Cumilla Cadet College
Military high school in Bangladesh
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Cumilla Cadet College (Bengali: কুমিল্লা ক্যাডেট কলেজ; CCC) is a residential military high school and college in Comilla, Bangladesh, for boys in grades 7 to 12.
(Knowledge Is Light)
| Cumilla Cadet College | |
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Academic Block of Cumilla Cadet College | |
| Location | |
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Kotbari, Comilla Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates | 23.4289°N 91.1345°E |
| Information | |
| Former name | Comilla Residential Model School |
| Type | Military high school |
| Motto | বাংলা: জ্ঞানই আলো (Knowledge Is Light) |
| Established | 1 July 1983 |
| School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla |
| Gender | Male |
| Language | English |
| Campus size | 52 acres (210,000 m2) |
| EIIN | 133844 |
| Website | ccc.army.mil.bd |
History
Cumilla Cadet College (CCC) was created on 1 July 1983 by converting Comilla Residential Model School, a government boarding school that had been established on the site in 1966.[1][2][3] 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.[1]
Campus
The campus is located in Kotbari, Comilla, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwest of the city center and near the Buddhist archaeological site Shalban Vihara, Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), and Comilla University.[4][1]
The college campus covers an area of 50.74 acres.[citation needed]
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.[2]
Students take their SSC and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla. 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.[5][6][7][8]
Notable alumni
- James Leo Ferguson, freedom fighter and tea industrialist, graduated in 1971.[9]
- Md Jubayer Salehin, E in C, Bangladesh Army.
- S. M. Moniruzzaman, Chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority, completed his HSC in 1987.[10]
- AKM Shamsul Islam, politician[11]
