Ilocos Norte Agricultural College - INAC

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INAC is a center for the education of new citizens possessed with educated minds and with skilled hands, inspired hearts and formidable set of values. It is likewise an institution envisioned as an able partner of the community not only in the molding of human resources in the field of basic technology and vocation adequately supplemented with academics, but also a haven of public service designed

to ease the burdens of inadequacy through the transfer of skills in agriculture and related practical arts to the town folks following a special scheme of developmental tenancy for the benefit of clientele in the lower bracket of society. It is likewise a sanctuary of public servants aiming to scale the ladder of promotion from the rank and file to achieve the elusive “star general” status in the government service. More than anything else, it is a friendly- institutional haven where both the clientele and the school personnel enjoy the blissfulness of its geographical location, isolated from the mainstream of the community to offer an ambience of tranquility and calmness, hence, a conducive place for learning. Its campus has a majestic background, the Sentinela Hill whose highest peak can be an ideal place for nature lovers in overlooking the vast South China Sea, enjoying to view the splashing waves of the sea rushing to the shore and back. By and large, its grandeur bespeak of its social mandate in its capability of bringing out the leadership potentials of its numerous clientele to the fullest, preparing them in meeting higher level of challenges in the future. Its vision and mission catapult the old cliché “The Pride of the North” which is adeptly relevant to its institutional nomenclature.

"Tatak Lingkod Bayani Isabuhay, Ipagmalaki at Ipagbunyi." 113th Philippine civil Service Anniversary.
30/08/2013

"Tatak Lingkod Bayani Isabuhay, Ipagmalaki at Ipagbunyi." 113th Philippine civil Service Anniversary.

28/08/2013

The Ilocos Norte Agricultural College (INAC) was established in 1945 under RA # 4248. Its establishment was the result of the desire of the then Ilocos Norte Superintendent Dr. Pedro G Guiang to put up a school in this town, Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte. The compelling reason for its establishment was spurred by his earnest desire to help Pasuquinios have a high school in their own place thereby helping them ease the burden of going to Laoag for high school education by means of walking as transportation was not then accessible at that time. Its present nomenclature was the result of a series of transformation dictated by the proper determination of its thrust.

Upon its creation in 1945, its institutional name was Pasuquin Junior High School. Its school site was at the East Central Elementary School and it coexisted with the said school.
After two years, its maiden name was changed to Pasuquin Provincial High School (PPHS).On June 21, 1959; its institutional tag was again changed to Pasuquin National Agricultural School (PNAS) by virtue of RA #2426. Its name transformation was the result of the founder’s effort of having enticed and convinced the owners of agricultural lots in the southeastern part of the town to donate them to the government for the purpose of converting them to become its school site.

From this time, PNAS had to change its curricular offering from general to agricultural high school to maximize the vastness of its newly acquired school site. With the new school campus measuring to 45 hectares, school leadership by that time was emboldened to maximize further the wide expanse of the site by causing its further transformation. On June 19, 1965, PNAS was converted into Ilocos Norte Agricultural College (INAC) by virtue of RA # 4284. Its conversion did not only strengthen its high school curriculum offering vocational agriculture but also offered college programs particularly in courses leading to Bachelor of Arts in Agriculture and Agricultural Education. With the inclusion of college courses, INAC was headed by a school superintendent.

However, in 1979, INAC college programs including school building housing their instructions were transferred to Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) through PD 1279, leaving behind its high school programs. However, MMSU did not have the institutional stamina to withstand the rigors of perpetuating the offering of college programs to its clientele, virtually allowing them to die their natural death. Since then, INAC was operating as an agricultural high school with the college tag in its nomenclature still clinging up to this date.

Being orphaned due to the transfer and the virtual death of its college programs, INAC operated as an agricultural high school until 1989 under the Revised Secondary Education Program (RSEP). It was during this time that INAC was being hauled to the fold of the Technical Education and Skills Development (TESDA) to be its school conduit in implementing its various Post Secondary Programs for a brief period. Later on, it was returned to the Department of Education under the New Secondary Education Curriculum (NSEC) introduced in 1990 where all secondary schools of the country became general high schools.

