National College of Science and Technology

National College of Science and Technology (NCST) is a private school in Dasmariñas, Cavite, founded in 1998 by entrepreneur Emerson B. Atanacio. Located along Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, it opened with about 550 students and grew into a multi-campus institution that includes an SHS-focused site and an aeronautical and technical division (NASTECH) alongside its main Dasmariñas campus. NCST offers Senior High School under the DepEd K-12 curriculum plus college programs, and it runs TESDA-registered technical-vocational training through a dual training system that pairs classroom instruction with industry immersion; its first institutionally developed courses, the Certificate in Manufacturing Technology and the Diploma in Production Technology, were introduced in 2005. The main campus has two four-story buildings with 57 classrooms, including 15 laboratories, and computer facilities built around close to a one-to-one student-to-computer ratio. The school describes its guiding values as faith, environmental stewardship, social responsibility and nationalism, and aims to produce graduates equipped with industry-relevant and technical skills. Admission and enrollment updates are posted on NCST's official Facebook page rather than a dedicated admissions portal.