title: Silliman University School of Basic Education
text: # Silliman University School of Basic Education
  
  The Silliman University School of Basic Education, abbreviated as SBE, is one of the academic units of Silliman University, a private university in Dumaguete, Philippines.
  
  ## Academic profile
  
  ### History
  
  * Directors of the School
  * Prof. Leticia R. Alcala, 2001-2007
  * Prof. Francisco E. Ablong, Jr., 2007 - 2011
  * Dr. Earl Jude Cleope, 2011–present
  
  Composed of the early childhood, elementary and the high school departments, its origins can be traced to as early as 1901 when Silliman Institute was founded as an elementary school for boys by American Presbyterian missionaries. In 1916, the first high school diplomas were awarded and way into the 1950s an early childhood school was developed. Over the years, these schools operated as separate units, but in 2001 a merger was made to form the present-day School of Basic Education.
  
  ### Programs
  
  * Early childhood
  * Elementary school
  * High school
  
  ### Student publications
  
  * Stones and Pebbles
  * Junior Sillimanian
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ "University Administrators" Archived 2015-06-24 at the Wayback Machine. Silliman University. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  * ↑ "School of Basic Education" Archived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. Silliman University. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  