Faujdarhat Cadet College

Faujdarhat Cadet College
Motto: Deeds Not Words
Location
Upazilla:Sitakund
District:Chittagong
Bangladesh
Information
Established April 28, 1958
at Faujdarhat in Chittagong
Opened 1958
First Principal William Maurice Brown
Color(s) Blue
Demonym Faujian
Area 185 acres (0.75 km2)
Houses
Nazrul House (former Shahjahan House) named after Kazi Nazrul Islam
They live who dare
Jaguar
Blue
Shahidullah House (former Akbar House) named after Muhammad Shahidullah
We shall never surrender
Tiger
Red
Fazlul Huq House (former Ayub House) named after A. K. Fazlul Huq
Never give in
Panther
Green
Rabindra House (former Babar House) named after Rabindranath Tagore
Strike and Strive
Lion
Yellow

Faujdarhat Cadet College, is a selective high school (grade 7 to grade 12), modeled after public schools in the UK (according to the Public Schools Act 1868), financed partially by the Bangladesh Army, located at Faujdarhat, near Chittagong, in Bangladesh.

Contents

Overview

Faujdarhat Cadet College boards approximately 300 boys between the ages of 12 and 18 (roughly 50 in each year for grade-7 ) through a nationwide admission test composed of written, oral and medical examinations.

The school is headed by a Principal, appointed by the Adjutant General's Branch of Bangladesh Army. It contains four houses, each headed by a housemaster, selected from among the senior members of the teaching staff.

School uniform

All students wear a uniform similar to cadet officers in military academy in academic hours, shorts sleeves in afteernoon games and sports, and long sleeves with tie, that is effectively a strip of the college colors, during their evening activities. There are some variations in the school dress worn by boys in authority.

Members of the teaching staff are also required to wear a form of school dress when teaching.

History

Faujdarhat Cadet College was the first Cadet College to be established in erstwhile East Pakistan. It was established on April 28, 1958 by New Zealander William Maurice Brown. Until 1965, it was known as the East Pakistan Cadet College. Its colorful history recorded in the form of personal reflections appeared in the following publications.

Location

Faujdarhat Cadet College is situated on the Dhaka - Chittagong grand trunk road. Chittagong city center is half an hour away. Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is also 2 km away. Straight ahead of Faujdarhat Cadet College, the Bay of Bengal is about 1 km away. Exact Location: Latitude 22°24'1.68"N; Longitude 91°45'43.70"E

Museum

There is a museum in the college, situated just beside the auditorium. Some of the items in the museum are pictures of ex-cadets and a list of cadets from 1958 to the present.

Dining Hall

The dining hall is named after the first principal of FCC as 'Colonel Brown Hall'.

Five meals are served every day at the dining hall. Cadets follow stringent dining etiquette while taking meals.

Library

The library is one of the nations richest collections of references and archives containing more than ten thousand books known as 'Rab Pathagar'.

Houses

House motto: Strike And Strive.

House motto: They Live Who Dare.

House motto: We Shall Never Surrender.

House motto: Never Give In

Academic System

From 2003, the cadet colleges were converted to the English version of National curricular.

Faujians in Liberation War of Bangladesh 1971

Past students of Faujdarhat Cadet College are referred to as Old Faujians. The following Old Faujians made supreme sacrifices in the War of Liberation for their Motherland - Bangladesh:

The following Old Faujians participated in the War of Liberation:

Outstanding Faujians

The school is popular with the Bangladesh Army as many of the prominent members of the armed forces have come from Faujdarhat.

References

  1. ^ http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=24495
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  3. ^ http://www.thedailystar.net/campus/2008/04/04/camspotlight_legacy.htm
  4. ^ http://www.thedailystar.net/pf_story.php?nid=34025
  5. ^ http://www.odu.edu/ao/research/
  6. ^ http://www.asianamerican.net/bios/Karim-Muhammad.html
  7. ^ http://www.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2011/07/01/index.htm
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  9. ^ http://www.buet.ac.bd/?page_id=19
  10. ^ http://www.bcas.net/Personnel/Personnel_Index.html
  11. ^ http://directory.potsdam.edu/index.pl?function=user=islamma
  12. ^ http://www.stat.kuniv.edu/people/faculty-members/shahariar-huda
  13. ^ http://www.univdhaka.edu/department/common/facultymemberdetail.php?memberid=FMHIS73034&bodyid=HIS
  14. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Z._M._Iftikhar-ul-Awwal

External links

Cadet Colleges in Bangladesh