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History
The Northern Christian College (NCC), one of the private institutions of learning in Ilocos Norte, is located at the northwestern portion of Laoag City proper. It traces its roots to a school founded in Vigan, Ilocos Sur named Northern Luzon Christian College by Rev. Silvestre Morales, Dr. Juan F. Santos and Mrs. Urbana Morales-Santos. Established on June 10, 1933, this school trained men and women for Christian work with classes in Religious Education, Botany, Sociology and Theology. In 1935, Rev. Morales was assigned in Batac, Ilocos Norte where he later opened the Batac Christian Institute (now Eureka). The Santoses remained in the Vigan school which was renamed Vigan Training School. At the onset of World War II, the two schools were merged in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, reverting to its original name, Northern Luzon Christian College. The school included a college department, a Christian training school, and a vocational department. Its operations started in 1945 after the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese. A group of evangelical leaders in the Ilocos thought of putting up a college offering both religious and secular courses. The plan was presented to the Convention of the Churches of Christ of Northern Luzon in 1946. This was approved with great enthusiasm and came into realization on March 14, 1946. On July 8, 1946, Northern Christian College (NCC) opened its doors to the youths of Northern Luzon. On August 19, 1946, the College was incorporated under the laws of the Philippines through the efforts of Rev. Silvestre Morales, Dr. Juan F. Santos and Atty. Evaristo Tagatac with the following members of the Board of Trustees: Bishop Cecilio Lorenzana as chairman; Rev. Pablo Bringas, vice chairman; Atty. Evaristo Tagatac, secretary; and Mrs. Manuela Ablan and Mr. Cesario Paguyo, members. The first administrators were: Dr. Juan F. Santos, president; Rev. Silvestre Morales, vice president; and Atty. Alfredo Batuyong, registrar-treasurer. During its first year of operation, the College included in its curriculum the first year preparatory courses in Law, Medicine, Nursing, Business and Commerce, Education, Engineering, Junior Normal, General Course and the Ministry with primary emphasis on Christian character. All courses were recognized by the government. Dr. Juan F. Santos served as president for 32 years. For ten years, the College operated as a cooperative until 1956 when it became a non-stock, non-profit, church-related educational institution. The Graduate School and the School of Theology were organized later. On July 16, 1978, Dr. Filemon L. Lagon was installed as the second president. Under his leadership, the College acquired accredited status in the Liberal Arts, Commerce and Teacher Education programs. An institutional development program was also undertaken with the support of the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE), the Association of Christian Schools and Colleges (ACSC), the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA) and Evangelische Zentralstelle fur Entwicklungshilfe (EZE). On September 26, 1987, Dr. Reuben R. Batoon was installed as the third president. Efforts were exerted to undergo a continuing accreditation in its curricular programs with the objective to have all the colleges, including the high school and elementary, achieve accredited status. Dr. Faustino Quiocho was elected president in a special meeting of the Board of Trustees on April 25, 1992 and he took over on June 1, 1992. His administration emphasized quality education as its cornerstone. NCC’s life as an institution is one of a bright start to bankruptcy and to revival – a story of transformation from a severely financially strapped institution that was heavily dependent on external assistance especially from abroad. It took one brave, brilliant and committed man who was molded in the corporate world to revive the dying institution. Today, it is a progressive, vibrant and stable school with millions of surplus. It is the “New Northern Christian College”.
Present Times Dr. Caesar I. Agnir, who was installed on September 27, 1995 as the fifth president, is the man behind NCC’s transformation. He installed new operating systems and put to practice what he learned as a professional manager in a corporate world. At the end of President Agnir’s third full financial year, the almost P6M accumulated loss and more than P6M in depreciation account deficit he inherited in September 1995 had been totally erased. By the end of May 2006, NCC had a net income of P17.8M and a total asset of over P114M. As of June 28, 2006, NCC had the highest level of cash surplus of P47.10M in its financial history. Its capital expenditure is now over P74M without any bank loans, using only internally-generated funds. There was absolutely no financial assistance from outside, either local or foreign, for President Agnir put an end to the “begging bowl”. About P44M is invested in the money market earning P3-4M per year.
CREDO: Northern Christian College seeks a life of faith, learning and action that will develop the person into becoming intellectually competent and honest, morally and ethically sensitive and creatively aware and responsive to the needs, aspirations and realization of a just, free and responsible Christian social order. MISSION: Training of the spiritual, intellectual, social and physical faculties of the youth of the Philippines with special emphasis upon the development of Christian character as exemplified by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. OBJECTIVES: The College shall live and work towards the development of students:
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