Faujdarhat Cadet College | |
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Sitakunda, Chittagong, Bangladesh , Bangladesh , 5404 | |
Coordinates | 22°24′00″N91°45′45″E / 22.4000°N 91.7624°E |
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Former name | East Pakistan Cadet College |
Motto | Deeds not Words (বাংলা: কথা নয় কাজ) |
Established | 28 April 1958 |
School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Chittagong |
Principal | Mahinoor Akhtar (Acting) |
Adjutant | Major Ihsan Ul Haque Shaan |
Language | English |
Area | 185 acres (750,000 m2) |
Color(s) | Royal Blue |
Demonym | Faujian |
First Principal | Sir William Maurice Brown |
EIIN | 105116 |
Website | fcc.army.mil.bd |
Faujdarhat Cadet College is a historic public military high school being the first of its kind in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) and second in entire Pakistan, modelled after public schools in the UK (according to the Public Schools Act 1868), run following the national curriculum of Bangladesh in English medium, financed partially by the Bangladesh Army, located at Faujdarhat, near Chittagong, in Bangladesh.
Faujdarhat Cadet College was the first cadet college to be established by Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan in erstwhile East Pakistan facing the Bay of Bengal. The government spent 40 lakh taka behind the project and it was opened on 28 April 1958 by Brigadier General Qurban Ali. [1] The classes started with 60 students in the seventh and eighth grade. Two sons of the then Chief Minister of East Pakistan, Ataur Rahman Khan were part of the inaugural cohort of the school. The school was known as East Pakistan Cadet College until 1965, when three new cadet colleges were established. The school boasts an area of 185 acres making it the largest high school in Bangladesh in terms of area. The school was designed by the most prominent artist of Bangladesh, Joynul Abedin.
A former cadet of Faujdarhat Cadet College, Lieutenant Md. Anwar Hossain, Bir Uttam, 7th batch, died in the Bangladesh War of Independence.[ citation needed ]
After independence in 1971, Tofail Ahmed attempted to introduce Awami League's student politics in the school. As he convened a meeting to discuss the prospects with students, senior students of the school boycotted it. The consequences that followed were the enactment of a new policy to convert the four existing cadet colleges to government residential colleges. Cadets from all colleges led by Faujdarhat started "Keep Cadet College Campaign". [2] They met with the then chairman of the cadet college governing body, Brigadier Ziaur Rahman who arranged a meeting for them with M. A. G. Osmani who was then the part of Sheikh Mujib's cabinet. Osmani talked with Prime Minister Sheikh Mujib and convinced him to repeal the new policy. [3]
From 2003, the cadet colleges in Bangladesh were converted to the English version of the National Curriculum. [ citation needed ]
Faujdarhat Cadet College boards up to 300 boys for grades 7 to 12. Every year, 50 students are admitted to the college at grade 7 through a nationwide admission test composed of written (Bangla, English, Mathematics, General Knowledge), interviews and Medical Examinations.[ citation needed ]
Cadets are enrolled in class 7 of the Bangladesh National Curriculum and continue their study for six years up to the end of higher secondary or college level (high school in international standard). They follow the English version syllabus of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board. [4]
The reunion in 2014 was a notable event as the Armed Forces also had lent hand in organizing this extravagant 3-day event. The Alumni endowed the college with their support in building new infrastructure and residential facilities as well as carrying out the large event which was held from 25 December to 27 December. [5]
On 18 January 2018, the Old Faujians Association (alumni association of the college) organized an event called Diamond Jubilee Reunion. Chief of Army Staff, General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Haque inaugurated the event. [6] The program lasted for three days. It started on 18 January and ended on 20 January. On the second day of the program, the legendary singer of this subcontinent, Runa Laila performed on the occasion. [7]
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad | Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh Election Commission | ||
Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud | Eminent lawyer, Politician, Academician, Former President of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Former Minister and Member of Parliament | ||
Hossain Zillur Rahman | Former Advisor, Bangladesh Caretaker Government | ||
Imran Ahmad | Politician and Businessman, Minister of People's Republic of Bangladesh | ||
Syed Muhammad Ibrahim | Bir Protik, Chairman of Bangladesh Kallyan Party | ||
A. J. Mohammad Ali | Former Attorney General of Bangladesh | ||
Fazle Kabir | Former Governor of Bangladesh Bank (country's central bank) |
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim | 8th Chief of Bangladesh Army | ||
General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan | 15th Chief of Bangladesh Army | ||
Major Gen AMSA Amin | Ambassador to Russia and Brazil | ||
Major Gen Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin | Military Secretary to Prime Minister from 2011 to 2019 | [8] | |
Vice Admiral Mohammad Moyeenul Haque | Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Material) | [9] |
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Mohammad Ataul Karim | Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with expertise in electro-optical systems, optical computing, and pattern recognition [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] | ||
Gowher Rizvi | The second Bangladeshi Rhodes Scholar. He is a former international affairs adviser to the prime minister of Bangladesh. He taught at University of Oxford and Harvard Kennedy School [4] | ||
A. M. M. Safiullah | Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology | ||
Shafiqul Islam | Professor at Tufts University. Graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Shakoor Majid | Ekushey Padak, the second-highest state award winner travel novelist |