52 Pakistani students achieve distinction in Cambridge examinations

Twenty three students from Karachi have achieved top positions in the world in O’ and A’ level examination held under Cambridge University and all over 52 students achieved distinctions. This was stated by Regional Manager South Asia, University of Cambridge International Examinations, William Bickerdike while addressing a news conference at the British Deputy HighCommission here on Tuesday. Director Examination Services Pakistan of the British Council, John Gildea, Provincial Director British Council Sindh and Balochistan, Syed Mashood Rizvi, and Director Examinations Karachi of the British Council, Asim Saeed Khan, were also present on the occasion. Bickerdike pointed out that 52 students from Pakistan achieved the highest examination result in the world for a Cambridge O- level, an international AS level or an international A- level. Of these, as many as 23 were from Karachi, he further stated. “Pakistani students have been consistently performing very strongly”, Bickerdike remarked. “I have always been impressed by the high standard of the marks which they achieve in their examinations”, he added.
Bickerdike said that to achieve the highest global marks in the face of so much competition from the rest of the world is all the more commendable.
John Gildea also praised the performance of the students from Pakistan in the CIE examinations.