242 Award Winners with 63 World Prizes awarded at the Pearson Edexcel High Achievers’ Award Ceremony 2016

The Annual Edexcel High Achievers’ Awards Ceremony was held on 9th November, 2016 at the BMICH amongst a distinguished gathering including foreign delegates from Pearson Edexcel and the British Council.

242 award winners from Private and International schools around Sri Lanka who excelled at their Edexcel PLSC, International GCSE and Advanced Level examinations received awards at this event. Continuing to bring honour to Sri Lanka, students secured 63 World Prizes in almost all subjects offered at these examinations. Instead of sitting for the traditionally accepted number of subjects, students had confidently attempted a variety of extra subjects and were recognised for 11 A* grades at Edexcel International GCSE and 5A* grades at Edexcel Advanced Level. Students from Asian International School, Belvoir College, Bishop’s College, Colombo International School, Elizabeth Moir, Gateway College, Ladies’ College, Museaus College and St. Bridget’s Convent were among the top award winners!

It was also evident that the comprehensive and flexible Edexcel curriculum is well received by the most prestigious universities worldwide. Most of the candidates had secured places in top Universities such as University of Oxford - UK, Imperial College - UK, University of Manchester - UK, University of Cambridge, University of Bristol - UK, University of Sydney - Australia, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, Asia Pacific University - Malaysia, Monash University, Malaysia and University of Melbourne -Australia.

Six Pearson Edexcel High Achievers of yesteryear were felicitated in an endeavor to portray that by perseverance, hard work and determination, reaching one’s potential is indeed possible. Three such personalities were featured in absentia.