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History of Notre Dame of Cotabato
Notre Dame of Cotabato is a Catholic private school founded in 1945 by the Oblate Fathers (OMI) and currently administered by the Marist Brothers.The Oblate Fathers invited Br. Maurus James Doherty, Br. Herbert Daniel Dumont, Br. Joseph Damian Teston and Br. Peter Leonard Thommen to start a mission in the country. But because of the World War, the plan was delayed for a couple of years. After the war, the said four Marist Brothers arrived here on June 21, 1948 and took over the Notre Dame Academy from the Oblates, thus become the first Marist school in the Philippines. The Religious of Virgin Mary (RVM) Sisters, who had been helping the Oblates in running the school, then took care of the girls department (now Notre Dame – RVM College of Cotabato), while the Brothers has the boys department, thus giving birth to Notre Dame of Cotabato (Boys' Department). In June 1996, the school opened an afternoon short session for boys and girls. In June 2000, the school started to admit girls to the day shift session. The Notre Dame of Cotabato or (NDC) is the only Marist School at Cotabato City.
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School Policies
1. Admission Policies 1.1 Admission to NDC is determined by the administration.
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1.2 Incoming Freshmen
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1.2.1 Elementary graduates enrolling at NDC for the first time must:
a. Take and pass the entrance/placements test.
b. Report, together with their parents/official guardian, to the Principal or Guidance Coordinator interview.
c. Submit Form 138-A (Report Card), entrance test results, photocopies of the birth certificate and baptismal certificate (for Catholics), affidavit of birth (for Muslims), upon enrollment.
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1.2.2 Applicants and their parents/official guardian should manifest willingness to abide to the policies, rules, and regulations of the school by affixing their signatures on the enrollment form.
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1.2.3 Afternoon Shift Room:
a. Take and pass the required cut-off score in the entrance examination given by the Guidance Testing and Admission Center as the basis for application.
b. The applicant must have a general average of 80% or better in his/her progress report card.
c. The family monthly gross income must not exceed to fifteen thousand (15,000.00) pesos.
d. Only one applicant at a time in the family is allowed in the program.
e. The applicant together with their parent of official guardian will proceed to the office of the PM Shift Coordination for interview.
f. Fill up the application form. All entries and data written are complete and correct. Any effort to withhold the information is enough basis for the rejection of the application.
g. Applicants and their parents or official guardian should manifest willingness to abide to the policies, rules and regulations of the school by affixing their signatures on the application and enrolment forms.
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1.3 Transferees 1.3.1 The school reseves the right to refuse admittance to any transfer students.
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1.3.2 A transferee must:
a. Take and pass the entrance/placement test;
b. Submit Form 138-A (Report Card), entrance test result, certification of good character, photocopies of the birth certification (for Catholics), affidavit for birth (for Muslims), upon enrollment.
c. Report, together with his/her parents/guardian to the Principal or Guidance Coordination for interview; and
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1.3.3 A transferee is placed under probation during his/her first year stay at NDC.
