The town of Bayambang used to be the educational center in Northern Luzon, long before schools, colleges and universities sprouted in the region.
Institutions of Basic Education
First of all, the Bayambang Central School is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, school in the entire province of Pangasinan, for it was established in 1914.
Its first private school, now the St. Vincent's Catholic School of Bayambang, Inc., was established in 1935.
Bayambang National High School was put up in 1945.
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Bayambang Municipal Library
The Bayambang Municipal Library, opened in 1950, has a collection of rare books, including the Pangasinan translations of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. (Suggestion: Have facsimiles displayed at the Museum.)
1. Agmo ak Didiwiten (Noli Me Tangere) by Jose Rizal, 2. Di Nak Sagiden (Noli me Tangere) by Jose Rizal, 3. Say Isusungpad Uley (El Filibusterismo) by Jose Rizal, 4. Rizal (no author), 5. Ti Pilibusterismo by Jose Rizal, 6. Mga Sinulatan sa Panghimanwa by Jose Rizal, 7. Rizal ante los ojos de sus contemporáneos, 8. The Letters of Apolinario Mabini, 9. Colección de documentos ineditos relativos al descubrimiento, conquista y organización de las antiguas posesiones españolas de ultramar, 10. Fort Santiago ni Pedrito Reyes, 11. Poesias by Jose Rizal, 12. Banaag at Sikat by Lope K. Santos, 13. Bilay day Sisira ed Dalen na Danom tan Arom niran Sulsulat by Pedro U. Sison, 14. El legado de España a Filipinas by Encarnacion Alzona, 15. Tagala Trilogy: A Pageant of the Filipino Race; The Lon, Dark Night; Ang Paglilitis kay Gat Jose Rizal by Magtanggul Asa
INNOVATION: Because of this extant rare books collection, the collection could be easily expanded to become the core materials of the Center for Pangasinan Literature at the Museum. The Museum can then start collecting landmark works about Pangasinan and works published in the Pangasinan language.)
FLASHBACK to the 1700s: Bayambang is also said to be the place where the Spanish priest, Fr. Lorenzo Fernández Cosgaya, assembled the first Pangasinan-Spanish Dictionary, which was eventually published in 1865 by the Colegio de Santo Tomás.
SUGGESTION: A copy of the dictionary online may be printed out for public browsing. It can be completed by all the other glossaries about Bayambang and Pangasinan cultural traditions put together as unexpected output of the Bayambang Culture Mapping Project.
INNOVATION: The Library is a subscriber to World Books Online. It is also a Tech4Ed Center, meaning it caters to online queries on and requests for an array of government-issued documents.
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PSU-Bayambang: A Teacher of Teachers
Long before it came to be known as the Pangasinan State University-Bayambang Campus, it was called by many other names through time.
Established in 1922, it was named as the Bayambang Normal School.
Then in 1948, it came to be known as the Pangasinan Normal School (PNS). It is one of only eight such normal schools around the Philippines, including the Philippine Normal School in Manila (established 1901), Leyte Normal School in Leyte, Cebu Normal School in Cebu, etc.
In 1953, it became the seat of the Philippines-UNESCO National Community Training Center (PUNCTC), a time when Bayambang became a ‘pilot town,’ when "waves of educational dignitaries from all over the country and other countries arrived to attend conferences and visit model communities of the municipality."
PNS was considered a district school that included Bayambang National High School and nearby schools under the District of Basista.
In 1955, "the first Child Study Center in the country was put up at the PNS." "The Center made initial studies on the Filipino child in order for the Philippines to have its own data about its children."
In 1956, it experimented with the country's first pre-elementary school or kindergarten, to "provide a working laboratory for the Child Study Center."
In the same year, it also established the first Opportunity Class for exceptional children.
In 1962, it became the venue of the first National Institute in Physical Education and Recreation in the Philippines.
In 1966, PSU also pioneered in child nutrition studies in the Philippines, being the seat of the UNESCO's Applied Nutrition Project, with Sylvia Manlungat as head.
On June 21, 1969, it became the Central Luzon Teachers College (CLTC).
On July 1, 1979, CLTC was converted to PSU.
