Catarman is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Northern Samar. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 67,671 people in 12,437 households. Catarman is a developing town on the shoulder of Samar Island. The town is in the process of renewing its image as a poor and underdeveloped town in the 1980s.
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Education
Catarman is home to the University of Eastern Philippines, which is the biggest university (both in terms of land area and curricular offerings) in Region 8 having 3 campuses (UEP Main, Laoang and Catubig) and some extension programs scattered across the Samar Island catering to 15,000 students. It started in 1918 as the Catarman Farm School. In 1956, it was converted to Samar Institute of Technology. In order to provide a more extensive liberal education in the arts, humanities, natural and social sciences, and engineering and technology, SIT was again converted into a state university in 1964 and was named University of Eastern Philippines. At present, UEP is considered as the comprehensive state university in Eastern Visayas offering the largest number of programs in the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate education. One of the many private schools in Catarman is the Northern Samar Colleges. The NSC was recognized as a private institution of higher learning in 1950 when it offered both secondary and tertiary education, although it started in 1949. Due to the decreasing enrolment in the tertiary level and after several years from the creation of the Samar Institute of Technology (now UEP) in 1957, the NSC discontinued its tertiary education offerings and retained the high school department, and was renamed Northern Samar Academy (NSA). After its reorgnization, the NSA as a private, non-sectarian, and co-educational high school, committed itself in the delivery of quality education and lived up to its principle of honor and excellence. In 2001, seeing the need to provide alternative tertiary and vocational education equipped with competent faculties and facilities, the NSA reopened its post high school program offerings and was renamed Northern Samar Colleges. Today, the NSC offers complete programs in preschool, elementary, high school, vocational, and tertiary education. Further, the Northern Samar Colleges remains as the premier private school in the province, with a long list of professionals, educators, and public and private officials as its alumni. Catarman has a number of secondary schools:
- ST. MICHAEL ACADEMY is the first Catholic school in the island to have been instituted. It caters only secondary courses, but is formerly catered to all levels of education. The school is run by the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, and is formerly known as St. Michael Junior College. A member of the OP-Siena Schools System, the school is known for its prestige and excellent achievements through its ages.
Catastrophes
The flashfloods hit Catarman because the cold front hits the town. They then experience brown-outs during those catastrophes.
Barangays
Catarman is politically subdivided into 55 barangays.
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External links
- Catarman Northern Samar Photos
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
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