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Concepcion Holy Cross College
July 2007

Legacy of quality education in Southern Tarlac

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

Concepcion Holy Cross College (CHCC), the first full-fledged community college in Concepcion and Southern Tarlac, is located in a sprawling one hectare lot at Rose Park in Barangay Minane, Concepcion, Tarlac, along the municipal highway leading to Manila and other cities towards the south of Central Luzon, Philippines. To launch the year 2005, all of its classes were moved to this new location to be able to serve the community for which it was created. This is also in keeping with CHCC’s educational mission and vision of “seeking to develop the youth for productive and effective citizenry imbued with high and strong moral, spiritual and religious values.”

CHCC opened its doors to students in school year 1995-1996. Its devoted Founding President, Pablo L. Tioseco, Sr., and his daughter, Dr. Raquel T. Sta. Ines, with the wholehearted support of the family and educators of good standing from the town for were there at the college opening and launching of its noble undertaking.

Since its inception, CHCC had government permit and recognition to offer courses in Education, Business Administration, Computer Science and Secretarial Courses. Its courses are also accredited by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU). In 1997, the college honored its first graduates.

To cope with the technological changes, CHCC abolished its Junior Secretarial Courses in 1997 and concentrated its associate courses in Computer Science. It is also now offering Business Information System (BIS) and associate courses in Hotel and Restaurant Management and Associate in Computer Technology. During the Academic Year 1998-1999, the CHCC opened its Pre-school—Grade School Department.

CHCC started its classes in some rented rooms infront of the public market. Due to tremendous growth in enrolment, the management found it most necessary to expand. By AY 2005—2006, CHCC relocated to its new site at Rose Park, Concepcion, Tarlac. True to its mission, the CHCC works to provide its students intellectual and wholesome Catholic education.

And though the CHCC was conceived with the people of Concepcion in mind, it cannot be helped but be overwhelmed with its new role as premiere collegiate institution in the whole of Southern Tarlac, if not the entire province.

Since honoring its first batch of graduates and Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) successful examinees in 1999, the Concepcion Holy Cross College continues to do so with succeeding graduates and the community that has always been its inspiration, a manifestation of its continuing legacy of quality education for the bustling town of Concepcion, Tarlac.

PRESENT TIMES

CHCC’s Continuing Legacy, Growth, and Development

The Concepcion Holy Cross College provides equal opportunity for quality education that boosts chances in finding jobs after graduation and encourages fun through involvement of learning experiences.

The college has spelled out its mission: “With faith in the Blessed Virgin Mary, through the guidance of Our Lord Jesus on the Cross, we who live in the joyful, loving and serving community of CHCC, commit ourselves to develop our talents and potentials and incarnate the values of Jesus Christ for Total Formulation of the person who will respect and promote the dignity of everyone, especially the poor, foster nationalism and be involved in the continuing transformation of all social structures to uphold the integrity of creation and to achieve the fullness of life.”

Concepcion Holy Cross College, a Catholic educational institution has for its vision “integrally formed persons committed to total human development.

Pablo L. Tioseco, the CHCC founder thought of putting up a college to provide the youth of Concepcion, Tarlac a better future by finishing a degree of their choice without having to travel the distance to the capital city of Tarlac, to Pampanga, or Metro Manila where tertiary education used to be available only for many years. Blessed with 12 children who had the opportunity of studying in very good schools, Tatang Pabling, as he was fondly called, thought of paying back the town of Concepcion. This was also in gratitude for the material benefits and gains derived from the farmlands in the town which were used to finance his children’s education.

Tatang Pabling’s dream of putting up Concepcion Holy Cross College became a reality with the able support of his daughter, Dr. Raquel T. Sta. Ines - the second eldest of 12 children.

From 1996 to 2007, CHCC has a total of 643 graduates, 71 of whom finished Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA); 199, Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED; 112, Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSED); 40, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS); 216, Associate in Computer Technology (ACT) and five, Junior Secretarial Course.

At least 90 percent of these are gainfully employed and are now helping their younger brothers or sisters go to College and finish a course like them, ensuring a better future and a better standard of living for the family and community.

(Other members of the Board of Directors are Gloria P. Tioseco and Rose Marie T. Arnaiz)

COURSE OFFERINGS

The CHCC has its Montessori Department offers Pre-school, Nursery, Kindergarten and Preparatory. The school also offers Primary, elementary and secondary education.

The College Department offers Bachelor of Elementary Education, Bachelor of Secondary Education majors in English, Math and Social Studies; Bachelor of Science in Business Administration majors in Business Information System and Management; and Bachelor of Science of Computer Science. CHCC also offers two-year courses leading to Associate in Computer Science specializing in programming and web base design; and Hotel and Restaurant Management.

CHCC and the balikbayan spirit

“Pagbabalik sa bayan,” or the balikbayan spirit, is an enduring Filipino tradition. Upon its demand, at a certain point in time and wherever he is, the urge to go back to his roots, to renew and replenish his ties with them, becomes an obsession.

The enticing business opportunities made us decide decades ago to resettle in other lands and leave our town of Concepcion; a warm, lovely place in Southern Tarlac where I saw my brood (a dozen of them) grew pleasantly, married off, and started families of their own. But, as in so many of us, there was the persistent wish of going back in one’s hometown - to feel and rekindle the happy memories in its bosom that bound us once.

An opportunity knocked in our busy door in 1995. One of my daughters, Dr. Raquel T. Sta. Ines, convinced all of us to start a community college in the now bustling town; as a way of helping our beloved cabalen. In spite of its seeming dim prospects, I readily supported the plan since I saw it as a means of renewing our physical ties with our town and at the same time giving our beloved cabalens quality but affordable education. Thus, the birth of the Concepcion Holy Cross College….

My daughter and I sought the help of some of the educators of Concepcion in laying the foundations of CHCC. One of those who readily responded, without the material benefits in sight, was Prof. Lino L.Dizon who, like us, has found his luck in another locale, in the capital town of Tarlac, and has to leave also his beloved hometown. But, again, like us, there is always the craving in the man of going back to his roots; if not physically, at least, in a spiritual way. Thus, I shall be learning later, in satisfying this wish, he has dedicated his educational pursuits in the writing of local history, folklore and culture.

The present volume of his historical essays, which I have the privilege of introducing and sharing with you, is a testament of this effervescence. Unlike academicians I know who prefer to be global and cosmopolitan in their concerns, Prof. Dizon is taking delight in delving into topics that are largely forgotten but far more important, that is, the chapters of our local history, specifically that of the province of Tarlac. Especially now in the midst of our on-going celebration on the centennial of our revolution and independence, his product is indeed very timely and relevant and a much needed addition to our available historical materials that are so much wanting and lacking.

Like the case of our Concepcion Holy Cross College, there is much sacrifice in the preparation and in the subsequent publication of this book. Certainly, there is no business opportunity to speak of (and I sympathize with the author since it was hard for him to find sponsors for this undertaking). But the real worth of this splendid book should not be measured in this context alone; rather in the immense knowledge that it is offering, which I honestly believe is more significant than any material wealth.

I could always feel the nobility of the effort, and the spirit of “pagbabalik sa bayan” in it. In a special way, it affords us to look back and re-examine our ties with our roots and hopefully look into the future with more confidence and courage.

(The author is the late founding president of CHCC. This article is taken from his foreword in the 1997 book Tarlac and the Revolutionary Landscape: Essays on the Philippine Revolution from a Localized Perspective by Prof. Lino L. Dizon which was co-published by CHCC for the Centennial of Philippine Independence)

Source: Manila Bulletin Online