Agusan del Sur State University

About Agusan del Sur State University

According to Wikipedia, The Agusan del Sur State University is a chartered state university in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines through Republic Act No. 7932 approved on March 1, 1995, and RA No. 11586. History 1906 to 1926 In June 1908, Americans established the Manobo Industrial School to educate the people of Agusan province to a better way of life after a group of them led by Dean C. Worcester visited Agusan province in 1906 and determined the needs of the people. The students of MIS were sons of Manobo "datus" from the regions of Simulao, Adgawan, Umayam, Gibung, and Wawa-Ojot while the principal was Carlson Berger with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kempt, Liberato Fortun, and Ciriaco Viajar as members of the faculty. The school was situated opposite the poblacion of Bunawan along the bank of the Simulao River. Executive Order No. 52 issued by Governor-General William Cameron Forbes on June 24, 1908, granted the school site a reserved area of 41.9089 hectares and 0.1764 hectares .