The History of Negros Oriental State University, Bais Campus II: An Analysis on its Establishment and Development

Abstract

This historical research account seeks to reconstruct and analyze the events starting from the establishment of the school as Bais Developmental College (BADECO) to Genaro Goñi Memorial College (GGMC), now Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) Bais Campus II.  Data were gathered through documentary analysis and interviews with key informants.   The establishment of Bais Developmental College is viewed as the interaction of various elements which serve as drivers to the school’s early beginnings and later development. Through the years, its development was an interconnection of the causal elements, (1.) political,  as evidenced by political patronage brought by the various resolutions and ordinances enacted starting from its creation in 1980, up to its change of nomenclature to Genaro Goñi Memorial College in 1992 and integration to Negros Oriental State University in 2004; (2.) economic, as an answer to the need for manpower for its growing industries and (3.) social, as in the case of cooperation among the city officials and residents with the social changes in the environment.  These socio-political and economic drivers are not divergent from each other; rather, they complement and work together as determining elements in the school’s establishment and development.