Hyderabad students are national toppers

Cambridge International Examinations

Hyderabad: Two dynamic students-Yotsna Gupta, Oakridge International School(IGCSE Economics), and Aditya Neal Bhansali, International School of Hyderabad (IGCSE Music) emerged as the toppers in world and country by achieving the highest marks in a range of individual subjects in the November 2014 and June 2015 Cambridge International Examinations series (Cambridge IGCSE®, Cambridge International AS Level and Cambridge International A Level).

Of the twenty-two ‘world toppers’, in India most have achieved top marks in Mathematics examinations, followed by Physics. In addition to the more traditional subjects, this year’s toppers show the range of subjects that are available through the Cambridge curriculum, from Travel & Tourism to Psychology.

There has been a substantial increase in the popularity of Cambridge qualifications in India and around the world. There are now over 350 Cambridge schools in India, where over 70,000 exam entries for Cambridge qualifications were made in June in both (10th and 12th class), with a 12% increase in entries compared with 2014. In India there was a 10% increase in entries for Cambridge IGCSE (10 board exam), with more than 40,000 entries.