No. of Students appearing through Academia over the last few years[3]
Session
Total Candidates
IGCSE/ O-Level
IAL/ A-Level
2023 (Edexcel)
713
385
328
2023 (CIE)
747
269
478
2022 (Edexcel)
1103
480
623
2022 (CIE)
651
251
400
2021 (Edexcel)
594
208
286
2021 (CIE)
735
252
483
2020 (Edexcel)
2411
1115
1296
2020 (CIE)
462
201
261
Thousands of students appear for their O and A level examinations through Academia each year. Academia hosts a yearly ceremony to recognize their high achievers in O and A levels and has boasted a few hundred recipients in the past few years.[4]
Extra curricular activities: debating
Academia is well known for its prowess in English Debating: between 2015 and 2017, Academia Debate Club (ADC) won all 3 national championships, ranking as the best in Bangladesh.[5] In addition, Academia students have represented Bangladesh at the World Schools Debating Championship in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019.[6] Besides, Academia students have justified why they are amongst the top English Medium Schools in Bangladesh by winning a plethora of other debate and public speaking competitions over the years, one of the most notable being IUB Ascension--an international tournament held in Dhaka in 2019. In the process, they faced teams from IBA-DU, University of Oxford, IUT and other notable debating institutions across the world.[7]