opa history
background
The history of the Royal Military College has its roots on 3July 1952 when an announcement was made by the Secretary of Defence that the ‘Malay Regiment Training Depot’ in Port Dickson was to be upgraded as the ‘Malay Regiment Training Centre’ with the additional establishment of the ‘Pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit’ (Pre-OCTU) and a ‘Boys’ Company’.
It was not until 1953, when the then British High Commissioner to Malaya, the late Field Marshal Tun Sir Gerald Templer, envisioned future leaders of the then Malaya, that these two establishments that the ‘FEDERATION MILITARY COLLEGE’ was formally formed. Hense, the formal birth of the currents ‘ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE’ on 17 December1953.
Since its inception, the College has undergone various changes. To-date, more than 10,000 Puteras have graduated from the College and have taken their places as leaders of the country.
role and charter
The original role of the ‘Boys’ Company’ was to be a feeder institution for potential officers for the Armed Forces. Those who could not make it were to be potential Non-Commissioned Officers. When the ‘Federation Military College’ was formed, its role included preparing young Malayans (then) for the Public Service and other professionals as well as leaders in the commercial and industrial of the country. Its charter has not changes since then ‘Preparing young Malaysians to take their places as officers in the Armed Forces, in the higher divisions of the Public Service and as leaders in the professionals, commercial and industrial life of the country’.
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