Feni Girls' Cadet College
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Feni Girls Cadet College is a military high school for girls, located in Feni District, Bangladesh.[1]
History
Mymansingh Girls Cadet College established in 1984 and that was the only Girls cadet College in Bangladesh while other nine cadet colleges for boys. The necessity was felt to increase the number to ensure better opportunity of education for girls. The introduction of commissioning Lady Officers in Defense Services in 2002 added more impetus to the issue. Finally government decided to establish two Girls Cadet Colleges at Feni and Joypurhat. After a comprehensive reconnaissance a portion of an abandoned British Airfield(constructed in 1942 during World War II) was chosen as the site for Feni Girls Cadet College. Student (called cadet) selection procedure started in December 2005 and after a nationwide competitive examination best girls were selected for admission. Initially only minimum essential Officers, Faculty Membrs and Staffs were posted from old colleges while the recruitment procedure was on. The college received the first batch of newly recruited employees on April 2006. The college opened on 15 April 2006 with 100 students (cadets).[1],fifty each from class VIII and VII. On 7 June 2006 the then Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia formally inaugurated the college through a grand ceremony. Ministers, Chief of three Service, Senior Military and Civil Officers, Elites, Staffs of the college and Cadets were present on the occasion. The college was started with only few essential installations while the project work was still in progress
Motto
Noble Education Decent Life
Location
The college is located at the Old Airport Area just beside Feni town .The Feni-Chagolnaiya highway passes through the college deviding the campus in two parts.The main highway of Bangladesh, Dhaka-Chittagong inter-district highway passes through Feni. Buses usually take 3-4 hours to travel on 165 km highway from Dhaka and about 2.5 hours from Chittagong. Feni is also accesable by train.Map
Contact Information
Mailing Address: Principal, Feni Girls Cadet College, Old Airport Road, Feni-3900, BANGLADESH
Telephone: 880331-63524, 880331-63525
Fax: 880331-63524
Email: fgcc@army.mil.bd, fgccfeni@yahoo.co.uk
Administration
Central Administration
Cadet Colleges function under the Ministry of Defence.[2] Defence Secretary is the Chairman of the Cadet College Governing Council while Adjutant General, Bangladesh Army is the Chairman of Cadet College Governing Body. Cadet College Section at the Adjutant General's Branch in Army Headquarters directly controls the Cadet Colleges.
College Administration
A serving Military Officer of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (some times from Air force/Navy of the equivalent rank) or a senior officer from the Cadet College Service (Promoted from the faculty members as per regulation) acts as Principal of the college. Vice Principal is responsible for the Academic affairs.
A Military Officer of the rank of Major is posted as Adjutant who is a staff of the Principal and is responsible for the administrative matters. A senior faculty member called House Master looks after the administration of the Cadet Hostel(House). All faculty members are attached to the Houses and are called House Tutors. Accounts Officer looks after the matters relating to accounts and budget.
Cadet Administration
To build up leadership qualities and maintain effective cadet administration a set of cadet leaders called Prefects is appointed from the cadets of the senior most class. The cadet administration works in close coordination and under the supervision of the college administration. The appointments are:
- College Prefect
- House Prefects
- College Games Prefect
- College Cultural Prefect
- College Dining Hall Prefect
- Assistant House Prefects
- House Games Prefects
- House Cultural Prefects
Infrastructure
The college is spread over an area of about 49.5 acres. The buildings comprise an Academic Block (Jahangir Bhaban named after Bir Sreshtho Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir), three boarding houses (Khadiza, Ayesha and Fatema House), a Cadet Mess (Bir Sreshtho Matiur Dining Hall named after Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman), a mosque, a fifteen bed hospital (Bir Sreshtha Nur Muhammad Hospital named after Bir Sreshtho Lance Naik Nur Mohammad Sheikh), a library(Bir Sreshtho Rouf Library named after Bir Sreshtho Lance Naik Munshi Abdur Rouf), Language Laboratory, Computer Laboratory, a cadet canteen, several sports fields, basketball courts and a drill ground. The college also has residential accommodation for the teaching and administrative staff.
Academic System
Cadets are enrolled in the seventh grade and study for six years. The Higher Secondary Certificate(HSC) is the final examination to pass. Every class generally has fifty cadets devided into two Sections (called forms) under the supervision of a Faculty Member (Form Master). Form Master is assisted by a Form Prefect selected from the cadets of the form.
The College holds internal examinations to assess the ability of the students and prepare them for the Board Examinations. Progress tests, Send Ups and Pre-Board Examinations is a regular feature of the College schedule in this regard.
The parents/guardians are regularly informed of their daughter’s/ward’s overall performance and attitude. Extra coaching classes are arranged for the weak students. However, a student showing consistent poor performance is withdrawn from the college.
The Secondary School Certificate(SSC) and the Higher Secondary Certificate(HSC) examinations are held under the control of the Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Comilla. All the examination dates are mentioned in the academic calendar at the beginning of the academic year. A calendar year is usually divided into three terms. The medium of instruction is English. Special emphasis is given in Communicative English, Religious Studies, General Knowledge and Current Affairs.
Faculty and Staff
The Vice Principal is the in charge of the Academic Section and the faculty. The faculty comprises two academic departments, Science and Humanities:
- Humanities: English, Bangla, Islamic Studies, Civics, Economics, Geography, History, Arts and Crafts and Home Economics.
