Cadet College Hasan Abdal
The college has 600 enrolled students aged 13–19 years. The college offers only GCE 'O' Levels (Starting from 2025), along with Fsc/A levels to the students, including those from overseas.
History
Cadet College, Hasan Abdal, was the first Cadet college in Pakistan in 1952. It was established by the Punjab government and initiated by General Muhammad Ayub Khan (then Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army) to serve as a feeder institution to the Services Academies. For this purpose, military wings were started in 1952 at Government College, Sahiwal, and Islamia College, Peshawar. When the present buildings were completed in April 1954, these military wings were transferred to Hasan Abdal and the new college opened as Punjab Cadet College, with Hugh Catchpole as the founding Principal. In 1960, the government created a board of governors to exercise administrative control over the college. The members of the board include the honorable governor of Punjab — chairman board of governors, chairman POF’s Board — vice chairman, commissioner, Rawalpindi Division (member), secretary, Finance Dept, Govt of Punjab - member, Secretary School, Education Dept, Govt of Punjab — member and principal, Cadet College Hasanabdal — member. Since then, it has been known as Cadet College Hasanabdal.
Wings
The college is divided into six wings:
- Jinnah
- Haider
- Iqbal
- Omar
- Liaqat
- Aurangzeb
Student life
Students attending Cadet College, Hasan Abdal, are called Cadets.
The college prepares boys for the secondary school and intermediate examinations conducted by the Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, and also for the General Certificate of Education 'O' Levels and 'A' Levels, which follow a similar format to the GCSEs and 'A' levels used in the UK. Some cadets study for Matriculation or F.Sc. (both pre-medical and pre-engineering). English, Urdu, Islamiyat, Pakistan Studies, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology are compulsory at each level; some other subjects (e.g. Computer Science) are offered within the different levels.
Fitness activities include gymnastics, jogging, and athletics. Sports time is held in the evenings on weekdays. Cadets take part in sports such as basketball, field hockey, football, horse riding, squash, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Students are also taught drill.
Classes are conducted in the morning and preps (individual silent study periods) at night. The routine is a structured daily regime to promote maximum performance by the students.
Infrastructure
The college is spread over approximately 98 acres (40 ha). Buildings on the property include a mosque, a two-story education block, college hall—known as Naeem Hall in memory of ex-cadet Captain Naeem Akhtar (Shaheed)— the six boarding wings, two cadet messes—known as Khatlani Hall and Hussain Shah Hall in memory respectively of ex-cadet Lt. Ahmed Farooq Khatlani (Shaheed) and ex-cadet Lt. Hussain Shah (Shaheed)— a swimming pool, a 16-bed hospital, the administrative block, a workshop and a hobbies block. Sports facilities include two squash courts and a number of football, hockey and cricket pitches, as well as a horse-back riding ground. The college has residential accommodation for the teaching and administrative staff based within the college. There is an oval ground in the middle of the college around which all the six wings are located. Recently, every wing has been given a slogan and a mascot. A road, "Scholar's Walk" as called by BOGs, surrounds the Oval. It is a cricket ground with flood lights installed around for playing cricket matches even at night.
Principals
Principals and their tenure start dates are:
| Hugh Catchpole CBE HI | 1954 - 1958 |
| Mirza Nisar Ali Baig | 1958 - 1959 |
| A.W.E Winlaw CBE | 1959 - 1964 |
| Lt. Col. J.D.H Chapman | 1964 - 1971 |
| Col. N.D Hasan | 1971 - 1978 |
| Shaukat Sultan | 1979 - 1982 |
| Brig (R) S. Naseeruddin SI (M) | 1983-1988 |
| Prof. Zafar Ali Shah | 1988 - 1993 |
| Brig (Retd) Syed Shah Bbar | 1993 - 2003 |
| Prof. Syed Dilshad Hussain, HI | 2002 - 2006 |
| Air CDRE (Retd) Tayyab N. Akhtar SI (M) | 2006 - 2009 |
| Prof. Muhammad Asif Malik | 2009 - 2012 |
| Maj. General (R) Najeeb Tariq HI (M) | 2013 - 2019 |
| Brig (R) Nasir Saeed Khattak SI (M) | 2019 - Present |
Notable alumni
The following notable people are graduates of the college:
- Rizwan Ullah Khan — Air Commodore of the Pakistan Air Force
- Sikandar Sultan Raja — Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan
- Babar Sattar — Judge of the Islamabad High Court
- Sohaib Abbasi — former Senior Vice President of Oracle Tools and Education divisions, former CEO of Informatica
- Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi — Former Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy
- Asad Abidi — first Dean of LUMS School of Science and Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA and Cornell
- Khawaja Asif— Minister for Defense and former Minister of Water & Power
- Masood Aslam— Commander XI Corps, Pakistan Army and former Inspector General Training & Evaluation (IG T&E)
- Asfandyar Bukhari — Tamgha i Jurat recipient
- Vice Admiral Tayyab Ali Dogar— former vice chief of naval staff
- Muhammad Hafizullah — vice chancellor, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar
- Hamid Javaid— former chief of staff (COS) to the president of Pakistan and former chairman HIT
- Iftikhar Ali Khan — former Secretary Defence and ex-chief of the General Staff (CGS), Pakistan Army
- Khurram Dastgir Khan — Defense Minister of Pakistan, previous minister of commerce
- Abbas Khattak — former chief of Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force
- Raja Nadir Pervez Sitara-e-Jurat and Bar
- Javed Ashraf Qazi — former federal minister of education, communication and railways, secretary railways, commander XXX Corps, Gujranwala and DG ISI
- Sikandar Sultan Raja — Federal Secretary to Govt of Pakistan
- Khalid Shameem Wynne— former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
- Muhammad Zakaullah — former chief of naval staff, Pakistan Navy
- Naweed Zaman — rector, National University of Sciences and Technology (Pakistan), ex-commandant Army IV Corps
- Khawaja Muhammad Asif – Minister of Defence, Pakistan
See also
References
- ^ Amjad Iqbal (24 June 2018). "Hassanabdal Cadet College was 'first of its kind'". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ "Cadet College Hasan Abdal's founding principal Hugh Catchpole remembered". Daily Times (newspaper). 2 February 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ Jaskiran Chopra (18 March 2015). "Hugh Catchpole: RIMC'S legendary teacher". The Pioneer (newspaper of Dehradun, India). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ Aamir Yasin (15 July 2019). "Hassanabdal cadet college students grab top positions in SSC exams". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ Hugh Catchpole of Cadet College Hasan Abdal The Friday Times (newspaper), Published 3 November 2017, Retrieved 9 November 2022
- ^ "OVERVIEW OF CCH". CCH. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Admission to Class Viii /O-Level".
- ^ "Board of Governors".
- ^ "General Facilities - CCH". Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "UK Education System". International Student. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Campus at a Glance".
- ^ "List of CCH Principals". Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Prominent Abdalians In Civil Sector". Cadet College Hasanabdal. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Prominent Abdalians Alumni". Cadet College Hasanabdal. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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