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Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao (CCT)
February 2007
Your partner to a better future
The Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao (CCT), formerly known as the Cagayan Teachers
College (CTC), was founded in April 1948, from the rubbles and devastating
aftermath of World War II. The country was still in economic chaos; most
schools were destroyed or burned and were being rebuilt and rehabilitated.
There was a dearth of teachers all over the country and people were just
getting over their travails and horrifying experiences during the war.
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Tuguegarao was not spared by the war. The Japanese forces were everywhere. In
fact, the Japanese Army had a large contingent quartered in the Old Selecta, a
ladies dormitory owned and operated by the late Mrs. Caridad S. Ventura-Perez,
located at the site now occupied by the Dr. Matias Ponce Perez Sr. Building,
commonly known as the CCT Main Building. As a result of the bombings of
American forces to destroy enemy installations, the old Selecta as well as the
whole "Centro" of Tuguegarao was reduced to ashes and all but few buildings
were left standing after the war.
The Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines.It
was during the long war years while on evacuation that Atty. Matias Ponce
Perez, Sr. concretized his life-long dream and promise to the Cagayan
electorate in the early 30’s of founding a school which can offer affordable
higher education. At the time, there were no institutions of higher learning
in Tuguegarao nor in nearby areas, and one had to go to Manila to obtain a
college education.
Atty. Perez had great foresight. He had foreseen that after the war, there
would be a great need for more schools, for better trained and more qualified
teachers. During that period, even teachers in the public school needed to
grow professionally as many of these were just high school or secondary normal
college graduates. Thus, in April 1948, with the help of his friends,
relatives and some public school officials, and with the inspiration and
guidance of his wife, Mrs. Caridad Ventura Perez, the Cagayan Colleges
Tuguegarao was born.
The Cagayan Teachers College started modestly. Its course offerings during its
first year of academic operation (1948-49) were limited to Elementary
Teacher’s Certificate and Bachelor of Science in Education. Soon after, other
courses were offered.
Since it was felt that the old name of the Institution, "Cagayan Teachers’
College", was already a misnomer, considering the fact that the Institution
has begun to offer other courses other than teaching, the Board of Trustees in
1983 amended the original Articles of Incorporation to change the
institution’s name to Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao.
Hand in hand with the institution’s academic expansion, its physical
facilities and structures are also being improved and expanded. To accommodate
the growing number of enrollees, the institution maintains two campuses, the
College Avenue Campus, where the Dr. Matias P. Perez Building is located, and
the Balzain Campus with an area of some seven hectares where the other
buildings of the institution is located.
The Dr. Matias P. Perez Building complete with science laboratories and a
simulated hospital quarters the newest College of the institution, the College
of Health, while the various buildings at the Balzain Campus house the
Colleges of Law, Information and Technology, Criminology, Business
Administration and Computer Secretarial, Education, Hospitality Industry
Management, Maritime Education, Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School, the
laboratory Schools, the Swimming Pool, the Mock Ship and the newly constructed
Gymnasium.
The College of Maritime Institution which offers Bachelor of Science in Marine
Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation is ISO 900
certified by DNV (Det Norske Veritas), Norway.
On the other hand, the Institution’s Liberal Arts, Education, Business
Administration, Criminology, Master of Arts, Master in Public Administration
and Master in Business Administration are PACUCOA (Philippine Association of
Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation) accredited.
At present, the College offers six graduate programs, one post-baccalaureate
program, seventeen degree programs, eight non-degree programs, and complete
secondary and elementary levels to a more or less 9,000 student populace.
PRESENT TIMES
"Every man, irrespective of creed and economic status has the inherent right
and access to Quality Education"
- Dr. Matias Ponce Perez, Sr.
From a noble commitment of wanting to serve his fellow Filipinos, the
philanthropic heart of Dr. Matias Ponce Perez, Sr. from Nueva Vizcaya paved
the way to helping thousands of Filipinos make their lives better particularly
in Region 2. He brought forth an abode of learning which caters to the
academic yearnings of the masses in his province as he heartily believed that
education is a premier right of every citizen and not a privilege - thus born
in 1948 the Cagayan Teachers College now, Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao.
CCT over the years holds in its bosom countless students wanting to make a
"niche" in their respective lives… and because of CCT’s innate benevolence, it
is among the ranks of well-loved institutions in the Cagayan Valley Region as
it is consistently one of the schools with the highest enrollment in the
region. Dubbed the school of the masses, it offers low tuition fee rates and
grants various scholarships to poor but deserving students.
