History of Narvacan Campus

HISTORY OF THE THEN NARVACAN SCHOOL OF FISHERIES

NOW THE ILOCOS SUR POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE- NARVACAN CAMPUS

PROVINCIAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES

         The Narvacan School of Fisheries is a national secondary fishery school offering not only its predominant secondary fishery education but also a 3-year technical fishery curriculum leading to the Diploma in Fishery Technology. Both programs offer three major fields in fishery technology from which students choose their specialization, namely Fish Capture, Fish Culture and Fish Processing.

         It was established in 1964 by virtue of R.A. 3476 authored by the late Congressman of the Second District of Ilocos Sur, Hon. Pablo C. Sanidad.

         Like all the other fishery schools put up in strategic places of the archipelago, the Narvacan School of Fisheries aims among others to prepare its students for self-employment after graduation. With this as its primary objective, the school has become a potent arm of the government in minimizing unemployment and enhancing its socio-economic development program.

         The school is nestled in a 10.3 hectares of land stretched along the Sulvec Port road between the legendary “Bantay Abot” and the eastern cost of China Sea at Barangay Suvec. It is approximately 350 meters away from the National Road and around 500 meters from the Spanish-built Sulvec Watchtower in the north and the historic Araniw in the east.

         This area was donated by the late Higino Cano, Segundina Camero and Quintin Escobar through the intercessions of the late Congressman Pablo C. Sanidad, Ex-Mayor Justo V. Mendoza, the late Ex-Vice Mayor Salvador S. Cabanilla, former Councilor Bruno Reyes and the late Liutenant Teofilo Albayalde.

         With modest beginnings, the school was formally opened on August 4, 1964 by then Field Supervisor Victoriouso Sison of the Bureau of Vocational Education. Classes for the 64 freshmen enrollees were held in rented nearby houses while a temporary school house was being constructed. Mr. Sison held office in one of these houses with a Janitor, a Clerk and a Watchman.

         One month later, Mr. Amado Gabriel, the first Principal relieved Supervisor Sison who was then recalled to his former assignment in the Bureau of Vocational Education in Manila. The temporary school house was then completed and the conduct of classes had been transferred to it.

         Until the completion of the Fishery Building in 1965, class sessions were held in this temporary schoolhouse by the isx pioneer teachers, namely: Mr. Rolly Edra, Mr. Teodorico Sunico and Miss Leonor Magno for Vocational Subjects; Mrs. Valeriana Cabanes, Mrs. Esperanza Calisterio and Miss Nita Quitoriano for Related Subjects.

         Former President Diosdado Macapagal, assisted by the late Congressman Pablo C. Sanidad laid the cornerstone of the first permanent building erected on the school site in 1965. This is now the renovated Fishery Building which houses two laboratory rooms and four classrooms. Finished in the same year, this building serves as office and classrooms while other buildings were being constructed.

         In the succeeding years, more buildings were constructed to cope with the increasing number of students. Two years after the completion of the Fishery building, the Homemaking building rose. The Shop building was completed in 1968, the Principal’s Cottage in 1969 and four Teacher’s cottages in 1970. All were constructed during the term of Mr. Amado Gabriel as Principal.

         From 1964 to 1972, the school was directly under the stewardship of the Superintendent of the Lagangilang Agricultural College, its mother school. At the helm from 1964 to 1967 was Supt. Francisco Zamora. He was replaced by Supt. Gregorio Calaba in 1970. He was the last to have direct supervision of the school before it was put under the direct control and supervision of the Bureau of Vocational Education in 1972.

         Mr. Amado Gabriel left in 1970; two years after the first batch of graduates left the portals of the school. He was replaced by Mr. Apolinario Collado who after barely more than a year as the school prinipal was transferred to Pangasinan, his home province.

         Because no one among the qualified Vocational School Principal that time signified their willingness to fill the position vacated by Mr. Collado, Director Andres Asistin of the Bureau of Vocational Education had no choice but to appoint a non-vocational man from the school in the person of Mr. Delfin D. Viloria who was then the Head of Related Subjects Department.

         Despite of his not being a vocational man, Mr. Viloria proved himself worthy of the position. Proof of this was his sincere desire to upgrade the category of the school by working hard for the opening of a 3-year Diploma in Fishery Technology course. To qualify for the offering of the said course, he improved the school facilities, more importantly the school library and the laboratory rooms. He increased the number of classrooms by putting up two Marcos Pre-Fab buildings with three classrooms each. He also constructed one more breeding pond and a concrete pond to cater to the training needs of the students.

