Cadet College Kohat is Public
boarding school established in 1965 with an aim an to provide quality education
to the students of the erst while West Pakistan. The college is designed for
imparting knowledge to students aged between 12-18 for classes 8th to 12th
standard. Over the past 50 years, Cadet College Kohat has earned a reputation
for being the best educational institute in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for producing
well-groomed students who have made their mark in various strata of our
society. The College has a long list of distinguished 'Kohatians', as the
Alumni of the college are referred to, who have excelled in all walks of life
including military and civil bureaucracy, politics, academia, science and
technology. The educational governance modal of the College has urged the
Government to establish other colleges on similar lines.
College Campus and Facilities:- The institute is spread over
an area of 144 acres and houses a beautiful Academic Block, six houses for
boarding students, student messes, libraries, sports playgrounds and
residential quarters for the faculty. The Academic Block known as Amir Muhammad
Khan Block, and the six student houses are named after great personalities of
our country; Jinnah, Iqbal, Ayub, Khushal, Rustam and Munawar.
Khursheed Digital Library was
established to honor the services of Ex-Principal Mirza Khursheed Anwar Baig in
recognition of his services to the college. Ajmal Gymnasium named after
Ex-Principal Baig(R) Ajmal Khattak has been established to provide students
facilities with indoor activities. The College also has a Riding Club, six
basketball courts. football and hockey grounds, squash courts and a cricket
stadium.
Academic Excellence:- Since its inception in 1965, Kohatians
have established and maintained the tradition of flinching top positions in
Board examinations of 10th and 12th grade. They have the unique honor of
achieving top scores even when there was a single combined board for the entire
province, N.W.F.P (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). Previously, Cadet College Kohat was
affiliated with Peshawar Board and its students have been competing against
notable sister institutions while grabbing top-most positions in examinations.
Currently CCK is affiliated with Kohat Board and remains the foremost
institution to achieve excellent grades.
Many Kohatians have been
nominated for exchange programs sponsored by United State Education Foundation
Pakistan, Aus Awards, Fulbright and Chevening programs for pursuing their
higher studies abroad. They have established a reputation for themselves as
hardworking, organized and disciplined students during their studies even after
leaving Cadet College. Kohatians have also attended notable institutions of the
country including Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), National
University of Science & Technology (NUST), Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute
(GIKI) and Agha Khan Medical College etc. Many Kohatians have also studies from
well-known Universities of the world including Harvard, Duke and LSE etc.
A number of Kohatians have also
been recipients of Sword of Honour; President's Medals and achieved various
appointments during military académies. All of this truly reflects the hard
work and efforts put in by the faculty and the structure of program designed
for students during their five year stay at Cadet College Kohat.
Co-Curricular Activities:- Co-Curricular activities have proven
to be beneficial in building and strengthening healthy minds and bodies. Such
activities help students develop a set of moral and ethical values, develop
social competency and contribute to developing good citizens. They enable
students to learn useful new skills from their chosen activity, and in
integrating these activities into their everyday school lives, they learn how
to effectively manage time, think critically, and work together as a team.
The College hosts a plethora of
annual competitions including Urdu and English Declamation, Essay writing,
Qirat and Naat Khawani, Photography, Science Innovations, Computer Programming
and Riding etc. College sports fixtures with other sister institutions like
Military College Jhelum, PAF College Sargodha, Abbottabad Public School, PAF
College Lower Topa and Army Burn Hall College, Abbottabad have been a regular
feature since its inception. Overall, students' participation in co-curricular
activities has resulted in improvement in their academics, discipline, goal-setting,
teamwork, accountability and responsibility.
Notable Alumni:- Cadet College Kohat's singular focus on
building character and devotion to duty shines through in producing success
stories in almost every sphere of human activity. Some notables include
Ex-Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila, Lt Gen (R) Sabahat
Hussain Ex-Corps Commander Multan and Chairman POF, Vice Admiral (R) Tehseen
Ullah, Ahmed Rasul Bangash Ex-Additional Auditor General of Pakistan, Faheem
Ullah Khattak, Ex-Accountant General, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ihsan Ghani Director
General National Police Bureau and Ex-Inspector General of Police Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Ikram Ghani Member Federal Board of Revenue, Inam Ghani Director
Federal Investigation Agency, Hamid Ali Khan Ex-Chairman NATCA, Faridullah Khan
Federal Secretary/Chairman Pakistan Tobacco Board, Maj. General Salahuddin
Commandant C.M.H.
Ex-Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Engr. Shaukatullah, Senator Mohsin Aziz, Senator Shibli Faraz, Ex-Finance
Minister (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Humayun Khan are also alumni of the College.
Maj. General Javed Sultan Shaheed
and Malik Saad Shaheed (CCPO Peshawar) are prominent Kohatians who laid down
their lives in safeguarding their homeland. Moreover, Kohatians' contributions
in the ongoing war on terror have been widely acknowledge and many of them
accepted Shahadat while fighting the insurgents during Operation Rah-e-Rasat
and Zarb-e-Azab.
On Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Cadet College Kohat, a commemorative postage stamp of Rs.8/- denomination is being issued by Pakistan Post on October 10, 2015.