British Council, on 7 April 2017 at Hotel Yak and Yeti, Durbar Marg. Ruchira Ghosh, Regional Director – South Asia, Cambridge International Examinations and Jim O’Neill, Country Examinations Manager, British Council Nepal will attend the event.
This year, one student from Nepal was awarded the prestigious ‘Top in World’ award for Cambridge International AS Level Language & Literature in English. Thirty-two students were awarded ‘Top in Country’ awards across a range of Cambridge International AS & A Level qualifications.
Ruchira Ghosh, Regional Director South Asia, Cambridge International Examinations, said “It gives me immense pleasure to see students across Nepal show such passion for learning. Their outstanding results in Cambridge International Examinations is proof of their determination to achieve academic success, their teachers’ commitment and the constant support of their family and friends. Congratulations to all these students on their performance this year and I wish them every success in all of their future endeavors.”
Jim O'Neill, Country Exams Manager at British Council Nepal, said “The Cambridge curriculum helps students to learn and acquire core skills and competencies such as critical thinking and problem solving. The coursework and range of subjects offered by Cambridge International Examinations helps students acquire a scientific temperament and an international, perceptive outlook that prepares them very well for lifelong learning. It gives ample opportunity to students to explore and pursue wider areas of study in today's global context. It is a student-friendly curriculum that challenges, invigorates and helps students towards high academic standards.”
The most popular Cambridge International AS & A Level subjects in Nepal are Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and General Paper.