Kulgam school founded six years ago grabs attention for top results in 10th CBSE

Story by ATV | Posted by Aasha Khosa | Date 17-04-2026

The toppers of Ayesha Ali Academy (School poster), Kulgam, Kashmir

New Delhi

A school in Kulgam, South Kashmir, has become the cynosure of all eyes after achieving 100 per cent results, with many students scoring above 99 per cent marks in the recently announced 10th class results by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

The school is Ayesha Ali Academy, founded by a local doctor who lives in the USA. The school is run by the Ayesha Ali Foundation, named after two children of an expatriate doctor, Dr Feroze Ahmad Padder, who died in a car accident in the USA. The school is located in the town of Kulgam, which was once a stronghold of the pro-Pakistani terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen and its overground network of Jamait-e-Islami.

FeroAnother poster of Ayesha Ali Academy on its 10th class resault (Facebook)

All its students have passed the examination, while 56 of them have secured distinctions.

The toppers are Jaizeb Sheeraz with 497 out of 500 (99.4 percent); Basqir Eishar 496 (99.2%), and Misba Binte Nazir 495 (99 percent). Other high scorers are:

Dar Mehran Mashkoor (97.2), Musaid bin Mudaser (97.2) and Shadab Rashid Bhat have scored 96%.

The school was founded by Dr Feroz Ahmad Padder, a US-based doctor who decided to convert the memory of his first son and daughter into a channel for improving the lives of others in his hometown and founded the school in 2019.

Ayesha Ali Academy

In his address, Dr Padder, Chairman of the Foundation, writes that after losing his first daughter and son (Ayesha and Ali) in a tragic car accident on the evening of October 31st, 2006, in the USA, he was struck by the news of this great tragedy and unbearable loss.

He says he first started questioning God, but “within seconds was BORN the idea of AAA. I firmly believed that Allah Almighty wanted me to educate hundreds and thousands of Ayeshas and Alis-- imparting upon them similar knowledge and skills that my own children would have achieved in the USA.”

Young students of the Ayesha Ali Academy conducting a conversation:

Dr Padder comes from an underprivileged family in Kulgam. His father died in his very early childhood and his brother was only 6 months old.

“Allah Almighty provided me the best possible education from the premier institutions in the world (not less than any privileged person). He blessed me and most of my siblings more than any of us would have ever imagined or dreamed of. I hope to provide the same chance to any orphan or underprivileged child like me. With that intention, Ayesha and Ali Padder Foundation will grant hundreds of merit and need-based scholarships for students in AA Academy.”

Students of the academy participating in Seerat Conference:

From the website of the AAA, it seems the school is a coeducational institution with students of high calibre.

The students are strong in communications and sports. the school is based in a mutlIstorey building on 2.5 acres land A.