Over 7,000 students from more than 200 schools sat the Cambridge GCE O’ Level (General Certificate of Education – Ordinary Level) examinations last year; 38 schools received awards for producing over 60 percent of students that passed in at least five subjects, while over 400 of these students made it to the ‘O’ Level National Top 10 awards. Below are the schools with the highest number of students in the Top 10 and the students who placed first in the awards. Historic Achievement for Aminiya School In the year 2013, the percentage of Aminiya students who passed the O’ Levels were 60 percent. However, last year the school has received a huge achievement undreamt of. The percentage of students who passed their examinations last year has increased to an astounding 80 percent. This is the greatest accomplishment for the school over the past five years. Aminiya’s Leading Teacher, Aminath Azza stated that the students worked extremely hard to improve the school results of the O Level examinations the previous year. The 229 students who sat the examinations had improved themselves by taking extra classes and participating in subject camps. Azza added that the teachers had also provided additional support for the students who scored a D grade and below on past exams. MALE, August 6, 2015:- The ceremony held at Dharubaaruge on August 6, 2015 to confer the Top Achievers Award to students who topped the O-Level examinations held in 2014. HAVEERU PHOTO/ NISHAN ALI The fruit born of their labours were the 67 students of Aminiya who secured rankings amongst the 400 students in the National Top 10. Aminiya students not only made up the bulk of the 1st place achievers, but also the majority who were placed in the O Level World Top 10. O Level 1st Place Achievers from Aminiya • Aishath Azma (Kaafu atoll Thulusdhoo island) • Aishath Haura (Alif Dhaalu / Omadhoo) • Aminath Eenas (Malé) • Arusheedha Rasheed (Noonu / Henbadhoo) • Azha Mohamed Yoosuf (Malé) • Fathimath Araafa Amir (Kaafu / Gulhi) • Fathimath Shamha (Haa Alif / Thuraakunu) • Laisa Ahmed (Thaa / Vilifushi) • Luyuna Abdul Wahid (Malé) • Mariyam Idhaan Adnan (Malé) • Mariyam Naba Nizam (Noonu / Foddhoo) • Shammaa Jihad (Malé) Several Awards for Iskandhar School Last year marked the second time Iskandhar School participated in the GCE O Level examinations. However, they posed more than a little rivalry for the old veteran schools. Over 150 Iskandhar students sat the examinations, of whom 26 percent made to the National Top 10. While the Iskandhar students at the National Top 10 amounted to 43 percent, four of them were placed 1st and nine of them received places in the World Top 10. “This is a great achievement. I am very pleased,” Principal Hussain Saeed said. Seventy-two percent of the Iskandhar students had passed in all their subjects. MALE, August 6, 2015:- The ceremony held at Dharubaaruge on August 6, 2015 to confer the Top Achievers Award to students who topped the O-Level examinations held in 2014. HAVEERU PHOTO/ NISHAN ALI Hussain revealed that the school’s target for the O Level exams is agreed upon in Grade 8, and that their target for this year is to increase the percentage of students that pass to 80 percent. O Level 1st Place Achievers from Iskandhar • Aminath Iba Mahreen (Malé) • Areen Adam Naseer (Malé) • Fajuaa Ahmed Jameel (Thaa / Thimarafushi) • Mohamed Hafeez Hassan (Malé) Ahmadhiyya: still the highest achieving school Ahmadhiyya International School has been consecutively ranked first place for many years now. They have maintained their winning streak of producing the highest percentage of students that pass the O Level examinations. Their latest achievement of 94 percent students passing in five or more subjects is the highest results yet in the history of O Levels in Maldives. Principal Mohamed Rasheed said that from among the 224 students who sat the examinations last year, having nearly all of them score passes is an immense achievement. Thirty Ahmadhiyya students went to the National Top 10, amongst whom three were 1st place achievers. Additionally, four students were placed in the World Top 10. MALE, August 6, 2015:- The ceremony held at Dharubaaruge on August 6, 2015 to confer the Top Achievers Award to students who topped the O-Level examinations held in 2014. HAVEERU PHOTO/ NISHAN ALI “We do not have a target for a certain outcome now. Our aim is to maintain these results every year,” declared the Principal of the school that has most frequently achieved first place. O Level 1st Place Achievers from Ahmadhiyya • Mohamed Ahsam Moosa (Malé) • Sarah Ibrahim (Seenu / Hithadhoo) • Zooshan Thaufeeq (Seenu / Maradhoo) Great progress for Majeedhiyya School Majeedhiyya is the oldest veteran school in Maldives. It also accommodates the greatest number of students in any school, thus producing varying O Level results over the years. However, the previous year brought much accomplishment to Majeedhiyya. A school official reported that 82 percent of the students who sat the examinations passed in five subjects, which is a 23 percent increase for the school. “This is such a great achievement,” the official said. MALE, August 6, 2015:- The ceremony held at Dharubaaruge on August 6, 2015 to confer the Top Achievers Award to students who topped the O-Level examinations held in 2014. HAVEERU PHOTO/ NISHAN ALI Twenty-nine Majeedhiyya students went to the National Top 10, of whom three were ranked 1st. O Level 1st Place Achievers from Majeedhiyya • Abiyaan Mohamed Saleem (Gaafu Alif / Dhevvadhoo) • Mohamed Muzah (Meemu / Dhiggaru) • Yoosuf Rifdhaan Afeef (Malé) Other 1st Place Achievers • Alaau Adnan (Haa Dhaalu / Vaikaradhoo), Dharumavantha School • Mohamed Nashwan Nasir (Malé), Dharumavantha School • Mohamed Zaidhaan Zahir (Noonu / Kendhikulhudhoo), Dharumavantha School • Anaa Abdullah (Baa / Hithaadhoo), Hithaadhoo School • Aishath Reeaa Nizar (Baa / Maalhos), Maalhohu School • Fathimath Rifga (Vaavu / Keyodhoo), Keyodhoo School • Looth Ismail Shafeeq (Malé), Imaduddin School • Mohamed Fauzan Shareef (Meemu / Muli), Imaduddin School • Mariyam Shahaa Faisal (Malé), Kalaafaanu School • Fathimath Uswa Hussain (Seenu / Hithadhoo), Sharafuddin School • Mariyam Naufa (Seenu / Hithadhoo), Sharafuddin School • Afaaf Abdullah (Noonu / Manadhoo), Ghaazee School • Hudhuna Haleem (Haa Alif / Kelaa), Ghaazee School • Mohamed Izman (Seenu / Meedhoo), Seenu Atoll Education Centre • Fathimath Rifga Hashim (Gaafu Alif / Kolamaafushi), Gaafu Alif Atoll Madhrasa • Nashad Abdul Wahid (Baa / Eydhafushi), Baa Atoll Education Centre • Ahmed Ameen (Malé), Thaajudheen School • Aishath Malha (Raa / Rasgatheemu), Ghiyasuddin International School • Fathimath Saeed (Seenu / Feydhoo), Feydhoo School • Fathimath Siba Saeed (Seenu / Feydhoo), Feydhoo School • Mifaan Moosa Didi (Seenu / Hithadhoo), Billabong High International School • Mohamed Zaidhaan Ahmed (Gnaviyani / Fuvahmulah), Gnaviyani Atoll Education Centre