Jhenidah Cadet College (JCC) is an English version military boarding school, located in the outskirts of Jhenaidah in Bangladesh.
It is one of twelve cadet colleges of Bangladesh.It is one of the best college in Bangladesh.
JCC is an education institute and famous for outstanding result in countrywide Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) board examination.
Each year, a good number of students take place in the merit list (top 20 students) or cGPA 5 merit list and every year a great deal of students got opportunity to be a defence officer.
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Located 2 k.m North of the Jhenidah town beside jhenidah-Kushtia highway place called Arappur.
Jhenidah 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 three houses, each headed by a housemaster, selected from among the senior members of the teaching staff.
Students get admitted in class VII (7th Grade) at the age ranging 11 to 12 years. The selection process is very rigorous, having written exam, viva and medical tests selected top 50 students will study here till class XII (Higher Secondary). Some students may be turned out for irregular academic result or indiscipline.
Cadet college is a fully residential school. Cadets get four vacations totalling 100 days in a year called term break.
All students (cadets) 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 uniform worn by cadets in authority. Members of the teaching staff are also required to wear a form of school dress when teaching.The cadets have to maintain strick dress code.
Jhenidah Cadet College is one of the best college in Bangladesh. There is a large academic building where the cadets do their classes and study during prep time. Cadets live in three student hostels (houses) - Badr house, Khaiber house and Hunain house. Daily five times meals are served in the college dining hall which has a capacity of 300 cadets. Usually cadets say their Magrib and Jumma prayer in the college mosque. All officials of cadet college live in the college premises. The principal has two storyed house, while the vice principal, adjutant, medical officer, teachers all have one villa each to reside.
Cadets have adequate facility for sports. Eight basketball, fourteen volleyball, nine football, five cricket, three hockey,seven tennis, two swimming pool and a huge athletics ground provide huge sporting facilities to them. Having these grounds the playground is large grassy area in the center of the college. Playing any of the above games is compulsory in the afternoon. There is a dairy firm to serve pure dairy product for the cadets. A hospital, bank, post office, barber, tailor shop, a workshop serve the utilities for the cadets. Cadets have a mandatory medical checkup at the start and end of every term. Cadets have a luxurious modern auditorium for cultural purposes, a well decorated library; in addition, the cadet have language club and multimedia classes.
Principal - Lieutenant Colonel of Bangladesh Army or senior teachers promoted from vice principal.
Adjutant - Major of Bangladesh Army or equivalent from air force or navy
Teachers/Lecturer - Certified for different subjects
Collage Prefect - Top Cadet selected from the final year by the College administration.
Medical Officer - Major from Bangladesh Army Medical Corp.
Supporting employee - Army's Non Commissioned Officers and Civilians
Cadets are enrolled in the seventh grade. They continue their study for six years. The Higher Secondary Certificate(HSC) is the final examination to pass. Each class generally has fifty cadets divided in two sections. The Secondary School Certificate(SSC) and the Higher Secondary Certificate(HSC) examinations are administered under direct control of the National Board of Education of Bangladesh. All the examination dates are announced in the academic calendar at the beginning of the each academic year. A calendar year is usually divided into three terms. Including the annual parade, physical training(PT), games and sports and cultural shows are integral part of this academic system. Every cadet take part in these activities actively. From 2003 all the cadet colleges were converted to the English version of National curricular.
Sports and physical activities Students participate in basketball, volleyball, soccer, tennis, cricket, field hockey, squash, rugby, shooting, swimming and athletics. They also participate in annual events like cross country marathon and obstacle courses.
Students participate in rhetoric competitions like impromptu speech, debate, singing, poetry recitation, current affairs display, wall publications for special days and cultural events like music and drama. The school's debate team competes with graduate and post-graduate level schools in National Television Debates. Their debating style is often the crowd favorite. The cultural events are very well organized.
Ex-cadets from Jhenidah usually study at top universities. Many have become famous professors, civil administrators, doctors, engineers, high ranking military officials etc.
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