Historical Background

Binalbagan Catholic College is a diocesan school under the Diocese of Kabankalan.It begun as Binalbagan Catholic High School. The starting of a Catholic Schhol in the area was a Top Priority of Columban Fathers when they came to negros Island in 1950. This was in accord with the idea of the Catholic church all over the world.On that period there were few Schools of higher education in the province of Negros Occidental. It was 1961, when the Catholic church in Southern Negros saw the needs, to help the poorer students get a tertiary Catholic Education as they could not afford to go to college in the cities. The School year 1978-79 was marked by a significant change in BCC including the elementary and high school departments. The administration of the school was turned over completely to the Presentation Sisters. During the term of Sr.Aquila Sy, from 1978-1985 BCC launced its program for social transformation and became an affiliate of the Education Forum, one of the Mission Partners of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines. During the critical periods of the country's history, BCC stood on the side of the oppressed. In 90's were marked by the rise in the academic competence of graduates from elementary, high school and college levels. The elementary and High Schhol departments conistently made 100% passing in the national academic tests. In addition, the high school ranked as one of the top twenty provincial high schools in the country. The education students consistenly obtained rating higher than the national average in the national board examinations and the school had graduates in the topnotchers list. After 50 years of dedicated service for quality Catholic education,BCC strengthens its commitments towards realization of its vision and mission as it steadfastly pursues the work towards being an accredited instituition. In 2013,these efforts bore fruit when BCC attained Level1 Accreditation of its Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED) and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) programs fromthe Philippines Accrediting Association of Schools,Colleges and Universities (PAASCU)w.