Since PSU-Bayambang is a school of many firsts, it is therefore an historic school of national import or significance.
Among PSU's source of pride in the field of culture and arts are its Pangkat Kawayan and Laboratory High School Rondalla, together with nearly a dozen other musical groups, all founded by the prodigious Prof. Rufino Menor, and the Matalunggaring Dance Troupe, founded by Prof. Januario Cuchapin.
In the 1980s, PSU formed the Tambayo Cultural Group featuring Pangasinan folk songs culled from a dissertation of Dr. Perla Nelmida and presented in a concert, "Glimpses of Pangasinan Life & Culture in Songs & Dances," directed by Dr. Natividad I. Parin.
Dr. Nelmida is also the author of a dissertation compiling Pangasinan folk tales, which she gathered mainly from the parents of then PSU students.
LATEST INNOVATIONS: Inside PSU-Bayambang's sprawling campus is the PSU-Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region I's Food Innovation Center (FIC). It was formally launched in PSU-Bayambang on August 11, 2018 to serve the region's needs in the area of cutting-edge food processing technology. Even before its formal opening, the PSU-DOST 1 FIC has assisted in the conceptualization of at least three products in Bayambang: peanut butter, rice cracker, odorless buro, etc. On December 19, 2017, 1Food Corp., assisted by LGU Bayambang, entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the FIC for assistance in producing a line of vacuum-fried vegetable (okra, onion, squash) snack chips.
References: 400th Pista'y Baley Souvenir Program; Unpublished coffee table book on Bayambang by Dr. Clarita D.G. Jimenez, Dr. Annie Manalang, & Dr. Anecita Gloria
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Today's Local Academia
Bayambang today is home to 58 elementary schools (49 public, 9 private), 12 high schools (9 public, 3 private), and 2 colleges: (1 public, 1 private).
COLLEGES: PUBLIC: PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY-BAYAMBANG CAMPUS (COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION), PRIVATE: MARIANNE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HIGH SCHOOLS: PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS: EMMANUEL’S WAY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION INC., MARIANNE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAINT VINCENT’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL OF BAYAMBANG INC.
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS: A.P. GUEVARRA INTEGRATED SCHOOL, BELENG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, HERMOZA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, MOISES B. REBAMONTAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, SANLIBO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, TANOLONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, TOCOC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BAYAMBANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, PSU INTEGRATED SCHOOL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: LIAHONA LEARNING CENTER, INC., MOTHER GOOSE SPECIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM, INC., SUNBEAM METHODIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, INC., SAINT VINCENT'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL OF BAYAMBANG, INC., EMMANUEL’S WAY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION INC., MARIANNE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ASIANA LEARNING INSTITUTE, INC., ST. ALEXANDER N. SAULI CATHOLIC SCHOOL (SAPANG)
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: DEPED BAYAMBANG DISTRICT I: BAYAMBANG CENTRAL SCHOOL, ALINGGAN-BANABAN ES, AMANPEREZ ES, ATAYNAN ES, BACNONO ES, BALAYBUAYA ES, BANI ES, BELENG ES, BICAL ES, BONGATO EAST ES, BONGATO WEST ES, BUENLAG ES, IDONG-INANLORENZA ES, LANGIRAN ES, MACAYOCAYO ES, MAIGPA ES, MALIMPEC ES, NALSIAN ES, SAPANG ES, TAMARO-TAMBAC ES, TANOLONG ES, TOCOC EAST-WEST ES. DEPED BAYAMBANG DISTRICT II: BUAYAEN CS, AMANCOSILING ES, AMBAYAT ES, AP GUEVARA IS, BASCOS-MANAMBONG PARTE ES, CARUNGAY ES, CASON ES, CATURAY ES, DARAWEY ES, DUSOC ES, HERMOZA ES, INIRANGAN ES, MALIOER ES, MANAGOS ES, MANAMBONG SUR ES, OBILLO ES, PANGDEL ES, PARAGOS ES, SAN GABRIEL 1ST-ITON ES, SAN GABRIEL 2ND ES, SANLIBO ES, SAN VICENTE ES, TAMPOG ES, TATARAC-APALEN ES, TELBANG ES, WARDING ES, WAWA ES
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