EDUCATION IN

SPANISH ERA

 Formal education system.

Primary level to the tertiary
level of education
The schools focused on the
Christian doctrines.

 There was a separate school for boys

and girls.
The wealthy Filipinos or the
Ilustrados were accommodated in the
schools.
Colonial education brought more nonbeneficial effects to the Filipinos

 The first educational system for

students in the country was
established.
Provide school institutions for
boys and girls in every town.
Spanish schools started accepting
Filipino students.

Educational Decree 1863

 Agustinians first school, Cebu in 1565

College was equivalent to University
Colegio de San Ignacio first Boys
schools, Jesuits, Manila 1589
University of Santo Tomas
Dominicans, 1611
San Juan de Letran Orphaned boys,
1630

Schools for Boys

 Colegio de Santa Potenciana

first college for girls, 1589
Colegio de Santa Isabel 1632
beaterio established by
religious congregations.

School for Girls

 The friars were effective in evangelizing

the Catholic religion to the Filipinos.
Education during the Spanish regime was
privileged only to Spanish students.
One major failure of the educational
system of the religious congregations was
the withholding of the Filipinos to learn
other bodies of knowledge.

Effects of Colonial Education in

the Philippines