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ABELLANA NATIONAL SCHOOL 

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Abellana National School (ANS) is located in Cebu City, Philippines. It is a public high school established in the year 1902. This school has only 1 campus located in Northern Cebu City, Region VII. 
The school specialized a secondary education. A student who is a freshly graduated in primary education and planning to enroll in this school is required to take an admission exam before enrolling. This school is well-known for its competency and resilience. They help the students utilize and improve their competencies. 
 

May 6, 1902

Abellana National School is situated at Osmeña Boulevard, Barangay Sambag II in Cebu City. It was formerly the Cebu State College of Science and Technology (CSCST) - College of Arts and Trades. The school was the first Provincial High School, organized under the authority of Act. No. 372 of the Philippine Commission.

 

June 10, 1983

It was converted into an extension campus of the CSCST by the passage of Batasang Pambansa Bilang 412, now already known as Abellana National School

 

In 1906

The high school was formally organized in Cebu. The school at that time offered a purely academic curriculum and it operated until the outbreak of World War II.

 

In 1945

The Provincial High School was transferred to Argao, Cebu, and the City of Cebu established the City High School in the buildings vacated by the Provincial High School. The City High School had been named Abellana High School in honor of the great Cebuano hero, the late Governor of Cebu, Hon. Hilario Abellana who was killed by the Japanese during their occupation in Cebu. Then it was changed to Abellana Technical School and later to Abellana Vocational High School.

 

Since 1993

The school has been named Abellana National School by the virtue of the RA 3027 passed by Congressman Osmeña. It was the same act that authorized the offerings of both Trade and General Curriculum, a comprehensive high school that is an ongoing program at present

 

In 2018-2019

In the 2018–2019 school year, Abellana National School had 5,228 students.

 

In 2023-2024

Enrollment in the Philippines dropped below pre-pandemic levels for the first time in two years, with only 26.6 million students registered

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FOUNDER 
Hilario "Dodong" Abellana y Hermosa (October 23, 1896 – January 15, 1945) was Filipino Visayan lawyer, politician and legislator from Cebu, Philippines. He was the municipal president of Cebu (1922–1931), a member of the House of Representatives (1934–1935), a two-term member of the National Assembly (1935–1941), and provincial governor of Cebu during World War II (1941–1943). After his escape and eventual captivity, he was executed by the Japanese Imperial Army and the resting place of his remains is still unknown. 
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