         Because of the administrative offices were still housed in the homemaking building, he constructed a separate Administration building. He also put up the Girl’s and Boy’s Dormitories to provide lodging for the students from far away places. For better security services he also put up a Guardhouse and fenced with concrete materials the eastern and northern boundaries of the school campus without sacrificing the construction of two more Teacher’s Cottages. Since one of the requirements of the offering of t he above-mentioned course is the provision of medical services to t he students, a Medical clinic was put up and an item for a Nurse was created. He was also i8nstrumental in the acquisition of the school of a School Panel which justified the creation of the items of one Driver and a Mechanic.

         Fortunately enough, his efforts were rewarded when the Department of Education, Culture and Sports through the Bureau of Vocational Education approved the offering of the said course in 1975.

         This significant development upgraded the category of the school into a Junior College although, its appropriation is still predominantly secondary. The position of the Vocational School Principal was upgraded to Vocational School Administrator. Being the incumbent Principal, Mr, Viloria became the first Vocational School Administrator of the school. Several secondary school teachers were also promoted to Junior College Instructors. The pioneer JCI’s were Mrs. Natalia E. Arbozo, Mrs. Rosalie D. Bañez, Mr. Romualdo C. Sanidad and Mr. Paulino G. Cortez, Jr.

         The school sent its first Fishery Technology graduates in 1978. Two of them are now with the school as regular Secondary Teacher and a Fishery Aide.

         Mr. Delfin Viloria went to the United  States for medical treatment in September, 1985 on sick leave. During his absence, two officers-in-charge took turns in administering the affairs of the school. They were DR. Cornelio Carta, a regional Vocational Education Supervisor and Mrs. Aurora Z. Aquino, the present head of the Related Subjects Department.

         After almost a year in the United States, Mr. Viloria returned to serve his last eight months in the government service as the school’s administrator. He retired on January 12, 1987.

         While his successor was being recruited, Director Pura Tumada Liban designated Mr. Esteban R. Rabang, a Junior College Instructor as Officer-In-Charge. He served as such until the new Vocational School Administrator, Mr. Teodorico Sunico assumed office in October, 1987. In January, 1988, however, Mr. Sunico was reassigned upon orders of the regional Director to his former station, the Southern Ilocos Sur School of Fisheries for reasons beyond his control.

         The stint of Mr. Rabang as Officer-In-Charge of the school was therefore extended up to June of the same year as Mr. Sunico reassumed office on July 1, 1988. It was during this period of Mr. Rabang’s term as OIC of the school when the two-storey College building was 95% complete and when Mr.Sunico returned was completed.

         Young as it is, the Narvacan School of Fisheries has already gone far in carrying out the objective for which it was created. It has produced and will continue to produce men and women capable of maximizing the production of fish and other fishery/aquatic products for the improvement of the country’s economy.

         Then after 31 years, the school became a polytechnic college and it was created by virtue of the Republic Act 8547 authored by Rep. Eric D. Singson and signed into law by the former President Fidel V. Ramos on the 24th of February year 1998. The integration of five technical-vocational institutions, two national high schools and a general comprehensive high school in the second district by virtue of Republic Act 7960 which is initiated and authored in March 1995 by Congressman Singson. This led to the establishment of the humble beginning of Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College.

The Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College was the youngest state institution of higher learning of the five state universities and colleges (SUCs) in Region I.

The original eight campuses down to six, those are the College of Agro-Industrial Technology at Cervantes; College of Teacher Education at Tagudin; College of Commercial & Social Services at Candon City; College of Engineering & Technology at Santiago; College of Fisheries & Marine Sciences at Narvacan and the College of Agriculture at Santa Maria which is also the seat of the College Administration. The two were reverted back to the Department of Education the Suvo and Salcedo in November, 1997 and October, 2001 respectively.

To better improve the delivery of basic services, the College leadership embarked on massive training of faculty and upgrading their educational qualification. In its desire to ensure quality education, the ISPSC has embarked on the accreditation by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines, Inc. (AACCUP) in both Tagudin and Sta. Maria Campuses, and by this year 2009, the Narvacan Campus will be visited by AACCUP for the accreditation of the Fisheries course.

