Was it founded in 1963 or 1964?

Both are right, in different senses — inauguration was on 18 October 1963 and teaching began on 26 April 1964. The difference in year depends on which date is being used.

How many places a year?

The number is not written here, because it sits inside each year’s admission circular as a PDF and we could not verify its text. It is available on the admission website once the circular is out.

Which board is it under?

The Jashore Education Board. Jhenaidah is a district under the Jashore board, which also covers general education institutions across the Khulna division.

Jhenaidah Cadet College Admission 2026-27 — Eligibility, Exam and How to Apply

Q: Can you join Jhenaidah Cadet College in Class XI?

You cannot. Admission is only into Class VII and cadets carry on from there to Class XII, so no Class XI places open up.

বাংলায় পড়তে চাও? দেখো: ঝিনাইদহ ক্যাডেট কলেজ ভর্তি ২০২৬-২৭ — যোগ্যতা, পরীক্ষা ও আবেদন

Jhenaidah Cadet College is Bangladesh’s second cadet college, inaugurated on 18 October 1963. Its campus covers 103 acres in Jhenaidah district.

Jhenaidah Cadet College at a glance

Item	Detail
Institution	Jhenaidah Cadet College
In the central roster	Absent — this institution is not in the central Class XI admission roster (checked 2 September 2026)
Address	Jhenaidah
Education board	Jashore Education Board
Type	An army-run cadet college
Students	Boys only
Founded	1963
Admission route	A national entrance examination — Class VII
Website	jcc.army.mil.bd

Jhenaidah Cadet College admission circular 2026-27 — where it stands

No Class XI seats or cut-off appear on this page, because cadet colleges do not admit at Class XI. The annual Class VII intake is not written either — that figure sits inside each year’s admission circular as a PDF rather than in ordinary page text.

About Jhenaidah Cadet College

It was inaugurated by Abdul Monem Khan, then Governor of East Pakistan, and actually began teaching on 26 April 1964. Its first principal was Lt Col N. D. Hasan, AEC. The six-month gap between inauguration and the start of teaching is clear in the record, which is why two different dates appear in different places as its founding.

The college motto is "The Learned Are Judicious". As the cadet college of south-west Bangladesh, it is the nearest one for students in the districts under the Jashore board.

Jhenaidah Cadet College — intake at Class VII

Group	Seats	Note
Annual intake at Class VII	not published	The figure sits inside the admission circular’s PDF rather than in page text, and we could not read it

These are the current structure figures and can change with the new circular.

Can you join Jhenaidah Cadet College in Class XI?

The short answer is no. A cadet college recruits only into Class VII, and those cadets carry on to Class XII — so the Class XI places are already filled. There is no route in from outside after SSC, and no cadet college appears in the central Class XI roster (we checked all 5,134 institutions across 9 general boards and 66 districts on 2 September 2026 — not one is there).

What people search for	The actual answer
Minimum GPA for Class XI	প্রযোজ্য নয় — একাদশে ভর্তি নেই / Not applicable — there is no Class XI intake
Any route in after SSC	নেই / None
The class it does admit into	৭ম শ্রেণি / Class VII

How students actually get into Jhenaidah Cadet College

Entry to Jhenaidah Cadet College is at Class VII, through a single national entrance examination rather than an application to one college. The form is at cadetcollegeadmission.army.mil.bd, and the order of preferred cadet colleges is given there.

Selection runs in stages — a written examination first, then a viva for those who pass, and a medical examination. Each stage must be cleared separately; failing one ends the process there.

The application is made once for all cadet colleges together, not to any single one. Which college a selected candidate goes to is settled by the result and by preference.

Since 2003 every cadet college has taught the English version of the national curriculum, so after admission the textbooks are the national ones, taught in English.

Condition	Detail
Class admitted into	Class VII — the only point of entry into a cadet college
Where to apply	cadetcollegeadmission.army.mil.bd
Stages of selection	Written examination → viva → medical examination
Age and other conditions	Published in each year’s admission circular — not written here, because the conditions change from year to year and we could not read the current circular’s text
Class XI admission	None — cadet colleges are not in the central Class XI roster