and athletics. They also participate in annual events like cross country marathon and obstacle courses. Cultural activities Students participate in rhetoric competitions like extempore speech, debate, music, poetry recitation, current affairs display, wall magazines publications for special days and cultural events like music and drama. The school's debate team competes with graduate and post-graduate level schools in National Television Debates. Notable alumni General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed: 17th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army Shahidul Alam: photographer. Shah M. Faruque: Molecular Biologist at ICDDR,B Lieutenant general A.T.M. Zahirul Alam: Lt General and Force Commander of United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Iqbal Quadir: founder, Grameen Phone, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tauquir Ahmed: Actor and National Award winner film director Tawfique Hasan: Professor of Nanomaterials at the University of Cambridge : Writer of short stories and fictions, Winner of Bangla Academy Award in fiction in 2018. Lieutenant General Md Mahfuzur Rahman: Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division, Bangladesh Army. Lieutenant General Md Saiful Alam: Quartermaster General of the Bangladesh Army References External links Cadet colleges in Bangladesh 1963 establishments in East Pakistan Schools in Jhenaidah District Educational Institutions affiliated with Bangladesh Army Educational institutions established in 1963