Don Bosco Tarlac was opened in 1947 in the rented Oriente Hotel located in Tarlac City Tarlac by Fr. James Wilson, an American military chaplain at Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Pampanga. He was concerned with the Catholic education of the youth of Tarlac. Because of his devotion to Saint John Bosco, he named his school St. John Bosco Academy. The school was transferred to its present site in Brgy. Sto. Cristo, Tarlac in 1948. In 1951, the school welcomed its first Salesian, Fr. Anthony di Falco, SDB. 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 its name was changed to Don Bosco Technical Institute. From a student population of 80 in 1947, it has grown to around more than 2,000 students at present.