The early part of 2000, the Revised Basic Education Curriculum (RBEC) was introduced of which the original 8 subjects in high school were trimmed to 5 learning areas. Science, Math, English and Filipino comprised the 4 tool subjects and the Makabayan with 4 components (Soc. Studies, MAPEH, Technical Vocational Education (TVE) and Values Education.

RBEC became the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) which all secondary schools are using, including INAC. Nonetheless, DepEd Order # 37 s. 2005 paved the way for INAC to return to its original status as Technical-Vocational School and became an implementer of the Redesigned Technical Vocational High School Program. This is further strengthened by the issuance of DepEd Order # 48 s. 2007, decentralizing management of the Strengthened Technical Vocational Education Program (STVEP), the school’s new curriculum.

With the new curriculum, a rigid reengineering of the school program is being implemented by the present administration. Nonetheless, Basic Education Curriculum is still being followed most especially for the tool subjects with emphasis on TVE subjects with more time allotted to the various aspects of TVE. Likewise, specialization starts at the second year level.

28/08/2013

INAC Brief Description

The school has a land area of 42 hectares in the main campus, including the area where school buildings are erected. It has a panoramic background called the Sentinela Hill, of which its highest peak is used in overlooking the poblacion and the vast South China Sea. Majority of its land area is tillable lots where agricultural crops and animals are raised. It has also an extension site measuring to 52 hectares located in Barangay Davila of this town, where crops and animals are similarly being raised and grown.

Because of its vast track of lands, the school administration is constantly embarking income generating projects to derive funds that could augment the meager allotment from the government to defray the cost of its instructional operation and school maintenance. These projects are similarly helping students by getting involved in these projects as part of their TVE classes. These projects include rice, garlic and other crop production. Others are food and snack items financed and cooked by students for selling at the canteen and directly to the students on a classroom basis. In these activities, the students applied their knowledge derived from classroom instruction to the different tasks involved in raising crop and animals including cookery. In return, they get a share from the proceeds derived from selling the agricultural products and snack foods through a 75-25 proceed sharing after deducting all expenses incurred in the project (75 % for students and 25 for the school).

The physical plant of INAC consists of 21 building structures primarily housing instruction, offices and other ancillary services like Medical-Dental Clinic, School Library, Canteen, Supply Office, Social Hall, etc.

Pictures were taken by Noel and Iking.
23/08/2013

Pictures were taken by Noel and Iking.

23/08/2013

INAC is a center for the education of new citizens possessed with educated minds and with skilled hands, inspired hearts and formidable set of values. It is likewise an institution envisioned as an able partner of the community not only in the molding of human resources in the field of basic technology and vocation adequately supplemented with academics, but also a haven of public service designed to ease the burdens of inadequacy through the transfer of skills in agriculture and related practical arts to the town folks following a special scheme of developmental tenancy for the benefit of clientele in the lower bracket of society. It is likewise a sanctuary of public servants aiming to scale the ladder of promotion from the rank and file to achieve the elusive “star general” status in the government service. More than anything else, it is a friendly- institutional haven where both the clientele and the school personnel enjoy the blissfulness of its geographical location, isolated from the mainstream of the community to offer an ambience of tranquility and calmness, hence, a conducive place for learning. Its campus has a majestic background, the Sentinela Hill whose highest peak can be an ideal place for nature lovers in overlooking the vast South China Sea, enjoying to view the splashing waves of the sea rushing to the shore and back.

By and large, its grandeur bespeak of its social mandate in its capability of bringing out the leadership potentials of its numerous clientele to the fullest, preparing them in meeting higher level of challenges in the future.

Its vision and mission catapult the old cliché “The Pride of the North” which is adeptly relevant to its institutional nomenclature.

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Location and Area

The school has a land area of 42 hectares in the main campus, including the area where school buildings are erected.

It has a panoramic background called the Sentinela Hill, where on its peak, one could have an overview of the Poblacion and the vast south China sea.

Majority of its land area is composed of tillable lots where agricultural crops and animals are raised.

It has also an extension site measuring to 55 hectares located in Barangay Davila, where crops are grown and animals are being raised.

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Pasuquin
2917

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(077)775-0164

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