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PMI Colleges
- Address: 73 Roosevelt Avenue, San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1100
- Phone:
- +63 2 374-4769, 242-4540, 244-3146
- +63 2 374-4770 (fax)
- Website: [1]
- Overview
Since the pre-colonial Philippines to the present time the growth of the Philippine foreign and domestic trade attests to the need of improving the expertise in maritime transportation. It was only lately that the Filipinos exerted great efforts to establish formal schooling so that navigators or pilots may receive proper instructions and trainings. [1]
The paving for new portal of education took a man of vision, a man of indomitable determination and unswerving faith before the famed institution gave a new hope to his countrymen, especially to the Filipino youth, adventurous young men who wanted to join the ranks of seafaring men. This opened an opportunity for grandiose accomplishments in serving the country by becoming the pilots, mates, captains, officers, commodores, admirals, and the likes. Atty. Tomas Cloma, the Father of Maritime Education in the Philippines, enjoys the full recognition and praise for a meritorious achievement. [1]
Humble Beginnings The Philippine Maritime Institute was founded on September 18, 1948 by Atty. Tomas Cloma, also an Admiral and discoverer of the Kalayaan Group of Islands. It was emerged as the first private maritime school in the Philippines with nineteen (19) students enrolled in the Associate in Nautical Science course in a classroom on a floating barge moored in Pasig River at Plaza Lawton.[1]
The first quarterly enrollment was fifty-four and every quarter thereafter added other batches of new cadets. The school offered them one year Nautical course in three (3) separate session-morning, afternoon and evening. It was housed in two buildings in David Street, now Burke Street, near Escolta, Manila.[1]
The first graduates successfully passed the Civil Service examination given by the Board of Marine Engineers for Deck Officers. As to the adequacy of its equipment and training facilities, the school had two training ships: the motor launched "Victoria" and the "S/S Clavecillia" which were used as training ships during weekends. It also had a good sized library and a lot of equipments and teaching aids.[1]
It was granted recognition by the Secretary of Department of Education on January 1950. The Graduates had the same status as those of the government nautical school. Legislation had favored graduates of the school by exempting them from taking the Third Mate’s technical examination given by the board of marine Examiners for Deck Officers until 1954.[1]
The standard of the school was reflected in the results of the board examination for the nautical graduates. Since 1950, there is always a PMI alumnus who tops the Board Examination and many more land in the top ten list.[1]
The Nautical curriculum was lengthened to two years after PMI petitioned the Department of Education through the private Schools to offer a two-year course in Nautical Science leading to the title of Associate in Nautical Science (ANS), which was granted on February 13, 1953. [1]
In the year 1961, PMI became the exclusive school of the famous Weavers Course on Real State with leading realtors in Manila and suburbs as Instructors. [1]
On June 14, 1983 the four-year course in Nautical Science was granted recognition by the then Ministry of Education and Culture. [1]
PMI has grown by leaps and bounds and currently prides itself with three campuses in the country – Manila, Quezon City, and Tagbilaran City. [1]
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