Pabna Cadet College

Pabna Cadet College
পাবনা ক্যাডেট কলেজ
Location
Map
Jalalpur, Pabna Sadar Upazila

Bangladesh
Coordinates24°01′23″N 89°17′38″E / 24.0230°N 89.2939°E / 24.0230; 89.2939
Information
Former namePabna Residential Model College
MottoPerseverance is Success
Established7 August 1981; 43 years ago (1981-08-07)
School boardBoard of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi
Grades7–12
GenderBoys
Age range12–18
Enrollment320
Area38 acres (150,000 m2)
First principalSyed Salimullah
EIIN125670
Websitepcc.army.mil.bd

Pabna Cadet College (Bengali: পাবনা ক্যাডেট কলেজ), is a residential military high school, partly financed by the Bangladesh Army, located at Jalalpur, east of Pabna town, Bangladesh.

History

Pabna Cadet College was one of six cadet colleges set up in a second wave (1979–1983) after the initial four were established between 1958 and 1964, during the Pakistan era.[1] It was created on 7 August 1981 by converting Pabna Residential Model College.[2] It started with 170 boys of the residential school in four classes.[3]

As of 2022, the cadet college boards 320 boys, between the ages of 12 and 18, in six classes from class VII to XII.[3][4]

Campus

The cadet college is located on 30 acres (12 ha) on the north side of the Dhaka-Pabna highway at the village of Jalalpur in Pabna Sadar Upazila, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Pabna.[2]

Within the campus are a three-storey academic block, student housing, a dining hall and adjacent canteen, and Bir Sreshtha Nur Muhammad Hospital, named after Bir Sreshtho Lance Naik Nur Mohammad Sheikh.[5][6]

Administration

The Bangladesh Army provides some of the funding for cadet colleges, administers them, and runs them on a military model.[7]

Notable alumni

Cadet colleges were designed to be feeder schools for the officer academies of the armed forces, but nowadays, they are no longer reserved for students planning to pursue a career in the military.[8]

References

  1. ^ Islam, Muinul; Nag, Nitai Chandra (2010). Economic integration in South Asia: issues and pathways. Delhi: Longman. p. 109. ISBN 978-81-317-2945-8. "The first cadet college was established in 1958. Three more cadet colleges were established between 1958 and 1964 ... Between 1979 and 1983, six more cadet colleges were established".
  2. ^ a b পাবনা ক্যাডেট কলেজ [Pabna Cadet College]. Pabna Sadar Upazila (in Bengali).
  3. ^ a b "Principal's Message". Pabna Cadet College. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ "List of Cadet College". Bangladesh Army.
  5. ^ "Campus". Pabna Cadet College. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Facilities". Pabna Cadet College. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022.
  7. ^ Letchamanan, Hema; Dhar, Debotri (2018). Education in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Islands. Bloomsbury. pp. 16, 20. ISBN 978-1-4742-4430-5.
  8. ^ Sobhan, Rehman (2010). Challenging the injustice of poverty: agendas for inclusive development in South Asia. SAGE. p. 170. ISBN 978-81-321-0468-1.
  9. ^ "Mongla port gets new chairman". UNB. 26 January 2020.