The NORMISIST Cabadbaran Campus, (NCC) formerly known as the Northern Mindanao College of Arts, Science, and Technology (NMCAST)and commonnly called in Cabadbaran as the Trades School, in the city of Cabadbaran is a component college of the Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology, with the main campus located in Butuan City. It is a public institution of higher learning run by the Government. It offers pre-elementary and basic education as well as undergraduate and graduate courses, most specializing in technical and vocational programs. Agusan Trade School, the old name of Northern Mindanao College of Arts, Science and Technology (NMCAST) was established in Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte (now Cabadbaran City) under Republic Act No. 948 which was approved on June 23, 1953. The school officially opened on July 1, 1954. It offered four trade courses for boys. The school started with 15 teachers and employees and 190 students who were all boys. For a year, classes were held at the Cabadbaran Central School Grandstand. The tools used by students were either borrowed from the elementary shop classes or personally bought by the shop teachers. Alejandro P.