Shah Muaj achieves top grade at GCSE

Ansar Ahmed Ullah
Contributing Editor,Shottobani

London: The results of the GCSC exam in Britain were released on Thursday, 12 August.

Amongst them, community activist, journalist Shah Mustafizur Rahman Belal and Shaheda Rowshanara Rahman’s eldest son Muaj Shah Rahman, a top performing student at Tower Hamlets Swanlea School, has brightened the face of the community with 8 grade 9s, 1 distinction and 1 grade 8. Only 2% of students across the UK have achieved this grade this year. Muaj has been the Year Team council head boy and played an important role in representing the students’ views on the school council over the years.

Muaj’s eyes are now set on Cambridge or Oxford University. He said, ‘I’ve been studying computer science, physics and maths. And then after that, I plan to go to Oxford to study, either computer science or engineering.’

However, for the future, he said, ‘I would like to go into Cyber security in the future because it is a rapidly expanding industry.’

Muaj’s proud mother, Shaheda Rowshanara Rahman, said attending regular classes was the key to her son’s success. Father Shah Mustafizur Rahman Belal is overwhelmed by the extraordinary results of his son. “I want my son to grow up to be a decent man in the future,” he said.

In 2019, Muaj Shah Rahman won the Jack Petchey Foundation Gold Medal as the best student.