Angeles City National Trade School

Angeles City National Trade School is a school in Angeles City, Philippines. ACNTS provides technical-vocational education and training.

Courses available at the school include furniture and cabinet making, electricity, animation, computer hardware services, automotive, civil technology, machine shop practice, welding and fabrication, electronics, refrigeration and air conditioning, food trades, garments, cosmetology and drafting.

History
Angeles City National Trade School was established under Republic Act No. 3880 in June 1964, by the late Congresswoman Juanita L. Nepomuceno, mandated to deliver technical vocational education and training to the less and underprivileged youth of Angeles City, and other neighboring towns of Porac, Santa Rita, Mabalacat, San Fernando, as well as neighboring barrios and barangays.

The school occupies 4.18 hectares donated by the late Governor of Pampanga, Gov. Francisco Nepomuceno, bounded by the highly urbanized Sunset Village. Inside are 29 buildings that serve as classrooms and laboratories, a double size covered court donated by Congressman Blueboy Nepomuceno and Senator Lito Lapid and other learning facilities are made available for the students as their second home.

ACNTS started its first class in 1967 with about 50 students all male, its first commencement in 1971 only 23 students graduated and the guest speaker is no other than Congresswoman Juanita L. Nepomuceno. Most of the students are from poor families who go back home only on weekends, using their workbenches and drafting tables as sleeping quarters at night, to defray their transportation expenses. Starting from an old two-story building near the Lazatin Vinegar Plant. Today the school is located in a highly urbanized Sunset Subdivision in Barangay Cutcut, Angeles City.