Garrison Cadet College Kohat is a boarding school, situated in the suburb of Kohat City. The college has classes from class 8th to FSc (Pre-Engineering and Pre-Medical Level). Students are inducted in class 8 and Class 11; after a 3-step selection process, which composed of a written test, interview and medical examination. The college has over 600 enrolled cadets aged 12–19 years. Each class has approximately 125 cadets.
History Garrison Cadet College Kohat is situated in the suburb of Kohat City. The foundation stone of the college was laid on 1 March 1990 by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The college was inaugurated on 10 May 1993 by the then Quartermaster General of Pakistan Army, Lieutenant General Muhammad Arif Bangash. It was established as Kohat Garrison College but later it was renamed Garrison Cadet College Kohat in 1999. Regular classes commenced in March 1993. The first principal was Col Muhammad Idrees Niazi (Late). The college is affiliated and patronized by the Provincial Government of KP since 2017.
Present composition of BOG Patron-in-Chief Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Chairman General Officer Commanding 9th Infantry Division, Kohat Members Secretary E&SE KP Secretary Finance KP Secretary Establishment KP Secretary P&D KP Commissioner Kohat Division Commandant Signal Training Centre, Kohat VC KUST RPO Kohat Division Station Commander, Kohat Principal (Member / Secretary)
Principals
Principals at Garrison Cadet College KohatColonel.(Retired) Muhammad Idrees Niazi, ArmourSeptember 1992 - December 1995Brigadier.(Retired) Talat Imtiaz Naqvi, Artillery December 1995 - December 2001Brigadier.(Retired) Tariq Saeed, SI(M), Artillery March 2002 - March 2013Brigadier. Munawar Alam, SI(M), ArtilleryMarch 2013 - October 2015Brigadier. Sameen Habib Malik, ADOctober 2015 - July 2016Colonel. Zulfiqar Ahmad AbbasiJuly 2016 - October 2016Brigadier. Nadeem Akhter Hussain, PunjabOctober 2016 - September 2021Brigadier. Hamid Jamil Khan, BalochOctober 2021 - September 2023Brigadier. Malik Nasir Ali Awan, Punjab September 2023 - To date
See also Kohat Cadet College Hasan Abdal Cadet College Kohat PAF Public School Sargodha Military College Jhelum
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