Compostela Valley State College

The Compostela Valley State College was established through Republic Act 10598 on June 4, 2013 . Its history dates back to the 1990s when then Congressman Rogelio Sarmiento drafted a bill for the creation of a Davao de Oro State College. A latter bill, bearing the name Compostela Valley State College, was then filed by his successor, Congressman Ma... nuel "Way Kurat" Zamora when he assumed office as representative of the First District of Compostela Valley in 2001. He re-filed the bill in his two succeeding terms as District Representative, but did not succeed to see the bill become a law. Congresswoman Maria Carmen Zamora succeeded her father in the Fifteenth Congress which commenced in July 2010. As soon as she re-filed the bill for the creation of the Compostela Valley State College with relevant updates, she fought for its approval into a law with single-mindedness and ferocity. Her efforts were rewarded four weeks before her first term ended through the signing of the law on June 4, 2013. With no budget for the year and too late for the opening of classes, the newly-created College convened its first Board of Trustees on November 26, 2013 to map up its future. Soon after, the Governing Board appointed Dr. Jesus Antonio Derije as Project Director , and later as Officer-in-Charge of the fledgling college, to study and take initiatives for its eventual opening and smooth operations. By the first quarter of 2014, with the active involvement of Commission on Higher Education Regional Director Raul Alvarez, an agreement with the University of Southeastern Philippines for the latter's campus in Compostela to serve as the main campus of the Compostela Valley State College was hatched. Soon after, agreements with the Local Governments of Compostela, Maragusan, Montevista and New Bataan took shape for the initial operations of the College in each of the branches. By June of 2014, the College opened its doors for some 1,700 freshmen enrollees in the four branches with programs in agriculture, education and ...Read More