BRIEF OF HISTORY OF DOPI
History and Milestones of Davao Oriental Polytechnic Institute
1969
Davao Oriental Polytechnic Institute started as Lupon Community High School.
1971
From Lupon Community High School, the school was named Lupon Municipal High School.
1982
The Sangguniang Bayan ng Lupon passed a resolution recommending the conversion of the school into a school of fisheries considering among others the need for such a school in the province being located along Davao Gulf and having vast areas of brackish water fishponds in the place.
November 15, 1982
Parliamentary Bill No. 1642 filed by the late Assemblyman Teodoro Palma Gil was signed by then Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos under Batas Pambansa Bilang 298; the school became Lupon School of Fisheries.
1991
The school acquired a 4.5-hectare fishpond area given by the Dacudao family through a deed of transfer of rights without any single centavo paid by the government.
1992
Congw. Thelma Z. Almario gave Php 500,000.00 from her Countryside Development Fund. The fund was utilized in the purchase of a 5.1-hectare land adjacent to the fishpond area.
The school started offering a post-secondary course in Diploma in Fishery Technology majoring in Aquaculture and Fish Processing.
March 1998
With the passage of RA 7796, otherwise known as TESDA Law in 1994, the school was officially transferred to TESDA.
2002
LSF operated as a full-time TESDA-administered institution offering only POST-SECONDARY qualifications with the Distinctive Area of Competence (DAC) in Aquaculture.
2019
House Bill No. 6724 (Renaming Lupon School of Fisheries into Davao Oriental Polytechnic Institute), sponsored by Representative, Hon. Joel Mayo Z. Almario, was passed into law (RA 11209), signed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte on February 14, 2019.
DOPI HISTORY OF SUCCESSES
| YEAR | TITLE OF AWARD | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bronze Level | One of the first 5 TESDA administered schools in the country awarded under Philippine Quality Award (PQA) |
| Finalist in 5S Contest | National contest among TESDA administered schools on 5S implementation | |
| 2004 | TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award (TMEOYA) | 2 Admin Personnel (VSA III & AO IV) awarded as Regional Winner and 2nd runner up National Level respectively, a yearly search for Model Employee conducted by TESDA |
| 2006 | EDPETP KFW Beneficiary | Recipient of the Aquaculture state –of- the-art equipment from a German funded institution |
| 2007 | TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award (TMEOYA) | 1 Faculty member awarded as National Winner – Category II, a yearly search for Model Employee conducted by TESDA |
| 2008 | CSC Dangal ng Bayan Award | 1 Faculty member awarded as Dangal ng Bayan National Winner by the Civil Service Commission |
| 2010 | Lakan-Ilaw Award | 1 Faculty member awarded as Lakan-Ilaw Award by the Office for TESDA Technology Institutions (OTTI) – National Level |
| 2011 | Model CBT institution in Region XI | DOPI awarded as Model Competency-Based Training Delivery Implementer in Region XI |
| Lakan-Ilaw Award | 2 Faculty members awarded as Lakan-Ilaw Award by the Office for TESDA Technology Institutions (OTTI) – National Level | |
| Taglikha Award | 2 Faculty members awarded as Taglikha Award by the Office for TESDA Technology Institutions (OTTI) – National Level | |
| 2012 | Lakan-Ilaw Award | 2 Faculty members awarded as Lakan-Ilaw Award by the Office for TESDA Technology Institutions (OTTI) – National Level |
| TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award (TMEOYA) | 1 Faculty member awarded as TESDA Model Employee – Regional Level | |
| 2013 | TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award (TMEOYA) | 1 Faculty member awarded as TESDA Model Employee – Regional Level |
| Silver Level Accreditation | DOPI awarded Silver Level under Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission (APACC). One of the first 5 TESDA administered schools that received such level of accreditation | |
| 2014 | TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award (TMEOYA) | 1 Faculty member and 1 Admin staff awarded as TESDA Model Employee – Regional Winners Category II and Category I respectively and National Level Finalists |
| 2015 | Center of Excellence in Aquaculture | One of the 23 TESDA Technology Institutions recognized as Center of Excellence in its Distinctive Area of Competence – Aquaculture |
| Member of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization | One of the 15 TESDA Technology Institutions selected as a member of the SEAMEO School of Network of Sharing and Development | |
| Best Gender and Development (GAD) Implementer | DOPI was awarded as Best GAD Implementer in Region XI | |
| 2016 | Gold Level Accreditation | DOPI awarded Gold Level Accreditation under Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission (APACC). The first among TESDA administered schools in the country to receive such recognition. |
| TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award (TMEOYA) | 1 Faculty member awarded as National Winner and Regional Winner– Category II, a yearly search for Model Employee conducted by TESDA | |
| Tagsanay Award | 1 Faculty member awarded as Tagsanay Award – Regional Level | |
| 2017 | STAR Rating | 3 program offerings received 2 Stars and 11 qualifications got 1 Star during the STAR Rating evaluation conducted by the authorized evaluators from TESDA Regional Office XI and validated by the National Board of Judges |
| Tagsanay Award | 1 Faculty member awarded as Regional Winner – Tagsanay Award | |
| TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award (TMEOYA) | Vocational School Administrator awarded National Winner and Regional Winner – Category III, a yearly search for Model Employee conducted by TESDA | |
| 2018 | STAR Rating | 10 programs awarded 1 Star during the STAR Rating evaluation conducted by the authorized evaluators from TESDA Regional Office XI and validated by the National Board of Judges |
| Tagsanay Award | 1 Faculty member awarded as Tagsanay Award – Regional Level; National Level Top 8 Finalist and Best in Written Exam | |
| 2019 | Tagsanay Award | 1 Faculty member awarded as Tagsanay Award – Regional Level and National Level Top 8 Finalist |
| CSC Dangal ng Bayan Award | Vocational School Administrator awarded Regional Winner, a yearly search for Outstanding Public Officials and Employees | |
| Best Training Institution Award | DOPI awarded as Best Training Institution (TESDA Administered Category), the first TESDA institution in the Philippines to receive such award. | |
| 2020 | Tagsanay Award | 1 Faculty member awarded as Provincial and Regional Winner and National Candidate in the Tagsanay Award |
| TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award (TMEOYA) | 1 Administrative Staff member as entry to the TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award- Category I | |
| 2021 | Pilot TTI in the Expansion and Implementation of ISO 9001:2015 | Recognized by TESDA as one of the three Pilot TESDA Training Institutions (TTIs) in the country representing Mindanao along with TESDA Women’s Center in Luzon, Regional Training Center-Leyte in Visayas in the Expansion and Implementation of ISO 9001:2015 |
| Recipient of the Regional Innovation Center in Agriculture and Fishery funded by Asian Development Bank and TESDA | Identified as one of the Recipients of the multimillion Regional Innovation Center of TESDA in Agriculture and Fishery to be funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) BY 2022 | |
| Tagsanay Award | 1 Faculty member awarded as Provincial and Regional Winner and National Candidate in the Tagsanay Award | |
| TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award (TMEOYA) | 1 Faculty member awarded as Regional Winner and National Candidate in the TESDA Model Employee of the Year Award – Category II |