sometime before 1952, the school was renamed pablo borbon memorial trade school as a tribute to pablo borbon who served as the 6th governor of the batangas from 1910 to 1916. through republic act no. 741, the school gained a national trade status on 18 june 1952. again, it was renamed pablo borbon regional school of arts and trades on 22 june 1957 as mandated by republic act no. 1957. two months later, arsenio galauran became the school superintendent while the institution started to offer technical courses. galauran was succeeded by vicente mendoza on november 1962. mendoza was then followed by rosauro de leon on 8 june 1963. it was during de leon's administration that the school began to offer terminal classes in auto mechanics, cosmetology, electronics, dressmaking, machine shop practice, and radio mechanics. on 19 june 1965, republic act no. 4582 directed the school to offer degree courses in industrial education and industrial arts.