Title of Built

The 1987 Constitution REPUBLIC ACT No. 7722 REPUBLIC ACT No. 7796 REPUBLIC ACT No. 9155

Name
Article XIV Education, Science and Technology, Arts, Culture and Sports An Act Creating the Commission on Higher Education, Approaching Funds Therefore and for Other Purposes An Act Creating the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Providing for its Powers, Structure and for other Purposes. An Act Instituting a Framework of Governance for Basic Education, Establishing Authority and Accountability, Renaming the Department of Education, culture and Sports as the Department of Education and for other Purposes Renaming the Bureau of Non-Formal Education of Bureau of Alternative Learning System Authorizing the Undertaking of Educational Development Projects, Providing for the Mechanics of Implementation and Financing Thereof, and for Other Purposes An Act Providing for the Establishment and Maintenance of an Integrated System of Education The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers

Year
1987 1994 1994 2001

Remarks
Protection and promotion of the citizens right to quality education at all levels and take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all. CHED Created TESDA Protecting and promoting citizens right to qualify basic education and to make such education accessible to all by providing all Filipino children a free and compulsory education in elementary level and free education in the high school level. Ensuring within the context of a free and democratic system maximum contribution of the educational system to the attainment of the national development goals. Establishing and maintaining a complete, adequate and integrated system of education relevant to the goals of national development. Promoting and improving of the social and economic status of public school teachers, their living and working conditions, their employment and career prospects in order that they may compare favorably with existing opportunities in other walks of life, attract and retain in the teaching profession more people with the proper qualification, it being recognized that advance in education depends on the qualification and ability of the teaching staff and that education is an essential factor in the economic growth of the nation as a productive investment of vital importance. Teaching became a profession. A Licensure for teachers

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 356 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 6-A

2001 1972

BATAS PAMBANSA Blg. 232 REPUBLIC ACT No. 4670

1982 1966

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1006 REPUBLIC ACT No. 7836

Providing for the Professionalization of Teachers, Regulating their Practices in the Philippines and for Other Purposes An Act to Strengthen the Regulation and Supervision of the Practice of Teaching in the Philippines and Prescribing a Licensure Examination for Teachers and for Other Purposes

1977 1994

REPUBLIC ACT No. 9293 RESOLUTION No. 435 REPUBLIC ACT No. 7610 REPUBLIC ACT No. 7877

An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Seventy-Eight Hundred and Thirty-Six (R.A. No. 7836) Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers Excerpts: Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act An Act Declaring Sexual Harassment Unlawful in the Employment, Education, and for Other Purposes

1994 1997

1995

EXCERPTS from REPUBLIC ACT No. 8980

An Act promulgating a comprehensive policy and a National System for Early Childhood Care and a National System for Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD), providing funds therefore and for other purposes. Four Pillars of Education 1998

UNESCO

Teachers certificate units requirements changed from 10-18 units. Covers all public and private school teachers in all educational whether academic, vocational, special, technical, or non-formal. Other acts of neglect, abuse, cruelty or exploitation and other prejudicial to the childs development. Value the dignity of every individual, enhance the development of its human resources, guarantee full respect for human rights, and uphold the dignity of workers, employees, applicants for employment, students or those undergoing training, instruction or education. Promotion of the rights of children to survival, development and special protection with full recognition of the nature of childhood and its special needs; and to support parents in their roles as primary caregivers and as their childrens first teachers. Learning to know Learning to do Learning to live together Learning to be (Delors)