Pabna Cadet College

Pabna Cadet College পাবনা ক্যাডেট কলেজ
Location
Jalalpur, Pabna Sadar Upazila Bangladesh
Coordinates	24°01′23″N89°17′38″E / 24.0230°N 89.2939°E / 24.0230; 89.2939
Information
Former name	Pabna Residential Model College
Motto	Perseverance is Success
Established	7 August 1981;43 years ago (1981-08-07)
School board	Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi
Principal	Colonel Md Mehdi Hasan PSC
Grades	7–12
Gender	Boys
Age range	12–18
Enrollment	320
Area	38 acres (150,000 m2)
First principal	Syed Salimullah
EIIN	125670
Website	pcc.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]}

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. ^[5]

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. ^{[6] [7]}

Administration

The Bangladesh Army provides some of the funding for cadet colleges, administers them, and runs them on a military model. ^[8]

Notable alumni

• Rear Admiral S.M Abul Kalam Azad ^[9]

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. পাবনা ক্যাডেট কলেজ [Pabna Cadet College]. Pabna Sadar Upazila (in Bengali).
3. "Principal's Message". Pabna Cadet College. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022.
4. "List of Cadet College". Bangladesh Army.
5. Sobhan, Rehman (2010). Challenging the injustice of poverty: agendas for inclusive development in South Asia. SAGE. p. 170. ISBN   978-81-321-0468-1.
6. "Campus". Pabna Cadet College. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022.
7. "Facilities". Pabna Cadet College. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022.
8. Letchamanan, Hema; Dhar, Debotri (2018). Education in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Islands. Bloomsbury. pp. 16, 20. ISBN   978-1-4742-4430-5.
9. "Mongla port gets new chairman". UNB. 26 January 2020.

External links

• Official Pabna Cadet College Site