Holy Trinity College in General Santos City - Philippines

Holy Trinity College of General Santos City is a non-sectarian school duly certified by the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is geared towards helping the youth fully utilize their capacities and make them productive and responsible citizens. It is a non-profit, non-stock corporation, and co-educational institution designed to provide education to young men and women aspiring knowledge and putting emphasis on achievements and the maintenance of academic excellence. Likewise, the school aims to instill a holistic and universal outlook towards the community.

History

Holy Trinity College of General Santos City was established in 1984 by the Albano family. Five years later, it was registered as a College. Geared towards nation building, Holy Trinity has assumed the mantle of developing patriotism to its students while training them to be responsible citizens. It puts emphasis on the importance of truth, goodness, and beauty in the academic level in the hope of teaching the students to be honest and good.

The schools Secondary Education Program (SEP) traces its roots from its Grade School Program. Originally known as Holy Trinity School, the high school department was established in School Year 1988-89 with five teachers and 180 students. The high school building was then located at the site of the schools present nursery rooms, records storage room, and college library. In 1989, the pioneer batch of graduates held their commencement exercises.

In 1990, Holy Trinity School became Holy Trinity College of General Santos City. That same year, Dr. Consejo Albano and Capt. Josemar Albano were installed as Chairman and President of the Board of Trustees, respectively. Likewise, the number of teachers increased to nineteen. The number of graduates also went up to 47 consisting of 24 boys and 23 girls.

In SY 2001-2002, the High School program was integrated into the Basic Education Department along with pre-school and grade school. As part of its efforts for voluntary education, the high school department became the Secondary Education Program.

Courses Offered

In accordance with CHED Memo Order #41 Series of 2008, Holy Trinity College of General Santos has been recognized by the Institutional Quality Assurance through Monitoring and Evaluation (IQuAME) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as a Developing Institution in the Philippines. It offers various courses such as Business Administration, Education, Computer Education, Criminology, HRM, among others.

Likewise, it offers Technical Education courses like Practical Nursing, Computer Hardware Servicing, Computer Programming, Building Wiring Installation, to name just a few.

Holy Trinity College of General Santos City recently celebrated its 25th Founding Anniversary in 2009. It is located in Fiscal Daproza Avenue, General Santos City.