26/04/2021
Samson College of Science and Technology.
Established, 1934.
In 1934, Attorney Enrique Del Pilar Samson and Mrs. Angeles Topacio Samson, an instructor from the National Teachers College founded the school, initially named State Fashion School in a small room at No. 25 Potenciana St. Intramuros Manila.
Beginning with only one enrollee, her former student from the NTC, Mrs. Samson taught dressmaking. After only five months of operation, the couple moved to a rented apartment in Rizal Avenue to accommodate the increasing number of enrollees, numbering about four hundred.
It was followed with a new branch that was opened in Baguio City., followed by two more branches in Baliwag Bulacan and Escolta, Manila immediately after the 2nd World War. It was in 1950 that Atty. Samson decided to organize the Samson Automotive and Trade School to address the need for skilled industrial workers.
Due to a big fire that razed the building in Escolta in 1951, the school together with all the students from the branches were eventually transferred to the Ortigas building at 2128 Legarda St. which is presently the Main building of the school.
In 1960 the technical courses were offered in a leased building in Claro M. Recto Avenue. Immediately after, in 1961, the school was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the corporate name Samson Institute of Technology Inc.
Through the years, due to the increasing number of students enrolling in the various courses offered by the school, the Samson administration expanded its operation in the following areas: Pasay City, Quezon Boulevard, España, Bataan and Bulacan.
However, in 1983, in compliance and in cooperation with the efforts of the former Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports to decongest the University Belt in Manila, the Samson Administration opened a branch at No. 587 Epifanio delos Santos Avenue, Cubao Quezon City. Eventually, all the other branches were given up in order to give full administrative concentration to the two owned schools located in EDSA Cubao and the other one in Legarda, Manila.
In 1997, the Cubao campus inaugurated a five-storey building which houses the school’s state-of-the-art computer laboratories and library. And in June of 1998, SAMSON opened it’s latest branch in Alabang, which aims to cater to students residing south of Metro Manila.
In 1998, Samson Institute of Technology has become Samson College of Science and Technology.
In 2011, Samson College of Science and Technology piloted its criminology course. In keeping with its vision and mission, the school continues to produce disciplined, knowledgeable and well train Criminology graduates.
Since then, the Institution has produced a number of Board Passers that have successfully joined the uniformed service namely: Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Land Transportation Office, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Army.
In 2014, the Institution was granted accreditation by the Department Of Education to offer senior high school.
The founders, Atty. Enrique P. Samson and Mrs. Angeles T. Samson passed away in April 1978 and October 1986 respectively, leaving behind a legacy of a good educational institution.
- simoun
photo / article: samson.edu. ph
