Schools Division Office Caloocan City
Brief History
The Birth of a New Division
Before 1962, Caloocan was a municipality of Rizal Province and its schools were under the Division of Rizal. After the proclamation of Caloocan on February 16, 1962 as the 38th Chartered City of the Philippines by former president Diosdado Macapagal, Mr. Francisco Salamat was appointed City Superintendent on March 7, 1962.This appointment signaled the formal creation of a schools division in the City of Caloocan.
The new schools division was formed out of the two (2) supervisory districts of Caloocan I and II, which were headed by Simplicio Ortega and Juan Lopez, respectively. Shortly after, Caloocan III was added with Prudencio Quilanita as the District Supervisor. The three (3) District Supervisor positions, which were national items, were returned to the Division of Rizal.
The Growth of the Division
In 1970, the teaching force steadily grew and more supervisory positions were created to reach far-flung schools in the “bukid area”. Several schoolhouses were constructed to solve accommodation problems. Cecilio Apostol High School, Tandang Sora High School, Toribio Teodoro Memorial High School and Maria Clara High School which were annexes of Caloocan High School became independent. Barangay High schools were also organized in line with the city government’s objective of democratizing access to education.
Integration of three municipalities
With the implementation of the Reorganization Plan in July, 1975, the regular municipal high schools and their annexes together with 60 elementary schools from Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela were integrated with Caloocan City. It was then that the Division was renamed Third District, Metro Manila.
Additional school buildings and facilities were created and purchased under local and national funds to enhance educational growth and to support, “Equity and Quality in Education Towards National Unity and Progress.” The Division had a new Division Office, more modern school buildings, additional school sites, and new Boy and Girl Scouts Headquarters.
By virtue of re-divisioning, the three municipalities were again separated from the City of Caloocan forming the new division, the Division of Valenzuela, Malabon and Navotas or VALMANA in July, 1994.
The Division of Caloocan Today
The Division of City Schools, Caloocan is now composed of seven (7) Districts comprising of fifty-six (56) elementary schools and thirty-two (32) secondary schools. The Division Office is now manned by 58 National Paid, 10 City Paid, 26 Local School Board Paid and 3 MOOE Paid personnel.
