Tagum National Trade School
school in Apokon, Tagum City, Davao del Norte, Philippines
Tagum National Trade School (TNTS) is the only vocational of the five main public high schools in Tagum City, under the jurisdiction of the DepEd Division of Tagum City and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority. It was founded on August 1, 1972. The institution cater students from Tagum City and the province of Davao del Norte.
Being a technical-vocational public high school, the school is noted for its various offerings in the field of Trade and Arts.
History
Tagum National Trade School began its emergence when Hon. Lorenzo P. Sarmiento, 1972 congressman of Davao del Norte framed a bill. He thought the need of the province particularly in the municipality of Tagum, now Tagum City, to have a vocational school to resolve the poor enrollment to formal education of the less fortunate group. In 1972, the bill to establish the school was passed as Republic Act (R.A.) 5986.
Tagum National Trade School began operating on August 1, 1972, with its temporary classroom the Tagum Community gym situated beside the Southern Philippines Medical Center, now Davao Regional Hospital, at Apokon, Tagum City. The seventy-eight (78) first year high school excess enrollees of Tagum Municipal High School and two teachers served as the pioneering batch.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25051418. Authority coordinates are 7.420, 125.826. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1972.
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