GCSE students this year, at GEMS Founders – Al Barsha, as across the UAE, have faced challenges experienced by no other GCSE cohort in history. Unlike those cohorts in previous Covid-19 years who have seen grades adjusted for fairness to recognise the myriad of blocks on learning, from face masks to distance learning and bereavement, this year’s cohort have faced all of this – and then seen grade boundaries moved back towards those of the days when Covid was the stuff of dystopian science fiction novels. The result worldwide has seen many students receiving grades that put them on the cusp, or even outside, the theoretical requirements of being able to study for the subjects they have chosen at Sixth Form.
Matthew Burfield, Principal/CEO of GEMS Founders School – Dubai and Vice President – Education, GEMS Education, speaking with SchoolCompared, explained:
“The last three years have been extremely challenging for all of us, but especially for our students who have been working towards public examinations.
We are all aware of the situation faced by students in 2020 and 2021 who were awarded grades based on teacher and centre-assessed grades.
In 2022, we realised that students were going back into the exam halls, and this would be a daunting thought for all of them.
The level of resilience shown by them, their families, and our teachers at GEMS Founders School – Dubai, and across GEMS Education schools, has been incredible.
Our IGCSE/GCSE results, which have just been published, show that all the hard work and determination was worthwhile.
To emerge from the situation we faced – adjusting to remote learning, COVID restrictions, and the overwhelming impact that the pandemic had on families and staff – with such an amazing set of results, is really special.”
It’s why this year, as all others, must be a year to celebrate our students. It may well be that there grades do not quite match those that expected, and in many cases those that they absolutely deserved. The British qualifications authority, this year, has toughened grade boundaries – so the impacts of Covid are no longer recognised to the degree that they were last year, despite many students having faced exactly the same sorts challenges.
It is in this context that the results achieved by GEMS Founders School students must be doubly recognised for being outstanding in their own right, but also demonstrating the extraordinary resilience of Founders students against odds that would have been inconceivable historically.
If there must be a single word applied to this year’s cohort of GCSE students it is… remarkable.
A “Message to GEMS Students” from Dino Varkey, Group Chief Executive Officer of GEMS Education, on GCSE Results Day 2022
“Congratulations to all our GCSE students, who have performed incredibly well and delivered a stellar set of results.
Our students are surpassing the UK national average and every single one of them, regardless of their grades, should be proud of their achievements.
Their excellent set of results will stand them in good stead as they move on to the next exciting stage of their academic journey at their schools.
These GCSE results bring to a close an impressive school exam season that has seen pupils from across GEMS’ different curricula put the challenges of the pandemic well behind them and press on towards their aspirations with a positive and confident attitude.”
GEMS Founders students celebrate as they praise parents, keep the faith and prepare for a career in Medicine
Justifiably delighted GEMS Founders – Al Barsha student, Naisha Vikram Rajani, sharing her results with proud parents and the school community on GCSE Results Day 2022
Speaking with SchoolsCompared, Naisha Vikram Rajani, exclaimed:
“Today has proved to me that hard work pays off and reminded me that I am capable of so much more.
These results have shown me the importance of having faith, believing in myself and trusting in my revision process and examination preparation.”
Achievement:
- IGCSE English Literature (9275A)- 9
- IGCSE English Language (9270W)- 9
- IGCSE Further Pure Mathematics (4PM1)- 8
- GCSE Psychology (8182)- 9
- GCSE Sociology (8192)-9
- IGCSE Physics (9203)- 9
- IGCSE Computer Science (9210)-9
- IGCSE French (4FR1)-9
GEMS Founders -Al Barsha student Hana Khaled Hussein Mesilhy celebrating her achievement at the school on GCSE Results Day 2022
Hana Khaled Hussein Mesilhy, sharing her achievement with SchoolsCompared, continued:
“I think that these grades are the beginning of my pathway to medicine and my future ahead.
I could not have received these results without the support of my parents.
My experience of my exams journey has shown me that hard work does pay off.”
Achievement
- IGCSE English Literature (9275A)- 8
- IGCSE English Language (9270W)- 8
- IGCSE Mathematics (9260/E)- 9
- IGCSE Biology (9201)- 9
- IGCSE Chemistry (9202)-9
- IGCSE Physics (9203)- 9
- IGCSE Arabic First Language (4AA1)- 9
- IGCSE Business (4BS1)- 9
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