Don Bosco Tarlac was opened in 1947 in the rented Oriente Hotel by Fr. James Wilson, an American army chaplain at Clark Air Base concerned with the Catholic education of the youth of Tarlac. Because of his devotion to the saint, he named his school St. John Bosco Academy. It transferred to its present site in Brgy. Sto. Cristo in 1948. In 1951, the school received its first Salesian, Fr. Anthony DiFalco.
From then onwards, it received a steady stream of Salesians who continued to improve the school. It started its technical curriculum in 1974 and four years later came to be known as Don Bosco Technical Institute. From a student population of 80 in 1947, it has grown to around 1,100 at present.
DBTI is made up of the Educative Pastoral Community (EPC). Its main components are the Salesians, the teaching and non-teaching personnel, the alumni, the parents, and the students. The Salesian spirit gives to the institution its lifestyle, its way of doing things. One element is the Family Spirit. Being an educational institution, DBTI has a system of education called the Preventive System. This system rests on the pillars of religion, reason, and loving kindness.
Vision
"We, the Educative Pastoral Community of Don Bosco Tarlac, envision the young as servant leaders in the Church of the Poor. Faithful to the teachings of St. John Bosco, we develop their giftedness and their power of choice to enable them to contribute to social transformation."Mission
"By being living witnesses, we commit ourselves to provide a holistic education within a culture of excellence, spirit of collaboration, and in the context of the Preventive System."
