Southern Philippines Agribusiness and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology

About the university

The journey began in 1966 when Municipal Ordinance No. 70 was passed, creating Malita Barangay High School, primarily to help the poor who could not afford to study in private schools. The school started with only 80 students in one class with no school building and chairs to sit on. The class was held under a mango tree with the students sitting on the protruded roots of the tree. Two years later, Municipal Ordinance No, 80 dated July 5, 1968 was passed converting the said Barangay High School to Malita Municipal High School with complete secondary curriculum. It was housed in a two-hectare lot in Poblacion, Malita ? donated by Mrs. Juanita Ybarle Vda. De Salmon. This is where the 10-room Marcos type building was constructed with Ms. Rosario P. Dormitorio as the new High School Principal.