St. Joseph's College of Balanga (SJCB) is a

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private college located in Balanga,

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. It is managed by the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception."Bataan Directory - St. Joseph's College, Balanga City"
City Government of Balanga, accessed 3 October 2009. The college is the third branch of four St. Joseph's Colleges (the other three are from E. Rodriguez Blvd, Quezon City; Mactan, Cebu and Toril, in Davao City).

History

St. Joseph's College was founded by then Most Reverend Bishop Socrates B. Villegas, DD when he was the newly installed bishop of the

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(now the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan) in 2006 with then SFIC Provincial Superior Sr. Josephini P. Ambatali, SFIC. It is the first Catholic school in Balanga., Discover Bataan, accessed 3 October 2009. The school pioneers were Sr. Teresita C. Babaran as Directress, Sr. Agnes Labitoria as Principal, Sr. Annalisa Cabrera as Guidance Counselor, Sr. Josefina Miguel as Health Officer, Sr. Lolita Oria as Canteen manager, Sr. Redempta Navalta as sewing room manager and Sr. Jocelyn Sulse as bookkeeper. Almost all the Sisters taught CFP. There were 78 enrolled students from Kindergarten up to College during its first schoolyear in 2006-2007.

Degree programs

* Bachelor of Arts **

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, the first ever course offered in the province **

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* Bachelor of Science ** Secondary & Elementary Education (with major in special education, values education and mathematics) ** Social Work

References

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