The College of Fisheries & Marine Sciences at Narvacan, Ilocos Sur has for its courses geared towards fisheries like Bachelor of Science in Fisheries with major fields of specialization in Fish Capture, Fish Culture & Fish Preservation, the campus offers the ladderized Education Program in Fisheries curriculum under Executive Order 358. It also offers the 1st two-years of the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology & Non-degree technical courses.

Now thru NAFES , the Fisheries Department is already the Provincial Institute of Fisheries with flagship program Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and other courses such as Bachelor in Technology and Livelihood Education major in Agri-Fishery Arts and Home Economics, Bachelor of Technical-Vocational Teacher Eucation majors in Fish Processing and Aquaculture, Bachelor of Physical Education. 

Vision & Mission

Vision

A vibrant and nurturing Polytechnic Service College for transforming lives and communities.

Filipino: (Pangitain) Maningning at mapag-arugang politeknikong serbisyo-kolehiyo para sa pagpapaunlad ng buhay at lipunan..

Iloco: (Sirmata) Narimat ken managtaripato nga serbisyo-kolehiyo politekniko para ti pannakabalbaliw iti biag ken kagimongan.

Mission

To improve the lives of people and communities through quality instruction, innovations, productivity, initiatives, environment and industry-feasible technologies, resource mobilization and transformational outreach programs and services.

Filipino: Mapaunlad ang buhay ng tao at lipunan sa pamamagitan ng de-kalidad na pagtuturo, pagkamalikhain, panguguna sa pagiging produktibo, teknolohiyang pangkapaligiran at industria, tamang paggamit ng pinagkukunang yaman at mga program at serbisyong makapagbabago sa kabuhayan.

Iloco: Mapadur-as iti panagbiag dagiti tattao ken gimong babaen iti de-kalidad a panagisuro, panagpartuat, nabunga ken naballigi a gannuat, teknolohiya a mangsaluad iti aglawlaw ken iti industria, naikalintegan a panagusar dagiti pagbaknangan ken pannakaipaay iti programa ken serbisyo nga mangidanon iti panagbalbaliw.

Goals and Objectives

1. To make the college responsive and relevant to the individual and social needs for optimum human development.

2. To offer priority programs in tourism, teacher education, agriculture fishery, agro-forestry, trades, business industry and Information technology which will generate knowledge base to educate the people and communities.

3. To conduct a wide-range of research and extension programs to provide quality training and technologies for inclusive growth.

4. To implement government programs and thrusts in the context of regional and national development for poverty alleviation.

5. To prepare and develop highly productive and employable professionals, “glocal” (global and local) technopreneurs who are morally-crafted and environmentally-oriented for coping globalization standards.

Core Values

• Productivity - The delivery of quality programs in instruction, research, extension, production and development of responsive, proactive professionals and graduates and professing determination and hard work in the system.)

• Resiliency - Refers to the renewal and motivational strategies, looking at the bright side of academic life and cultivating positive attitudes amidst failures and adversities.

• Accountability - Means the responsibility, answerability, transparency, impartially, decisiveness and delegation of work roles and streamlining of functions.

• Ingenuity - Refers to prudent use of resources, prudence in spending, cost cutting measure and deciding the best possible action considering circumstances.

• Synergy - Pertains to the teamwork, collaboration, orchestration, subordination and of all partner agencies, sponsors and stakeholders, parents, alumni and communities.

• Excellence - Refers to global orientation, borderless perspective, equal opportunities, empowerment, and transformation, multi-tasking and leading by example. 

Strategic Developmental Goals ("BRAVE D’ STORM")

• Bridging Networks and Building Communities

• Resource Generation and Employees Empowerment

• Accreditation and Development of Academic Programs

• Virtual Technology Systems and Website Development

• Empowering Student Services and Enhancing Pedagogical System

• Development of Quality, Relevant and Accessible Undergraduate and Graduate School System

• Scholarship and Financial Assistance

• Training  of Employees for Global Competitiveness

• Organizational Immersion and Revolutionary Extension Activities

• Revolutionized Research and Gender Development Programs

• Maintenance, Modernization and Mitigation Measures

Philosophy

Flourish ISPSC,
  Deliver Quality Education and Services and
      Launch Academic Excellence