- Science: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Statistics and Computer Sciences.
In addition, the senior most faculty member of each subject heads of department and supervises curriculum of the respective subjects. Physical training,drill and college band is supervised by the physical training,drill and band instructors from Army (Non Comissioned Officers,usually Corporal or Sergent).
College Events
Being a residential institute, the students live on the campus 24 hours. The college can accommodate 300 cadets. The cadets are devided into three houses (or hostel) namely Khadiza, Ayesha and Ftima House.
The academic year of the College is marked by many different events and Inter-House Competitions. In these events, the Cadets participate with full zeal and enthusiasm. The events invoke confidence and sportsmanship in the cadets. All the events including Curricular, Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular activities add up to the overall Championship Trophy, which is greatly cherished and honoured. Each House puts in its best efforts, to be the Champion. The notable events of the college:
College Stage Competition (CSC)
- Qirat Competition
- Extempore Speech Competition(Bengali and English)
- Continuous Story Telling Competition
- Debate (Bengali and English)
- Solo Acting Competition (Bengali and English)
- Parliamentary Debate (English)
- Music Competition
- Dance Competition
Hobbies Clubs/Society
- Quranic Society
- Physics Club
- Chamistry Club
- Biology Club
- Geography and Environment Club
- Arts and Crafts Club
- Current Affairs Club
- Bengali Literary and Cultural Society
- English Literary and Cultural Society
- Music and Dance Club
- First Aid Club
- Computer Club
- Sewing and Cooking Club
Games and Physical Activities:
Every working day (Saterday through Thursday)starts with a Physical Training or Drill period of 30 mins. Cadets also take part in various games and sports in the afternoon (Sater day through Wedness day) for 50 mins. The college has a good play ground with the facilities of Hand Ball, Volley Ball, Badminton, Cricket and Athletics. Annual inter house competitions are organised in following games and sports:
- Hand Ball (Senior and Junior Group)
- Badminton (Senior and Junior Group)
- Athletics (Senior,Intermidiate and Junior Group)
- PT Display (Combined)
The schedule of the competitions is circulated through calender of events at the beginning of the year. The Annual Athletic Competition is the last competition of the year which is held after the final examination and ends with a grand annual prize giving ceremony in which the parents/guardians are invited.
Other Competitions:
- Inter House Academic Competition (based on the academic performance of the cadets)
- Inter House Novices' Drill Competition
- Principal's Inspection Parade Trophy
- Health and Hygiene Competition
- Principal's House Inspection Trophy
- Inter House Drill Competition
- Inter House Current Affairs Display Competition
- Inter House Indoor Games Competition
Educational Visits, Excursions and Picnic
Commemoration of National days and Special Occasions:
Parents visiting Day and Communication with Family
The students are permitted to receive visitors once a month on scheduled Fridays during the term. The visit dates are communicated to the parents at the beginning of the year.Cadets can also make phone call to their parents as per schedule. Letter writing is compolsary on every Friday.
Recreation:
Every House has a Recreation Room with facilities of TV, English newspapers,periodicals and musical instruments. The House Indoor Games Room has the facilities of Table Tennis, Carom, Chess and Srable. Cadet can also pass their time reading books in House Library. On selected Thurs days movie show is arranged
Wall Magazine and Periodicals
Bengali and English Wall Magazine are published regularly as part of inter house competition. Yearly Bengali and Enlglish periodicals named UTTARAN and INTREPID are also published where the cadets can express their mind on varied subjects.
Cultural Activities:
Inter Cadet College and National Competitions
Mess
The College Mess has a large spacious dinning hall, which can accommodate 300 cadets at a time and has sufficient facilities required for cooking and service of food, stocking of dry and fresh provisions. The mess functions under the supervision of a member of the teaching staff (faculty member). Cadets are also associated with the management of the mess. The committee is presided over by the Vice Principal and includes Officer In charge Cadet Mess and cadet representatives. They make every effort to provide a balanced and nutritious / extra messing if required in special cases. Every fresh supply is checked and certified by the Medical Officer before being received by the committee (which includes cadet representative)
Medical Facilities
A reasonably well equipped 18 bed Hospital functions at the campus. It is looked after by the College Medical Officer, a serving Major/Captain from Army Medical Corps assisted by other medical staffs. All minor ailments are treated here but for specialized and incase of serious injury / innless the patients are referred to Feni Sadar Hospital/CMH Comilla as and when required. To guard against epidemics, vaccination, inoculations are carried out as and when required. The cadets are weighed, measured and medically checked up and a proper health record is maintained of all cadets.
The hospital also has an isolation ward for the segregation of patients suffering from infectious diseases.
In case a cadet needs an operation, all out efforts are made to inform the parents/guardians. However, if there is no time to inform them, such students are operated upon without any delay. The parents/guardians of cadets are required to submit a written permission for emergent, lifesaving surgery. In case of an emergency the authority rests with the Principal.
External links
References
- ^ a b BSS (2006-06-07). "Khaleda opens girls cadet college in Feni: Allocation for education in budget to be raised". The New Nation. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ Responsibities of Ministry of Defence:responsibility no:11