Cadet College Killa Saifullah
Cadet College Killa Saifullah (CCKS) is a military high school for boys in grades seven through twelve.
History
In 2008, the Federal Government extended help for establishing a cadet college in Balochistan to bring this province up to par with other provinces, thus providing equal opportunities to the talented and brighter students from Balochistan as well.
The project of establishing a cadet college in Balochistan was conceived in approximately 2003 to 2005. The President of Pakistan gave his blessings in 2008. The present site was selected in 2005 and the construction of the first two phases started in 2007. The college started functioning in 2008 with the induction of its first entry of 60 cadets.
Location
Cadet College Killa Saifullah is located in district Killa Saifullah at Nasai, Baluchistan, Pakistan at a distance of 140 km from Quetta. It covers an area of 560 acres. It may be the largest college in Baluchistan by area.
Academics
Students aged 11–13 are admitted to CCKS after an entry test which is usually taken in the winter every year throughout Pakistan. This entry test is based on the course contents of the 6th class (grade 6). The top sixty students are granted admission.
Hostels (wings)
The college is subdivided into four wings:
- Jinnah Wing
- Iqbal Wing
- Nishter Wing
- Abdali Wing
Wing commanders
Each wing has its own commander. In 2017 the wing commanders are:
- Cadet Akhter Khan (chief cadet captain)
- Cadet Inayat Khan (Cadet Captain)
- Cadet Roohullah (Jinnah Wing)
- Cadet M.Abid (Abdali Wing)
- Cadet Imdadullah (Iqbal Wing)
- Cadet Gulzar khan (Nishter Wing)
Infrastructure
The college is spread over an area of about 560 acres. The campus includes:
- Academic block
- Administration block
- Library (Gosha-e-Irfan)
- Four residential hostels (wings)
- Two cadets' mess halls
- Mosque
- Cafeteria
- Tuck shop (canteen)
- Barber shop
- Tailor shop
- Cobbler shop
- Twelve-bed hospital
- Post office
- Bank (National Bank of Pakistan)
- Auditorium
- Gymnasium
- Wooden squash court
- Tennis court
- Football, hockey, cricket, basketball, and athletics grounds
- Athletic ground
- Assault course
- Horse riding school
- Computer lab
- Three science laboratories (physics, chemistry, and biology)
- Three workshops (wood, metal, and electricity)
- Fine arts club
- Shooting range
- Staff club building
- Residential accommodations for teaching and administrative staff