Even in remote areas like Buraidah city of Al-Qassim province, schools affiliated to India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) are doing well at their annual examinations. In the recent CBSE Std. X Board Examination, which got rave coverage in the media, the performance of International Indian School-Buraidah was missed out. Taha Rahman Khan secured A1 in all five subjects (a score of 10) and topped the class. Seven students secured a score of above 9 on the Cumulative Grade Point Average Scale. Led by Thejus Hari, who scored 9.8 score, other students included Zaiyan Alam (9.6), Summaya Sayeed (9.6), Zikra Syed (9.6), Shahil Mohd (9.4), Sanu Ansan (9.4) and Shadhiya (9). Ten students scored between 8 and 9, another 11 between 7 and 8, and seven students between 6 and 7. Only two of them scored between 5 and 6. The school secured a 100 percent pass percentage with no improvements and no failures. In all, 38 students appeared at the examination. The chairman of the managing committee, Kaunain Shahidi, congratulated the staff of the school and gave credit to “the dedication and sincerity of students, teachers and their parents along with the full support from principal, vice principal and the management committee members.” The school has been maintaining a record of 100 percent result for the past 10 years, said the principal of the school, Mrs. Nasreen Syed. The IIS-Buraidah has been in the service of mainly the Indian community of Al-Qassim province through education since last 21 years. The school acquired the Community License and became a member of the family of International Indian Schools in the Kingdom in May 2004. The present strength of the school is 1552.
