Rangpur Cadet College
| Rangpur Cadet College রংপুর ক্যাডেট কলেজ |
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জ্ঞানই শক্তি
Knowledge is Power
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| Location | |
| Rangpur, Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates | 25°42′43″N 89°15′32″E / 25.712°N 89.259°ECoordinates: 25°42′43″N 89°15′32″E / 25.712°N 89.259°E |
| Information | |
| Established | 1979 |
| Opened | 1979 |
| Area | 37 acres (150,000 m2) |
| Colour(s) | Orange |
| Demonym | CCRians |
Rangpur Cadet College, is a military high school for boys in Rangpur, Bangladesh having about 300 cadets, 50 in each grade from 7th to 12th.
A cadet college is an institution following the model of English public schools. The Pakistan government established the first cadet college in 1954 before the liberation of Bangladesh. 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.Cadet Hossain Sohel Shahnewaz was the first College Prefect of the CCR (who was assassinated on the February 25, 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 English medium. The 28th intake was the first batch in English medium.
Rangpur Cadet College is located in Rangpur. The college is outside the main city in a suburban area. It is 5 km south to the main town, 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:
The institute follows the curriculum provided by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board. It provides teaching in Sciences and Humanities group. The subjects under 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.
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, Titumeer 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.
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