SPANISH PERIOD

Year: 1521 – 1898 (333 years)

 During the early years of Spanish colonization, education was mostly run by the church. Spaniards
friars and missionaries educated the natives and converted indigenous populations to the Catholic
faith.
 They established schools that taught us catechism, liturgical music, industrial and technological
techniques and of course, how to read and write.
 Years after (1593), Baybayin script was later replaced by Latin script.
 Tertiary schools was founded that mainly taught medicine and science courses.
 In 1863, Free access to modern public education started that provided a complete educational
system consisting primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
 Atleast two free primary schools was established, one for boys and one for girls under the
responsibility of municipal government.
 Filipinos became well educated and our education became higher than any other countries.

 Education became more of a privilege than a right.

 Overusing religion for us to be submissive and unquestioning.