City College of Tagaytay

The City College of Tagaytay has come a long way, tested and preserved through the challenges and trials to what today it has become. A beacon of hope and enlightenment to the people and the youth of Tagaytay. It all started when in 2002, Hon. Francisco N. Tolentino, then the City mayor, saw the increasing number of high school graduates of Tagaytay who were unable to have a college education due to lack of financial sustainable means. Mayor Tolentino thought about providing a local tertiary institution in answer to this need.

Thus on September 30,2002, the Sangguniang Panglungsod, through the sponsorship by then City Councilor, Hon. Celso P. De Castro passed City Ordinance No. 2002-229 establishing the City College of Tagaytay and hence, our beloved college came into being.

Then dreams became a reality when on 2003 the City College of Tagaytay officially opened its door for the Academic Year 2003-2004 to the public by providing affordable quality tertiary education by offering the following courses: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Management, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education, Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management, Associate in Computer Science, Associate in Computer Secretarial and Associate in Hotel and Resttaurant Management.

The primary objective of CCT is to imbibe to its students the love for learning side by side with molding their character for them to be nt only professionally competitive but also conscientiously responsible towards themselves, their family and the community.

Since then, the CCT community began to grow steadily; producing a stream of graduates with great caliber, an increase of high number of faculty with industrial competence and a strong academic background. Government educational materials and equipment that are necessary in executing its mandate of producing high-skilled and competitive individuals.

Then in 2009, an exodus was made. All faculty staff and students were transferred to CCT's new home in Akle St. near City Hall. This was made possible through the effort of Mayor Abraham "BAMBOL" Tolentino. Also being the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of our college, never to be contended with his accomplishments and being forever mindful to the plight of his constituents, Mayor Bambol Tolentino made history in the Local Government level by placing CCT into prominence with the passage of City Resolution No. 2010-017, popularly known as the "City College of Tagaytay Free College Education Ordinance", a landmark orinance which is God-inspired, for it grants residents of the city access to an education that no longer requires them to pay any tuition and micellaneous fees.

True, CCT started small. However, our beloved institution is unwavering in its commtment to its students by giving them all the very best of what the faculty and administration can offer. The college, through its faculty and students, have faced various odds by competing in the academic and athletic arena and comming out triumphant. The City College of Tagaytay through the leadership of its College President, Prof Edgardo T. Castillo, together with the unfailing support of former Mayor, Cong. Abraham "Bambol" N. Tolentino and the City Government of Tagaytay have made history: And now let us sit back and watch as history unfolds.