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Aurora State College of Technology
September 2007

Building a promising future through excellence in education

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

It was on December 30, 1993 when the Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT) in the province of Aurora was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 7664 authored and sponsored by then Senate President Edgardo J. Angara and then Rep. Benedicto G. Miran.

Immediately after the law was passed, officials formed a pre-organization task force to prepare for the management and operations of ASCOT through the leadership of Sen. Angara, the father and founder of the College. The Department of Education, Culture and Sport (DECS) Division of Aurora under Superintendent Domingo Hulipas was assigned to administer the admission process for freshmen students. DECS also alloted temporary classrooms of existing schools to be used for the new college.

With all the preparations made, ASCOT opened with Dr. Benny A. Palma as acting resident. Dr. Palma came from the Aklan State College of Agriculture (ASCA), now the Aklan State University (ASU), in Banga, Aklan. ASCOT started with the first batch of three hundred one (301) freshmen students. The classes were held temporarily at the Baler Central School. Ten classrooms and a bigger room for its administration office were alloted for the college use by the school. There were 13 original faculty members and nine administrative personnel assigned to teach and administer the State College.

ASCOT’s Charter (RA 7664) assigned to the budding state college a campus site consisting of 196.06 hectares in Debudulan Mountain, Sitio Dicaloyungan in Barangay Zabali in Aurora’s capital town of Baler. The area was declared as the ASCOT school site by the Presidential Proclamation No. 559 on April 7, 1996. The Charter also directed ASCOT to integrate the Aurora National Agricultural School in the town of Maria Aurora and the Aurora National Fishery School in Casiguran town.

Thus, ASCOT acquired additional campus consisting of 110.8 hectares in Barangay Bazal, Maria Aurora and 105 hectares in Barangay Bianoan, Casiguran, Aurora. To make that official, a memorandum of agreement was signed with the Department of Education, Culture, and Sports represented by Regional Director Pedro V. Trinidad of Region IV. The DAT-BAT Program with 259 students, 10 faculty members, two support staff, books, farm equipment, vehicles, and buildings were also turned over to ASCOT.

The state college held its first ever commencement exercises three years later at the Baler Municipal Plaza on June 8, 1996 with Rep. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo as the Commencement Speaker. A total of 178 students - 30 collegiate and 148 vocational - composed the first batch of graduates in four-year degree courses in Agriculture and two-year completion certificates for ladderized technology courses.

Late in the year 1996, the General Education and other departments of the college moved to the completed Phase 1 of Dr. Juan C. Angara Hall in Sitio Dicaloyungan, Barangay Zabali in Baler.

oday, the College has a total enrolment of 1,570 students consisting of 1,488 undergraduate students and 82 graduate students. The enrolment keeps on increasing every year. Likewise, the number of faculty and staff members is also increasing to meet the demand of the students and the college. The college now has 4l permanent faculty members and 46 staff members. The college also has 13 faculty members under contract, and, 20 job order and four casual employees.

At present, ASCOT offers several programs through its five departments: Engineering and Technology, General Education, Agriculture and Aquatic Resources, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, and Graduate Studies. The college departments population has surpassed the 1,000 mark and is expected to increase in the succeeding years.

The main campus of the college features twelve buildings. The first building of the campus was the General Education building designed by renowned architect Honrado Fernandez. The building houses the General Education Department and the General Administration and Support Services of the College.

The Aurora State College of Technology aims to achieve excellence in academic programs relevant to the needs of the people in the province of Aurora in particular and the country in general. This is done by adopting high quality and effective instruction by competent faculty members.

The College also aims to continue producing graduates who will pass and excell in professional board examinations and will be globally competitive.

PRESENT TIMES

The Aurora State College of Technology has five departments which provide undergraduate and graduate programs.

One of the departments, the Department of Engineering and Technology offers ladderized curricula in Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and Bachelor in Industrial Technology major in: Building Construction Technology, Electrical Technology, Automotive Technology and Food Technology. The Department aims to produce globally competent and entrepreneurially skilled professional engineers and technology graduates tailored to the present demand in accelerating economic development by integrating them to local and international labor market, imbued with high morale, spiritual, physical, and intellectual values that bring transformative development of life to form an ideal community.

The Department of General Education offers Bachelor in Secondary Education major in: English, Filipino, Physical Science (Chemistry & Physics), Biological Science, Mathematics, and Technology & Livelihood Education and Bachelor in Elementary Education. The department aims to train professional teachers who will cater to the manpower needs of the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels of education in the country in general and Aurora province in particular. It also offers ladderized curriculum in Bachelor of Science in Hotel & Restaurant Management.

The Department of Agriculture and Aquatic Resources offers ladderized curricula in Bachelor in Agricultural Technology and Bachelor of Science in Agriculture major in: Animal Science & Crop Science (Agronomy Horticulture). The department aims to promote quality and relevant agriculture education and training and produce managerially adept, socially conscious and technically competent agriculture graduates through research and development, production, enterprises and extension services which bring to the full development of the family, community and larger society within the framework of the Aurora province.

The Department of Forestry and Environmental Sciences offers ladderized curriculum in Bachelor of Science in Forestry. The department aims to answer the real world demand and be the partner of the community/people of Aurora, in particular, in the sustainability of forest resources to ensure socio-economic upliftment, social equity, and sustainable development.

The Department of Graduate Studies offers Master in Management major in: Educational Management, Public Management, and Business Management. Master of Science in Agriculture major in: Crop Science and Animal Science. Master of Arts in Education major in: Educational Management, Science Education, Filipino Language Teaching and Guidance & Counseling. The department also offers Certificate in Professional Education. The Department aims to provide leadership in graduate education, stimulate and facilitate appropriate researches, and provide a forum for creativity, innovations, and ingenuity.

Source: Manila Bulletin Online