BASIC EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT

THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA CARMELI

The University of Regina Carmeli, formerly Colegio de Nuestra Senora del Carmen, is a coeducational Catholic School established and administered by the Augustinian Sisters of our Lady of Consolation. The school came into existence in 1937 when Donia Estefania del Rosario Vda. De Jacinto, a sister of the late Mother Catalina de Jesus, OSA, donated a property for the education of the children of poor families in Barasoain. It was then the onlyIn May 1937, five Augustinian sisters with Sor Encarnacion as the superior took charge of the school, which was formally opened. In June 1937, the school was blessed and dedicated to our Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.Kindergarten and Elementary Courses were initially offered. Three years later, in 1940, three special vocational courses were opened: Typing, Stenography and Dressmaking. The outbreak of World War II forced the closure of the school. However, upon the insistence of the Japanese occupation forces, the school opened up again and the secondary courses were offered.The operation of the school was temporarily halted with the arrival of the American liberation forces in 1945. However, the school reopened later that year. This time, new college courses were added to the school’s curriculum.