Cumilla Cadet College
{{Short description|Military high school in Bangladesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox School
| name = Cumilla Cadet College
| native_name =
| latin_name =
| seal_image = Cumilla Cadet College Logo.svg
| seal_alt = Logo of Cumilla Cadet College
| seal_size = 150px
| image = Cumilla Cadet College-Academic Block-1.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Academic Block of Cumilla Cadet College
| motto = Knowledge Is Light
| motto_translation = বাংলা: জ্ঞানই আলো
| location = Kotbari, Cumilla District
| coordinates = {{coord|23.42886|N|91.13453|E|display=inline, title}}
| established = {{start date and age|1 July 1983}}
| city = Cumilla
| county = {{BAN}}
| postcode =
| free_text2 = Lt Col Nurul Anwar
| free_label2 = First Principal
| former_name = Comilla Residential Model School
| schooltype = Military high school
| school_board = Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Cumilla
| authority = Bangladesh Army
| free_text3 = 133844
| free_label3 = EIIN
| administrator = Governing Body of Cadet Colleges
| principal_label = Principal
| principal = Abu Hena Md. Mizanur Rahman (Acting)
| principal_label1 = Vice Principal
| principal1 = Muhammad Asaduzzaman (Acting)
| head = Major U M Mukraminul Islam
| head_name2 = College Prefect
| head2 = Cadet Mansif
| gender = Male
| head_name = Adjutant
| colors = {{Color box|#87CEEB|border=darkgray}} Sky Blue
| free_label1 = Demonym
| free_text1 = CCCian
| average_class_size = 25
| language = English
| classrooms = 12
| area = {{cvt|52|acre|m2}}
| website = {{url|https://ccc.army.mil.bd/|ccc.army.mil.bd}}
}}
Cumilla Cadet College ({{langx|bn|কুমিল্লা ক্যাডেট কলেজ}}; CCC) is a residential military high school and college in Cumilla, Bangladesh, for boys in grades 7 to 12.
History
Cumilla Cadet College (CCC) was created on 1 July 1983 by converting Cumilla Residential Model School, a government boarding school that had been established on the site in 1966.{{cite web |url=http://www.acoc.group/Home.php |title=History |website=Association of Cumilla Old Cadets |access-date=15 March 2017}}{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Cadet College}}{{cite journal |author=East Pakistan (Pakistan). Assembly |date=1966 |title=Questions and Answers |journal=Assembly Proceedings; Official Report |volume=30 |issue=1 |location=Dacca |publisher=East Pakistan Govt. Press. |page=115 |quote=The other six schools [residential model schools] are in the process of being established at Sylhet, Cumilla, ...}} CCC formally opened on 7 April 1984 under founding principal Lt. Col. Nurul Anwar, with 150 cadets in three intakes. In the months that followed, three more intakes brought it to full enrollment.
Campus
The campus is located in Kotbari, Cumilla, about {{convert|8|km}} southwest of the city center and near the Buddhist archaeological site Shalban Vihara, Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), and Cumilla University.{{cite web |url=https://ccc.army.mil.bd/ |title=Cumilla Cadet College |website=Cumilla Cadet College |access-date=15 March 2017}}
The college campus covers an area of 50.74 acres.{{cn|date=March 2025}}
Curriculum
Cadet colleges are under the control of the Army. CCC also maintains a separate school and college for girls. Admission starts from seventh grade. At the end of tenth grade, cadets sit the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination. Those who pass have the option of continuing into eleventh and twelfth grades.
Students take their SSC and Higher Secondary (School) Certificate (HSC) examinations under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Cumilla. Of the schools under this board, CCC placed among the top ten in terms of SSC and/or HSC results from the early 1990s till date.{{cite news |title=Rajuk school the best |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-138663 |newspaper=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=16 May 2010 |access-date=15 March 2017}}{{cite news |title=Rajuk college best in Dhaka |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/rajuk-college-best-in-dhaka |newspaper=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=3 August 2013 |access-date=15 March 2017}}{{cite news |title=Best school Rajuk, top board Rajshahi |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/best-school-rajuk-top-board-rajshahi-24554 |newspaper=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=18 May 2014 |access-date=15 March 2017}}{{cite news |title=Brillaint |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/brilliant-37043 |newspaper=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=14 August 2014 |access-date=15 March 2017}}
Notable alumni
- James Leo Ferguson, A Bangladeshi fighter of Scottish origin and tea industrialist who graduated in 1971{{cite news |last1=Mehdi |first1=Ujjal |date=11 December 2016 |title='I fought for this land' |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E2%80%98I-fought-for-this-land%E2%80%99 |work=Prothom Alo}}
- Major General Md Jubayer Salehin, E in C, Bangladesh Army.
- Rear Admiral S. M. Moniruzzaman, Chairman, Chittagong Port Authority.
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Cumilla Cadet College}}
{{Cadet Colleges in Bangladesh}}
Category:Cadet colleges in Bangladesh
Category:Colleges in Comilla District
Category:Military high schools
Category:Boys' schools in Bangladesh
Category:1983 establishments in Bangladesh
Category:Educational institutions established in 1983
Category:Educational Institutions affiliated with Bangladesh Army