Was it previously a different institution?

Yes, twice. It began as a Model School in 1969, was converted into a Model College in 1974, and became a cadet college in 1978. That is why both 1969 and 1978 turn up as its founding year, in different senses.

What is the college motto?

No motto appears on the college’s own history page, so none is written here. What other sources give could not be verified, and unverified information is not published on this site.

How many places a year?

The number is not on the college’s page. Each year’s national admission circular publishes the intake — take it from the admission website.

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

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

No — admission is only at Class VII, and those cadets continue to Class XII. If you are thinking about Class XI in Sylhet, the colleges in the central application are the options.

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

Sylhet Cadet College stands on Airport Road in the city of Sylhet, and by the college’s own account it is the first cadet college established after the Liberation War of 1971.

Sylhet Cadet College at a glance

Item	Detail
Institution	Sylhet Cadet College
In the central roster	Absent — this institution is not in the central Class XI admission roster (checked 2 September 2026)
Address	Airport Road, Sylhet
Education board	Sylhet Education Board
Type	An army-run cadet college
Students	Boys only
Founded	1978
Admission route	A national entrance examination — Class VII
Website	scc.army.mil.bd

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

No Class XI cut-off appears here, nor should one — admission is at Class VII. The annual Class VII intake is not stated on the college’s own page either, so that is left blank too.

⚠️ The motto, the campus area, the house names and the first principal are none of them on the college’s history page. Other cadet colleges publish these; this one does not, so they are not written here.

About Sylhet Cadet College

The institution has changed identity twice, and that is what sets it apart from the rest. It opened in 1969 as a Model School; in 1974 it was modified and converted into a Model College; and in 1978 it became a cadet college. Its first cadets were admitted in 1979.

That two-step conversion has a practical consequence for how batches are counted. By the college’s account the first batch passed out in 1982 — students carried over from the earlier institution — while the first wholly fresh intake, the fourth batch, passed out in 1985.

Sylhet Cadet College — intake at Class VII

Group	Seats	Note
Annual intake at Class VII	not published	The college’s own page does not give an annual intake

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

Can you join Sylhet 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 Sylhet Cadet College

Entry to Sylhet 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