Its establishment came into reality as a result of the feasibility study initiated by the defunct Bicol River Basin Development Program (BRBDP).

Ulpiano D. Duran, Sr. so that poor and deserving Nabueños who wish to take post-secondary and collegiate courses could be freed from the burden of going to other places and save a lot of their education.

Sofio Barela, Sr. the Sangguniang Bayan passed a resolution for the creation of a community college within the Nabua National High School.

Considering the merit of the request, Governor Fuentebella endorsed the proposal to BRBDP Director Col. Lorenzo Ballecer, a Nabueño, who then initiated the conduct of the feasibility study by his technical staff with the assistance of some personnel of Nabua National High School.

In the course of the study, the team did not only consider the establishment of a community college but also the possibility of putting up a state tertiary institution in the area.

With the very strong representation of his father, Assemblyman Arnulfo P. Fuentebella sponsored a bill creating a polytechnic college of the Nabua National High School using the result of the feasibility as basis, which later became Batas Pambansa (BP) Bilang 512, approved by the President Ferdinand E. Marcos on June 10, 1983.

2 of BP 512 states that:“The College shall primarily provide higher technological, professional, and vocational instruction and training in fisheries, trades and technology, arts and sciences, as well as short term technical and vocational courses, as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary, and shall promote research in the exploration and conservation of natural resources in the province.”[5]The immediate targets are the graduates of the barangay, private and public high schools, out of school youths and dropouts within Rinconada area, which comprises six municipalities and one city: Nabua, Baao, Bula, Bato, Buhi, Balatan and Iriga City.

During its second organizational meeting on April 1, 1985, the implementing guidelines were approved and Provincial Kagawad Fernando O. Beriña was designated Officer-in-charge.

A total approximation of five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) was approved by the Provincial Government of Camarines Sur for the 1985 operation of the college as provided for in BP 512.

Under her leadership, she negotiated the temporary use of the Gabaldon Building owned by the Municipal Government of Nabua to accommodate the increasing enrolments.

In the same year, the Parents-Teachers Association initiated the construction of a four-classroom cottage made of Light Local Materials.

Conscious of the aim and objectives of technical education, improvements of program offered as well as infrastructure developments have been realized.

Under her leadership, Secretary Raul Roco donated a two-classroom building and the improvement of the AVR through the funding assistance of Senator Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.

10231, separating CSPC Naga Campus and converting it into Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology (BISCAST).

[10] On April 12, 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act 11283, converting CSPC to Polytechnic State University of Bicol.

Dr. Amado A. Oliva, Jr., former Vice-President for Academic Affairs of CSPC, was elected as the sixth college president during a special Board of Trustees meeting held on November 23, 2023.

[16] The Journal of Education, Management and Development Studies (JEMDS) listed in DOAJ was founded and is published at quarterly frequency.