Notre Dame of Tacurong College

Notre Dame of Tacurong College was opened in 1950 by Father Joseph Quinn, an Oblate Priest, upon instruction from Bishop Gerard Mongeau, OMI, to establish a Notre Dame school in Tacurong. A wooden structure was built in the 5-hectare land donated by Sabas Buenacosa, a pioneering settler of Tacurong, to welcome 250 high school boys and girls to a Catholic education.
In 1957, the girls were entrusted to the Dominican Sisters (O.P.) while the boys were left under the direction of the Oblate Fathers.
In response to the repeated requests of the people of Tacurong and nearby municipalities, the college and the elementary were opened in 1963. College courses offered were BSEED, BSE and Liberal Arts. A year after, the course in commerce was opened. In 1964, the college administration building was inaugurated and in 1965, the first commencement exercise was held with 35 ETC graduates.
Inspired by their mission to bring souls to Christ, the OMI Fathers, despite difficulties of pioneering works, took no exception to every opportunity that comes if only to push through test and trials the development of Notre Dame of Tacurong. However, in view of other missionary concerns, the OMI’s left the corridors of NDTC in 1974 after 24 years of administering the school.
From 1975 to 1980, the Marist Brothers of the Schools took over the administration of the school. The following year ushered the coming of another wave of administrators, the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Sienna.
Under the OP Sisters, the high school night session was opened in 1982 to cater to the underprivileged out-of-school youth and working students. It was also during this year that the construction of the 3-storey college building was started. In 1987, the construction was finished and acquired occupancy permit for the second and third floor.
The succeeding years up to year 2000, saw the significant development of the school in terms of infrastructure and physical facilities: the construction of the gymnasium, the H.E. building, the nursing laboratory, the three-storey Sullivan building, the NDTC Centrum, the elementary and high school canteens, the computer laboratories for high school and elementary, and the installation of internet.
Considering the adequacy of its manpower and facilities and in response to the demands of the time, the school offered two-year vocational course in computer programming, computer secretarial, computer systems technician, hotel and restaurant management, nursing aide, travel and tourism, four-year course in criminology, computer science and social work.
The OP Sisters administered the school for 22 years. In 2002, the contract of the OP expired and the school was turned over to the Archdiocese of Cotabato, the owner of the school.
The history of NDTC is reflective of its ardent desire not only to keep pace with the changing times but also to serve the needs of the community and play an active role in its development.