LIT History

Lasam Institute of Technology is a technical-vocational school situated at Nabannagan West, Lasam, Cagayan which is more or less 8 kilometers away from the town proper. It started its operation as a Barrio High School in August 2, 1968 with its borrowed building. The school then had its lone teacher, Mr. David Tamayao under the supervision of Mr. Isaias Aguinaldo, the then Head Teacher of Nabannagan Elementary School.

             Later in 1973, the school was converted to vocational high school through the initiative of Mr.  Isaias Aguinaldo and it was named Western Cagayan Vocational High School under the Republic Act No. 3431.

             Mr. Napoleon A. Batulan, the principal of the newly established Western Cagayan Vocational High School, negotiated the purchase and acquisition of 12.5 hectares of land in addition to the 3.5 hectares donated by Mrs. Natalia A. Lim, Mr. Marcelo de los Santos and Mr. Guillermo Buenavista.

             On June 16, 1988, the school was renamed to Lasam National Agricultural School (LNAS) through a resolution filed by the then principal of the school, Mr. Andres P. Tabao, which was approved by virtue of R.A. No. 6665.

             In 1997, LNAS became a Technical Education & Skills Development Authority (TESDA) administered school offering technical-vocational courses. The late Mr. Francisco B. Usita was then the appointed administrator. The school started offering Agricultural Crops Production, Animal Production NC II, Food Technology, Garments Technology, Certificate in Applied Computer Science in Agricultural Entrepreneurship, and Certificate in Agricultural Equipment Mechanics.

             On May 22, 2007, the Vocational School Administrator Mr. Francisco B. Usita, filed a resolution renaming Lasam National Agricultural School to Lasam Institute of Technology which was approved by virtue of Republic Act No. 9475.

             When Mr. Usita died, came Dir. Nestor C. Ave, the then Provincial Director of TESDA Isabela, as the Oversight Director of the school. He did not stay long in the school but short stay many projects were realized which included the concretion of the pavement in front of the administration building.

             After a few months came another VSA in the person of Mr. Joselito S. Tolvo. During his term, the school was able to garner regional and national awards like Gabay Nayon Award, Katangitanging Serbisyo Award, Lakan-Ilaw award, Model Employee Award (Regional level) and TESDA Idol Award (Regional Level). Additional tools and equipment for the different qualifications were also acquired from TESDA Central Office. Most of the trainers were reclassified / levelled up in their positions through NBC No. 461.

             Due to the untimely death of Mr. Tolvo, Mr. Jimmy V. Lamug, took over as Officer-in-Charge and later became Vocational School Administrator.

             Under the administration of Mr. Lamug, the Commercial Cooking laboratory was reconstructed to meet the laboratory area requirements for Cookery NC II. The Automotive Servicing NC I and NC II laboratories were improved with the purchase of additional equipment. Driving NC II levelled up with the purchase of a new car for driving instruction. Food & Beverage Services NC II lab was improved and Dressmaking NC II lab was enriched with 11 units of high speed sewing machines acquired from TESDA Central Office and another ten units of portable sewing machines. The school façade was also constructed and the most significant improvement was the development of the agricultural area with the construction of the green house. It was also Mr. Lamug who initiated the Mushroom Culture and Production project. He also made some tie ups with the local government of Lasam and nearby municipalities as partners in skills development.

             The school then acquired agricultural equipment from LGU Lasam under the administration of Hon. Marjorie Apil-Salazar like shredder, Rice Planter and building for the Vermi culture and mushroom production. He also spearheaded the concreting of the school road network, repair of roofings of school buildings and the completion of the roof of the gymnasium. He had lots of plans and dreams for the school but because of his mandatory retirement, he had left the school with many unfinished plans.

             When Mr. Lamug retired in November 2017, Mrs. Editha B. Mansion took over the responsibility to man the school as Acting VSA, She continued to serve and lead the faculty and staff to work for the goals and objectives of the school and to continued the implementation of the unfinished plans and projects of the previous administration. 

             Four months after, on May 3, 2018, Engr. Dominador D. Dizon assumed into office as the new Vocational School Administrator. With his administration, he shows a lot of encouragement and dedication to his work and to the employees. The determination of a leader to work hand in hand with his men to meet the challenges of managing the school is evident to his actions.

The tangible achievements of the school are greatly attributed to the past and present administration, to the people of the community and to everybody who with great dedication to work for a better and brighter Lasam Institute of Technology. The school after more than 50 years of existence as an institution of technical education and skills training which is manned by the group of individuals headed by Engr. Dominador D. Dizon has vowed to meet the challenges of actualizing the great possibility of growing like the sturdy molave tree to serve the people and to help make the locality a better place to live in.