Barishal Cadet College

Before the independence of Bangladesh, the then East Pakistani government established four cadet colleges in the former East Pakistan that followed the British public schools' model. After independence, due to the success of those schools, the Bangladesh Defense Forces kept those colleges (which are high schools by American definition) and established eight more cadet colleges, three for girls and five for boys.^{[citation needed]}

Previously, it was Barisal Residential Model College (বরিশাল আদর্শ মহাবিদ্যালয়). In 1981, the Bangladesh government converted it into a cadet college. Its first principal was Md. Mufazzal Husain who was also the project director during the initial phase of development. As a cadet college, it has numerous placements of its alumni in the national armed forces.^{[citation needed]}

• SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, faculty, Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army^{[citation needed]}
• Topu, singer
• Mashrur Arefin, alumni, writer and banker^[2]
• Md. Mahbub Hossain, alumni, Bangladesh Cabinet Secretary^[3]
• Alvi Ahmed, alumni, filmmaker and novelist^{[citation needed]}

• List of cadet colleges in Bangladesh