Cebu State College of Science and Technology was the former name of Cebu Technological University and is a state college (now a university) in Central Visayas

Central Visayas

Central Visayas, designated as Region VII, is a region of the Philippines located in the central part of the Visayas island group. It consists of four provinces—Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor— and the highly urbanized cities of Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, and Mandaue City....

. Its former name Cebu School of Arts and Trades was changed to Cebu State College of Science and Technology with the passage of Batas Pambansa 412 by the Batasang Pambansa

Batasang Pambansa

The Batasang Pambansa , also known by its nickname, the Batasan, was the former parliament of the Philippines, established as an interim assembly in 1978 and finally as an official body in 1984. Under the 1973 constitution, it replaced the former Congress established under the 1935 Commonwealth...

 on June 10, 1983. The college was the result of the integration of various arts, trade, and fishery schools within the province of Cebu

Cebu

Cebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu Island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands...

such as the following:

1. Sudlon Agricultural College - Barili, Cebu
2. Abellana National School - Cebu City
3. Danao Vocational School - Danao City
4. Tuburan Vocational School - Tuburan, Cebu;
5. Moalboal School of Fisheries - Moalboal, Cebu;
6. Argao Agro-Industrial School - Argao, Cebu;
7. Quirino School of Fisheries - Carmen, Cebu;
8. Manuel A. Roxas Memorial School of Fisheries (Central Visayas College of Fisheries) - Daanbantayan, Cebu; and
9. Magsaysay School of Fisheries, San Francisco - Cebu