Rangpur Cadet College

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Rangpur Cadet College
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Academic Building of Rangpur Cadet College
Location
Rangpur Cadet College
Ashratpur, Rangpur Sadar Upazila

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5404
Coordinates 25°42′45″N89°15′32″E / 25.71256°N 89.25877°E / 25.71256; 89.25877
Information
MottoKnowledge is Power
(বাংলা: জ্ঞানই শক্তি)
Established1 July 1979;44 years ago (1979-07-01)
School board Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dinajpur
PrincipalLt. Colonel Md. Ashraful Islam, SPP, PSC
AdjutantMajor Md. Saidul Haque
Language English
Area37 acres (150,000 m2)
Color(s)  Orange
DemonymRCCian
First PrincipalCommander Habibur Rahman
EIIN127483
Website ccr.army.mil.bd

Rangpur Cadet College is a military college for boys in Rangpur, Bangladesh, having about 300 cadets, 50 in each grade from 7th to 12th. [1]

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History

A cadet college is an institution following the model of English public schools. In 1979, Rangpur Cadet College was established as the sixth cadet college of Bangladesh. The former Rangpur Residential Model High School was converted into a cadet college with some infrastructural modification. The land now owned by the college is partially taken from the Carmichael College, an educational college which stands beside it. The college started with its first three batches (called the intake) in 7th, 8th and 9th grade in 1979. Commander Habibur Rahman was the first principal of this institution. Krittiranjan Chakma was the first adjutant and Hossain Sohel Shahnewaz was the first College Prefect of the CCR (who was assassinated on 25 February 2009 in the BDR mutiny). From 2003, English was introduced as the medium of education as per a government decision to convert the cadet colleges into the English versions. The 28th intake was the first batch in the English version.

Campus

Main entrance CCR Gate-1.jpg
Main entrance

Rangpur Cadet College is located in Rangpur. The college is outside the main city in a suburban area. It is 5 km south of the City Center, and situated beside the Dhaka-Rangpur highway. Long trees made the place more attractive and a canal passes through the campus.

The main features of the campus are:

Curriculum and teaching process

The institute follows the curriculum provided by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board. It provides teaching in Sciences and Humanities group. The subjects under the Commerce group are not available for study in the institution. The institute has followed the English version of the curriculum from 2003. The institute is under Dinajpur Education Board.

This institute provides educations from 7th grade to 12 grade only. The students appear for the Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC), Secondary School Certificate (SSC), and the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams from the college.

Administrative structure

Cadet colleges are known for their strict and disciplined administration. The administration is run by a strict set of procedures which are common to all the cadet colleges. The cadets are divided into three houses, Omar Faruque, Titumir, and Birshrestha Jahangir. They participate in competitions on behalf of their house, and the houses are credited according to the achievements and discipline of the cadets.

College administration

The college administration is run under the supervision of a principal appointed either from the Bangladesh Armed Forces or from the faculty members. An adjutant and a Medical Officer from Armed Forces monitor the disciplinary/administrative activities and Health and Sanitary issues respectively. The academic activities are supervised by the Vice-Principal. The Principal is Lieutenant Colonel Ashraful Islam, SPP,PSC (Ex cadet of CCR). and the Vice Principal is Mr. Shawkat Hossain .The Adjutant is Major Mohammad Tauhidur Rahman(Ex cadet of CCR) and the Medical Officer is Captain Mehedi Hasan Himel (AMC).

Cadets appointments/prefects

Cadets are appointed as Prefects, chosen from the senior-most class after the departure of a batch. They are inaugurated by College Principal, Adjutant and Vice Principal in the college auditorium. According to seniority prefects are as follows:

Inside view of the main academic building CCR academic building.jpg
Inside view of the main academic building

Houses

The Current Champion House is Titumir House

HouseColourCrestMottoNamed after
Omar Faruque House
(ওমর ফারুক হাউস)
  BlueOpen SwordAim is Victory (বিজয়ই লক্ষ্য) Caliph Umar Faruk bin Khattab (R)
Titumir House
(তিতুমীর হাউস)
  YellowClenched FistWe are Fearless (মোরা নির্ভীক) Meer Nisar Ali Titumeer
Birshrestho Jahangir House
(বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ জাহাঙ্গীর হাউস)
  GreenRising SunInvincible in Struggle (সংগ্রামে দুর্জয়) Birshrestho Shahid Cpt. Mohiuddin Jahangir

Extracurricular activities

Cadets participate with the other houses in cultural, athletic, literary, and music competitions. In the playground, they play cricket, football, volleyball, basketball, and athletics as practice or as competition. According to the result of all the competitions, the overall champion house is determined.

The largest event in the college is the annual athletics competition held at the end of the year. Cadets participate in a major literary and cultural competition and one sports competition held every year among all the cadet colleges of Bangladesh.

Success in national and international arena

Admission procedure

Every year the cadet colleges of Bangladesh take one new intake in class Seven. Only 50 to 55 new cadets are selected from all over the country for each cadet college through a nationwide examination.

The admission process usually starts toward the end of the year to accept new cadets for class 7 only. Written admission exams for all 12 cadet colleges are held on the same day throughout the country. Those who pass the written exam are called for oral/viva tests and medical tests. Based on the results of all three tests, the top 50/55 cadets are given admission to that cadet college.

Alumni

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