Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology
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| Type | State college |
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| Location | Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines |
The Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology is a state-controlled college in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines.
In 1906, a group of Americans headed by Dean C. Worcester visited Agusan province, surveyed the area, and determined the needs of the people. Realizing the need for educating the people to a better way of life, the Americans established the Manobo Industrial School (MIS) in June 1908. The school was for the sons of Manobo “datus” from the regions of Simulao, Adgawan, Umayam, Gibung, and Wawa-Ojot. Carlson Berger was the principal, with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kempt, Liberato Fortun, and Ciriaco Viajar as his faculty.
MIS was located along the bank of the Simulao River, opposite the poblacion of Bunawan. On June 24, 1908, Executive Order No. 52 was issued by Governor-General William Cameron Forbes and granted the school site with a reserved area of 41.9089 hectares (Parcel 1) and 0.1764 hectares (Parcel 2).
Later, the Manobo Industrial School was converted into Manobo Farm School (MFS) to improve the farming practices of the natives. A Grade V class was opened in school year 1915–16 with Ellsworth Maxwell as principal. The other teachers were George L. Broxholm, Cornelio del Rosario, and Dedicación del Rosario. A limited number of boys coming from the municipal district schools of Cuevas, Trento, Libertad, Veruela, La Paz, Loreto, Prosperidad, Talacogon, San Luis, Esperanza and Lianga, Surigao were accommodated in the dormitory with free clothing, bedding, and subsistence. The other pupils lived in Bunawan with their parents or relatives.
By 1926 MFS was converted into Bunawan Agricultural School (BAS). The first year high school was in 1927–28; it was extended to fourth year in 1930–31. The additional site of 280.8131 hectares was reserved for the BAS under Proclamation No. 677 issued by Governor-General Frank Murphy on April 2, 1934. BAS developed steadily until enrollment reached 400 students. However, World War II intervened, and the school was temporarily closed.
The Filipino principals for the school up to the outbreak of the World War II were:
After the World War II, the provincial government transferred the school to Ampayon, Butuan City, leaving Bunawan without a high School for three years. Fortunately, the Congressman Marcos M. Calo, a native of Agusan, worked for the return of the Bunawan Agricultural School (BAS) and succeeded when Republic Act (R.A.) No. 301 was passed in Congress and approved by Elpedio Quirino on June 17, 1948. It authorized the creation of Bunawan Junior Agricultural High School (BJAHS) and was formally opened in July 1948 at the former school site in Bunawan.
With the re-establishment of the high school in Bunawan, parents began to enroll their children at the Bunawan Junior Agricultural High School (BJAHS) instead of in Mampising, Davao or in Ampayon, Butuan City. Raymundo Curato, the principal of Bunawan District, was designated to open the school as Farm Manager by Mariano Manaligod, Division Superintendent of Schools for Agusan; Enrique Paller, the Farm Manager of the School in Ampayon acted as officer-in-charge (OIC) of BJAHS until Jose F. Luna came as principal.
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