JRMSU Main Campus Army ROTC Unit

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE UNIT

RIZAL MEMORIAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ROTC UNIT WAS ACTIVATED ON 15 AUGUST 1984 PURSUANT TO GO NR 664, GHQ, AFP DTD 15 AUGUST 1984 AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE ARMY RESERVE COMMAND (PROVISIONAL) PA.
THE AVAILABILITY OF TRAINING FACILITIES AND TRAINING GROUND, MADE THE UNIT INDEPENDENT FROM 1984 UNTIL THE SECOND SEMESTER OF SY 1986-1987 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE 1091 HOME DEFENSE UNIT (HDU).
DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 1987 – 1988, THE SCHOOL WAS NOT ABLE TO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF EIGHT HUNDRED (800) STUDENTS FOR IT TO REMAIN AN ACTIVATED ROTC UNIT. HENCE, THE UNIT WAS AFFILIATED TO ANDRES BONIFACIO COLLEGE ROTC UNIT, DIPOLOG CITY UNTIL SECOND SEMESTER SY 1988 – 1989.
RIZAL MEMORIAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ROTC UNIT WAS REACTIVATED STARTING SCHOOL YEAR 1990-1991 SINCE THE SCHOOL HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS OFFICIALLY ENROLLED.
ON 11 JUNE 1996, THE RIZAL MEMORIAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WAS CONVERTED TO JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL STATE COLLEGE AND INTEGRATING THEREWITH THE RIZAL MEMORIAL NATIONAL SCHOOL IN DAPITAN CITY, THE ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES IN DIPOLOG CITY, AND SIOCON NATIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIOCON, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE AND THE ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES WAS ALSO INTEGRATED.
PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 9852 AN ACT CONVERTING THE JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL STATE COLLEGE (JRMSC) IN THE CITY OF DAPITAN, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO KNOWN AS JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY (JRMSU) INTEGRATING THEREWITH THE KATIPUNAN NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL (KNAS) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF KATIPUNAN AND THE ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (ZNAC) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAMPILISAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND TRADES IN SIOCON BOTH MUNICIPALITY LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE. BE ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PHILIPPINES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.