Cadet College Petaro was the second Cadet College in the country after Hasan Abdal to be established initially at Mirpurkhas in 1957 and shifted to its present site at Petaro in 1959. It was originally designed for 360 Cadets from Classes VIII to XII. The College started functioning at Mirpurkhas with an intake of 30 cadets in 1957; which gradually kept on increasing, from time to time. At present, cadets on roll are about 800 including 25 Day-Scholars, who are sons of the College staff. Petaro is on the Right Bank of River Indus only about 30 Kilometers away from the main city of Hyderabad and we are located on the main Indus Highway.
The College is tasked to train young men from Class VIII to Class XII to be potential officers for the Pakistan Armed Forces. Cadets, however, are free to join a career of their own choice. Military training, character building, personality-development, excellence in education and inculcation of leadership qualities are essential elements of the training scheme followed at the College. Another important function of the College is to develop a multi-dimensional personality of the young cadets and to bring out their potentialities, so that they may join any suitable profession of their own choice, in the future.
Besides Academic Block, there are seven Boarding Houses (Jinnah, Liaquat, Ayub, Latif, Iqbal, Qasim and Shahbaz). Each House is headed/supervised by a House Master and assistant Associate House Masters.
The College is typically organized like a Services Training Institution with morning PT/Parade, academic activity from 0800 to 1330, followed by games/ sports / other activities in the evening and Prep periods of two hours duration in the late evening. COURSES CONDUCTED The College conducts studies from Class VIII. The College offers only science subjects (both at the secondary and higher secondary levels (Pre-Medical and Pre-Engineering). The College is affiliated with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad and is governed by its regulations for examinations.
MILITARY TRAINING The Pakistan Navy has provided the College with the Military Staff required for Parade, Military, Physical and Leadership Training. The modern ISSB village is available and the cadets have been trained for the ISSB under the supervision of experienced officer of Pakistan Navy.
SPORTS The facilities for all the major games like Hockey, Cricket, Football, Basketball and Martial Art are available in the College. It is mandatory for every cadet to participate in these games. Additionally, the College has the facilities for out-door games like Volleyball, Squash and Tennis and indoor games like Badminton, Table Tennis, Billiards.
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Various clubs have also been formed and students are encouraged to take part in literary activities and debates. The College has Literary Society in English, Urdu and Sindhi and these societies organize debates and declamations, throughout the year, for both juniors and senior, as per schedules given in the College Calendar. Every year College organizes All Pakistan Declamation Contest in which teams from all over the country participated.
ADDRESSES Email Address: [email protected] Telephonic Address: 022 – 2022021 – 28 (08 Lines) Fax Number: 022 – 2022029 Mail Address: Cadet College Petaro District Jamshoro (Sindh) Postal Code: 76120