In contemporary history, physical education in the Philippines developed into the

Bureau of Physical Education and School Sports. The nation's Executive Order No.
81 series of 1999 then integrated BPESS into the Philippine Sports Commission,
which has since assumed BPESS's departmental roles.

Before the foundation of either BPESS or PSC, the development of physical education
in the Philippines was conducted by one of three staff bureaus within its Department
of Education, Culture, and Sports. Referred to as DECS, the department began as the
Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports under the country's Education Act of 1982.
Sports organizations in the early 20th century were cultivated alongside educational
programs that were simultaneously sponsored by the government, including the
Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation and the Department of Public Instruction.

Passed in 1990, the Republic Act 6847 came to be known the Philippine Sports
Commission Act upon its creation as a primary governmental sporting institution, and
it continues to function with the Department of Education through collaborating in
nationally accredited physical education programs. The Department of Education and
the Philippine Sports Commission additionally cooperate in hosting annual sporting
events such as the Paralong Pambansa, in which student athletes participate from
around the nation.