The PNU Agusan Campus was established as a college on August 12, 1968 with the passage of RA 4242 through the efforts of Hon. Jose C. Aquino, then congressman of the lone District of Agusan del Sur.
In the first year of its founding, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education was offered. A couple of years later, because of the demand of the locality, it ventured into another course, Bachelor of Science in Community Development. A new course, Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education with major in English Language Teaching was opened in 1982 and the course offerings expanded with Mathematics, General Science, Home Economics, Filipino, and Social Studies as alternative fields of specialization. Graduate Education ensued with offering of different specialization courses such as Educational Management, English Language Teaching, Filipino Literature, Science Education, Mathematics Education, Non-Formal Education, Home Economics, and Physical Education.
The Agusan Campus community has also immersed itself in national and local government concerns. It continues to provide leadership in cultural activities for the preservation of folk arts: the music, dance and rituals of the Manobos and Higaonons of the province. For some years, the performing groups managed the staging of rituals and dances of the Manobo tribesmen for cultural festivals, both local and national.
Through all the years, PNU Agusan Campus, having gained support from the provincial and municipal officials, has served the many young people who have decided to join the country’s teaching force.
PNU Cadiz Campus
The PNU in Cadiz City came into existence with the enactment of RA 4242, which was approved on June 9, 1968. This act provided for the establishment of regional branches of PNU. Upon its approval, the late Congressman Armando C. Gustilo immediately worked out the establishment of the branch in the Visayan region. With the help of former Mayor Heracleo Villacin, the PNC Negros Occidental Branch in Cadiz City was opened on July 22, 1968.
From Bachelor of Elementary Education and Bachelor of Secondary Education, its program offerings expanded to include master’s degrees and, more recently, doctorate. For a few years, it also offered engineering courses in consortium with Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas.
The performing groups, the Dalawidaw Chorale and the Makawiwili Dance Troupe, have continued with the tradition of keeping a love for the arts alive. Just recently, another feather has been added to the cap of the university when Cheryll Faldas, cum laude of Class 2005, ranked second in the PRC National Licensure Examination for Teachers.
PNU Isabela Campus
The PNU Isabela Campus is the third of the branches of the PNU branches. RA 4242 also became the legal basis of its creation, principally authored and sponsored by former Congressman Delfin Albano. On July 26, 1971, the PNC Isabela Campus was established
From the curricula offering of Bachelor of Elementary Education, new curricular programs have been added, enrolment has increased, the physical plant has grown and different services have been established. To date, the campus offers graduate programs that cater to the needs of teachers in the nearby public and private schools.
Today, the campus has strategically placed itself as one of the most respected teacher training institutions in the region responsive to the changing demands of the times and in the process of meeting these societal and national needs, it has grown and developed into its present status.
PNU Quezon Campus
The PNU Quezon Campus is the fourth regional campus of the University based in Region IV-A in the flourishing town of Lopez, Quezon. It started in a consortium program in Teacher Education with another emerging campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 1980.
When the consortium agreement expired in 1993 after almost 13 years of educational partnership, the leadership of PNU headed by then President Gloria G. Salandanan, penned a memorandum of agreement with the provincial and local government of Quezon and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) to continue the operation of the PNU Teacher Education Program in Lopez, Quezon.
Hence, the fledgling campus stayed in the compound of the Lopez National Comprehensive High School from 1993 to 1999. In a span of six years, the young campus had gradually acquired its own one-hectare site through a land donation from the provincial government. For its part, the municipal government had pledged another hectare for future expansion. In 1999, the campus transferred to its own site where a two-story building has been constructed.
Presently, PNU Quezon provides education services and opportunities to students and educators coming from different areas in Southern Tagalog Region and Bicol Region. Over a thousand of its teacher graduates are now gainfully employed here and abroad. Gradually, PNU Quezon is fulfilling its vision of being the Center of Excellence in Teacher Education in Region IV.