The BCS cadre almost stopped studying when he was in the seventh grade, owing to his father’s low income as a tobacco worker. Plagued by poverty, yet determined to continue, the boy finally took a job as an assistant to a carpenter to raise money for his expenses. Overcoming all these odds, Md Shafiqul Islam finally fulfilled his dream, eventually becoming a BCS cadre, the highest entry-level government job position in Bangladesh. These are the reasons behind his academic advancement.”“Amid such difficulties, Shafiqul took the 2005 SSC exams. I am grateful to them all,” the BCS cadre said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 07, 2017 13:41 UTC