Sylhet Cadet College is a military high school for boys situated 7 km north to Sylhet divisional City, east to the Osmani Air Port Road, beside Parjatan hotel of Sylhet.
History
When Bangladesh was part of Pakistan, Pakistan Army established some cadet colleges in West Pakistan and 4 cadet colleges in East Pakistan in the form of British Public Schools Act 1868. After the liberation war, Bangladesh Army established eight more cadet colleges. Sylhet Cadet College is the first cadet college established after the liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. It was established in Pakistan as a model school in 1969. In 1974, it was modified and converted to a model college. Bangladesh Army modified this model college and converted it to a cadet college in 1978. In 1979, An admission test took place for selecting the students from model college to keep them in this new modified Cadet College. First, second and third batch of this new cadet college was from the model college, and in the same year 4th Batch was taken as fresh cadets. First Batch passed the college in 1982 and first intake, i.e. fourth batch, passed in 1985. And from that time, an admission test started taking place every year to admit new cadets in class seven.
Infrastructure
House: The three houses are on the same building. On the ground floor there is Titumir House, on 1st floor Hazrat Shahjalal house and on the 2nd floor is the Surma house. There are 34 rooms in each house in 3 different blocks. Each House has 31 rooms for the living of cadets. The remaining rooms are reserved for House Office, House Store, and Duty Master's Room in case of Titumir House And mobile room for other two houses. Dining hall A large dining space for the cadets, located just beside the house. The dining hall is named Birsrestho Matiur Rahman dining hall. Hospital Birsrestho Nur Mohammad hospital is situated on South-eastern corner of the college adjacent to the Athletics Ground. It is a single-story building. Cadets including other members of the college can report to the hospital in case of sickness or an injury. A Captain/Major of Bangladesh Army is usually in charge of the hospital. Auditorium A large auditorium is there adjacent to the academic block. The auditorium is named after Birshrestho Mostofa Kamal. All the competitions, cultural shows and Assembly are held here.
Houses
Academics
Sylhet Cadet College has been providing great academic support to the cadets to make them a perfect man for the service of the nation. Recently SCC has made a brilliant result in Secondary School Certificate examination, 2007 and 2010. They all achieved GPA 5.00. The academic performance of SCC is always on the increase. The result of SCC has always been best in Sylhet Education Board.
Administration
Administration of this college is run by Principal, Vice principal, Adjutant, Medical Officer and three House Masters. Current Administration: Principal: Lt Colonel Sharif Md Aman Hassan, SPP, PSC Adjutant:Maj Sheikh Rashshad Rahman Medical Officer: Capt Omar Faruk Fahad