As time ticks, CCT likewise ticks and pursues with the demands of time. It
relentlessly surges to improve its facilities to ensure quality education to
its lowly yet very eager clients. Presently, CCT boasts of its state of the
art laboratories, a swimming pool and a gymnasium, reputedly the biggest in
the region. Its simulated hospital with updated facilities has been used as a
model for other health schools. It takes pride, too, of a hotel with all the
luxury of a five-star hotel that serves as a training ground for HRM students.
Tough yet eminent academic instruction coupled with top of the line facilities
– all these offered and for the glory of its humble mission.
Fifty-eight years of excellent existence earned CCT numerous achievements
certified by accrediting bodies locally and internationally. Its School of
Criminology has been hailed the top performing school in the entire
Philippines in the category of 100 or more examinees in the May 2006
Criminologist Licensure Examination and even produced nine of the ten regional
topnotchers. CCT is also authorized in the region to offer the ETEEAP
(Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program) to the
members of the National Police to earn a BS Criminology degree. Its College of
Maritime Education on the other hand, is the only college that has complied
with the requirements of STCW ’95 as evidenced by its ISO 9000 certified by
DNV (Det Norske Veritas).
Recently, its Midwifery Course proved to be excellent as it produced its
pioneer board passers with a passing rate of 92% which places CCT among the
top performing schools in the entire country. It is also through perseverance
and hard work through the years that CCT hails as the only school in the
region that offers 11 accredited programs and majors by the Philippine
Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation.
CCT takes humble pride with its countless feats academically as it has
produced numerous topnotchers in board examinations in the fields of
Social Work, Marine, Midwifery, Criminology, Education and Engineering. Its
College of Law is one of the best Law Schools in the entire Philippines.
CCT likewise exalts in pride as its College of Hospitality Industry Management
is the pioneer college in the region which sends students to Qatar and
Singapore for their off-campus training.
CCT for the past years wasknown throughout Northern Luzon in sports and
athletics as it always emerges the champion in PRISAA and the like. Its
exquisite dance troupe, choir and dramatic guild likewise are among the
cultural organizations that have been representing the region in various
cultural events locally and nationally as well.
Fifty-eight years of triumphs yet CCT does not sleep on its laurels lest cease
to strive and work harder to improve, advance and expand its academic services
to its stakeholders. It lives on the munificence of its founding father… a
virtue and principle inculcated and instilled to all its students.
As each academic year rounds off, thousands of lives are likewise rounded off…
Dreams become real… Impossibilities become possibilities…
FLAGSHIP COURSES
From its initial offering of Elementary Teacher’s Certificate with an
enrollment of less than fifty in 1948, the Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao with an
enrollment of some 8,000 students maintains at present four schools, five
colleges and two laboratory schools.
The School of Education which offers Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts in
Education, Bachelor in Elementary Education and Bachelor in Secondary
Education continuously responds to societal needs and changes along academics
by producing graduates who have been refined by academic opportunities created
by the institution for them to hone their skills to the fullest.
The School of Arts and Sciences directs the students to new frontiers of
intellect and opportunities through its Doctor in Public Administration,
Master in Public Administration, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor in Public
Administration and Bachelor of Science in Social Work.
The School of Criminology provides the community with competent criminologists
through its Master in Criminology, Bachelor of Science in Criminology and
ETEEAP (Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program).
The School of Business Education continues to be the arm of industries for
competent professionals through its Master in Business Administration,
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in
Hospitality Industry Management and Computer Secretarial.
The College of Law with its course Bachelor of Laws and Letters educates the
mind in legal provisions and the heart in justice, civic consciousness and
respect for law, authority and human rights.
The College of Health, which offers Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Graduate
in Midwifery and Associate in Health Science Education, is committed to
produce health practitioners through responsive health education and humane
service.
The College of Technology which offers Bachelor of Science in Information
Technology and other short-term technology courses provides the manpower needs
of business and industries for competent workforce.
The College of Maritime Education with its Bachelor of Science in Marine
Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation produces
graduates whose competencies and skills comply with the requirements of
STCW’95 as evidenced by its ISO 9000 certified by DNV (Det Norske Veritas),
Norway.
The College of Engineering through its Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering BS in Computer Engineering and BS in Electrical Engineering
contributes to national manpower as it trains students to manage the operation
of industries.
Its Elementary and High School Laboratories are geared toward relevant and
responsive quality education preparing the graduates for the higher level of
education.
Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao
58 years of effective and efficient service to God, country and the youth
Everything has a reason and a purpose. Why God created Adam and Eve had a
reason. Why God gave us free will and intellect has a purpose. The existence
of the Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao has a reason and a purpose, too. It was not
born for nothing. It was a dream made a reality to concretize the philosophy
of its founder, Dr. Matias P. Perez, Sr., of equal access and opportunity to
tertiary education of all individuals without any patch of discrimination.
As with all other aspects of a dynamic and interactive society, the
institution, for fifty eight years now, has been flexible to changes and has
continuously packaged its academic structures and offerings in meeting the
emergence of worldwide educational challenges.
It was in 1948 when the Cagayan Teachers College now Cagayan Colleges
Tuguegarao, was established. Since it was then right after the devastating
World War II, the need of the time concentrated on the training of teachers,
and so CCT trained teachers – not just ordinarily but extraordinarily since
these teachers became educational leaders.
In the 50s, CCT continued to imprint its trademark of service and commitment
in the consciousness of the Cagayanos as it became the "School for the Masses"
parallel to how critics hailed the former President Ramon Magsaysay as the
"Idol of the Masses."
In the 60s, when then President Diosdado Macapagal was busy enacting laws for
the poor people especially farmers, the Cagayan Teachers College was
preoccupied with designing rigorous curricula for all its courses to prepare
its students well for their career. CCT has begun to mark its grandeur and
trademark of excellence through its graduates who are now occupying key
positions in all fields of endeavors.
The '70s was dominated by silence and fear as Marcos implemented martial law.
However, the Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao worked academically and silently.
True to its vision and mission, it continued to train and educate young minds
of valuing the beauty of the truth, of knowing the truth and of finding the
truth in God. The country was silent but CCT’s continuing journey to academic
perfection was slowly realized by all. With the appointment of Dr. Victor V.
Perez as the president in 1979, everything went on smoothly.
The '80s was a picture of political upheavals and transitions as things have
to happen to show the true honor of Filipinos. Ninoy Aquino was slain;
Ferdinand Marcos was deposed; Corazon Aquino was elected President. At CCT,
the picture of progress continued to dominate the intellectual ambience as it
re-opened its College of Law regarded presently as one of the best law schools
nationwide. Soon after, other new courses were beginning to see their lights
in the academic arena.
The growth and development of the Institution along course offerings and
enrolment trends has become more evident in this decade. The eight-hectare
Balzain Campus began to be the foundation of new academic edifices and
facilities. The name Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao became a byword for the
intellectual seekers who were hungry for world-class education, for
sustainable and life-long education that could bring them to the apex of
professional success.
If Edsa Revolution of 1986 was able to draw strength from People Power in
ousting former President Ferdinand Marcos and install the First Lady President
of the Philippines, Mrs. Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, the Cagayan Colleges
Tuguegarao got its inspiration from all its intellectual believers who came to
enroll at CCT believing that it is the best vehicle for them to avoid the
pangs of illiteracy and ignorance.
The '90s spelled success not only to all lovers of democracy as then President
Fidel Ramos governed the country, but also to all stakeholders of CCT as it
began to hurdle new educational challenges. Programs were submitted for
international and national accreditations; topnotchers lorded CCT
achievements; CCT graduates continued to dominate public and private offices
and establishments. It was in this decade that the masses of Cagayan, Isabela,
Kalinga and Apayao joined forces as they staged their own people power right
in the middle of Tuguegarao as they made CCT the most loved institution by
enrolling the biggest student populace in the entire region.
The early 21st century was marred with impeachment concerns as then President
Joseph Estrada faced charges, and eventually was made to step down through
Edsa Dos Revolution. It was during those times that the Cagayan Colleges
Tuguegarao continued its commitment through its tri-fold function of
instruction, research and extension. There was also a revolution, but it was
far from a political revolution. It was an academic and brain revolution that
empowers students in meeting the competencies needed by industries.
In 2006, as CCT faced the most trying times of political bickering and
economic upheavals, as it experienced society’s fragilities and human beings’
callousness, the Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao continued its commitment of
empowering students through an education that incorporates the wholistic
development of students; an education which challenges its students to listen,
explore and consider varied ideas and become well-rounded, intellectually
mature individuals.
As the Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao expands its horizons by considering new
educational challenges and innovations, one thing remains constant – its
unquestionable commitment to the youth, to the country and to God.
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
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