Eastern Samar State University

The Eastern Samar State University is a state university in the Philippines with main campus located in Borongan, Eastern Samar. It has satellite campus in Maydolong, Eastern Samar.HistoryFounded On February 14, 1960 through R.A. 2434. Some 120 Students held sessions in a rented building in Borongan. The school was later established in Malbog, far-flung barrio of Borongan, reach only by climbing steep mountains and by crossing creeks.In 1967, the school was resettled to its present between the Barangays of Tabunan and Maypangdan, some seven kilometers away from the provincial capital city of Borongan.The school was converted into the Eastern Samar Junior Agricultural College in 1973 to meet the clamor for the offering of the collegiate courses. ESJAC promptly opened a program in Associate in Agriculture and later Bachelor of Science in Agriculture when it became Eastern Samar College of Agriculture in 1978.ESCA was converted into the Eastern Samar State College by virtue of B.P 394 on May 18, 1993. This conversion eventually paved the way to rapid expansion in program offerings with courses in teacher education, vocational post-secondary education, business and commerce, engineering and law.Republic Act 8292, enacted on June 6, 1997 mandated the CHED Supervised Higher Education Institution of a province to be integrated in a State College or a University System. ESSC Guiuan, ESSC Salcedo and ESSC Can-avid were integrated into Eastern Samar State College in Borongan.