In the year 1920, the late Lt. Governor Vicente Villanueva established a general high school named Larena High School with only one section in the first and second year levels and only two teachers including the principal. This school was under the supervision of Negros Oriental High School in Dumaguete City. Since the school had no building of its own, classes were held in the old municipal building which was burnt down during the World War II. After finishing the second year level of high school education, the students who were fortunate enough continued at the Negros Oriental Provincial High School in Dumaguete City while others had to stop schooling. This situation ended in 1929-1930 when the school started operating as a full secondary school, until the outbreak of World War II. The school was then called the Larena Sub-Provincial High School with only four teachers including the Principal. It turned out its first graduates during the school year 1930-1931. At that time it was the only high school in the island, thus enrollment continued to rise.
Carmelite College of Siquijor, Inc. is a private Catholic educational institution in Tinago, Siquijor. It was founded in 2010 and is the first and sole Catholic college on the island. Affiliated with the Order of Carmelites, the school is committed to providing an education that incorporates Carmelite values, producing innovative and service-oriented students.
Currently, Carmelite College offers bachelor's degree programs in Elementary Education, Secondary Education, and Entrepreneurship. It also has a Senior High School (SHS) department with the ABM, GAS, and HUMSS strands available. Additionally, the college is a TESDA Accredited Center, particularly for the Computer Systems Servicing (CSS) NC II course.
Bohol Institute of Technology (BIT) was established in 1981 by a couple, Dionisio “Dioning” and Lilia Balite. Situated in a two-story ancestral house in Tagbilaran, Bohol, BIT specialized in technical-vocational courses in its first year. Eventually, BIT Tagbilaran expanded and had more branches in Bohol as the number of students increased. This was at the same time it was renamed into BIT International College. The school pursues to give students more access to and opportunities in education so as to become participative members of their communities.
One of the campuses of BIT-IC is in Siquijor as Balite Institute of Technology. BIT Siquijor has Junior High School, Senior High School, and College programs. The Senior High School department offers the Academic and Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TVL) tracks. The College department, on the other hand, currently has undergraduate programs in Criminology, Midwifery, and Maritime studies.
"To Provide effective and excellent higher and technical-vocational education in the different areas through instruction, research, extension and production and serve as catalyst and partner for local, regional and national growth and development."
Siquijor State College"A Christ-centered life giving learning institution committed to developing persons into becoming competent, service-oriented and spiritually driven members of the church and society."
Carmelite College
