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Silay Institute, informally referred to by its
Silay Institute, informally referred to by its acronym
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SI, is a private, co-educational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...
institution of learning located in Silay City
Silay, officially the City of Silay (; ), is a component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 130,478 people.
Silay is often referred to as the "Paris of Negros" due to ...
, north of Bacolod, the capital of Negros Occidental province in the Philippines. It is the only school in the city that offers formal Tertiary education, college education.
History
The school, originally a high school, was established in 1925 after a group of concerned citizens had a survey conducted regarding the feasibility of opening such a school to serve the children of the locality, who after graduating from primary education, had no opportunities for acquiring secondary education.''Faculty and Administrative Manual'', Silay Institute, Inc., p.1, 2007 A local doctor, Dr. Luis Gamboa, initiated plans for establishing the school; he later became its first President. Another local resident, Ramon Legaspi, secured the necessary government permits, and procured instructionals for the institution.See also
* St. Theresita's Academy * Doña Montserrat Lopez Memorial High SchoolReferences
External links
* Schools in Silay Educational institutions established in 1925 1925 establishments in the Philippines {{Philippines-university-stub