Add Subview above mainviews layer - ios

I am having trouble adding a subview above the CALayer of its parent view.
I tried to attach an image to show what i mean but i dont have enough reputation so here is a link to the image:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/img0219u.png/
Part of the subview is obscured by the parent views border.
How can i make the subview appear over the top of the parent views layer?
Any help is appreciated.
Here is my code if it helps:
Code for adding layer:
UIView *student = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50, 50, 100, 100)];
student.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
CALayer *studentLayer = [[CALayer alloc] init];
studentLayer.borderColor = [UIColor grayColor].CGColor;
studentLayer.borderWidth = 5;
student.layer.borderColor = studentLayer.borderColor;
student.layer.borderWidth = studentLayer.borderWidth;
Code for adding subview:
UILabel *ilp = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:(CGRectMake(-20, -10, 40, 20))];
ilp.text = #"ILP";
ilp.backgroundColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
ilp.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
ilp.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
[student addSubview:ilp];

Thats not possible so far, The best solution i can think of is that add both the subview and its parent view inside another view than its just a matter of reordering two subviews, so that your subview is above the other and its border.
Hope that help!

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