TIMELINE OF HISTORICAL

DEVELOPMENT OF THE
PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM

Prepared by:
MATEO D. DEDAL
BEED-IV
Pre-Spanish era
BRIEF HISTORY
• The early Filipinos were already civilized, before the Spanish came and
conquer our country.
• They had government, laws, education, writing, literature, religion, customs
and traditions, commerce and industries and arts and services.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
• Rituals and ceremonies are consider as program that time
• For conformity

EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES
• Apprenticeship – at home
• Knowledge and skills
• Institutionalized – religious and imitation
• Attending religious rituals and ceremonies
LEGAL MANDATES
• Code of Kalantiaw
• Based on elderly rule of the chief in the barangay

PROPONENTS
• Parents
• Elders
• Babaylan andKatalona
Spanish era
BRIEF HISTORY

• Almost 333 years, colonize the Philippines .They are

after the 3G’s
• God - religion
• Gold – treasure
• Glory - power
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
• Elementary Education
• Parochial Schools
• Visitas (chapel)♪ Secondary Education
• Seminarios – religious vocation
• Beaterios – for girls
• Institutes
• Colegios
• Higher Education
• UST – Collegio de Sto.Rosario1995 – World Youth Day- Mass in
Quirino Grandstand and UST(Pope John Paul II)
• Collegio de San Jose
LEGAL MANDATES

• Royal Decree of 1863 (Educational Act of 1863)

• Establishment of a complete system of education in
the country comprising of elementary, secondary
and collegiate levels
• The provision of government supervision and
control of these schools
• The establishment of teacher training institutions

PROPONENTS
• Spanish missionaries
EDUCATION DURING THE AMERICAN ERA
BRIEF HISTORY
• Treaty of Paris – December 10, 1898 ,terminated the Spanish-
American raging in Cuba and the Philippines were ceded to the
United States by Spain for the paltry sum of US million.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
• Public School System
• Mass Education
• Elementary Education
• Secondary Education
• Higher Education
• Vocational Education
EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES

• English language was used as a medium of instruction.

• New subject areas were introduced -reading, writing,
arithmetic, language, good manners and right conduct,
civics, hygiene and sanitation, gardening, domestic
science, American History and Philippine History.
• American textbooks and reading materials were the only
educational materials used.
• Technical/ vocational skills were emphasized.
• “Thomasites” were the first teacher.
• Grade seven was included.
LEGAL MANDATES

• First Philippine Commission (President William McKinley, April

7,1900)
• Bring about an era of anew form of colonial governance over a long-
oppressed people.
• Educational Act No. 34(January 21, 1901)
• Established the Department of Public Instruction
Organic Act of 1916
• Department of Public Instruction is headed by a secretary.
• Act No. 74 – Educational Act of 1901
• ”Organic School Law” of the Philippines
• Continuance of public/private schools
• Prohibits teacher from teaching religion♪ Act No. 3162 & 3196 -
Munroe Survey Commission in 1925
 Commonwealth Period
BRIEF HISTORY
• Commonwealth Period Commonwealth started
in 1935 with Manuel L. Quezon as the
president.“Preparatory period” that would
enable the Filipinos to deserve independence.

• Filipino” language was used as the medium

of instruction
• It is during the time of presidency of Manuel L.
Quezon
LEGAL MANDATES

• Common wealth Act No. 80 in 1963 – Office of Adult

Education
• Commonwealth Act No. 4 – ROTC
• Executive Order No. 17(Quezon Code of Ethics) –
Foundation stone of emerging philosophy of the
Philippine Education system.

1935 Constitution
• moral character
• personal discipline
• civic conscience
• Vocational efficiency
• Citizenship training
Executive Order No. 17
• (Quezon Code of Ethics) – Foundation stone of emerging
philosophy of the Philippine Education system.
• During Commonwealth Period

Commonwealth Act No.586

• (Educational Act of 1940)
meet the increasing demand for public schoolteacher
shifting morning and afternoon class
Japanese Occupation
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

• re – opening of Elementary Schools

• re – opening of vocational and normal schools
• institutions of higher learning giving courses in
agriculture, medicine, fisheries and engineering
LEGAL MANDATES

Executive Order No.2- basic principles of education

• to make the people understand the position of the
Philippines as a member of East Asia Co-Prosperity
Sphere
• to eradicate the old idea of reliance upon the Western
nations
• to promote friendly relations between Japan and
Philippines
• to endeavor to elevate the morals of the people giving up
the overemphasis on materialism
• to strive for the diffusion of Japanese language in the
Philippines to terminate the use of English in due course
PROPONENT

• Jose P. Laurel
• required teachers to obtain licenses
after undergoing a rigid examination
• encouraged the propagation of Tagalog as the
national language
• require that majority of the governing board of
any school, college or university be Filipino
citizens
REPUBLIC ACT 4007

June 18, 1964

• An act amending section sixteen hundred eighty-

six of the revised administrative code, as amended
by republic act numbered twelve hundred seventy-
seven.
June 18, 1966
Republic act 4670
THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Its purpose is to provide programs for the
promotion and improvement of the well-being and
economic status of public school teachers.

August 4, 1969

Republic act no. 6054 - an act to institute a

charter for barrio high schools.
Executive Order No. 202
• in 1969 – Presidential Commission to Study
Philippine Education(PCSPE).
• Individual as a useful member of society
• Government’s book program
• Education for all
• Integrated System of Education
Presidential Decree 6-a
• (amended by PD 12350 – EDPITAF
(Educational Development Projects
Implementing Task Force)

• Ferdinand Edralin Marcos

1973 Constitution
– To foster love for country
- Teach the duties of citizenship
- Develop moral character.

Agencies - Curricular changes in elementary education

- Integration of values in all learning areas
- Emphasis on mastery learning
- Curricular changes in secondary education
- Increased in time allotment
- Elective offerings as part of curriculum Media of Instruction -
Bilingual Education Policy: use of English and Filipino as media
of instruction in specific learning areas. Educational Programs
Initiated - Project IMPACT- Instructional Management by
Parents, Community, and Teachers.
Republic Act 1124
• An act creating a board of national education charged
with the duty of formulating general education policies
and directing the educational interests of the nation

Republic Act 7877

• Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995
Republic Act 8525
• Establishing adopt-a-school program
In August 2001
Republic Act 9155

Otherwise called the Governance of Basic Education Act, was passed.

This act changed the name of the Department of Education, Culture
and Sports (DECS) to the Department of Education and redefined the
role of field offices (regional offices, division offices, district offices and
schools). The act provided the overall framework for school
empowerment by strengthening the leadership roles of headmasters
and fostering transparency and local accountability for school
administrations.

The goal of basic education was to provide the school age population
and young adults with skills, knowledge, and values to become caring,
self-reliant, productive, and patriotic citizens.
In 2005
the Philippines spent about US$138 per pupil
compared to US$3,728 in Japan, US$1,582 in Singapore
and US$852 in Thailand.

In January 2009

the Department of Education signed a memorandum

of agreement with the United States Agency for
International Development to seal $86 million assistance to
Philippine education, particularly the access to quality
education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM), and the Western and Central
Mindanao regions.
GOD BLESS
US!