HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATION

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

the cultivation of the human race to organizesociety and its capacity to direct it
by virtue of laws and regulations

Philippine Public Administration

 The Philippine public administration as a field of study was

officiallyintroduced in the 1950’s. It showcased the inimitable way of Filipinos in
running,managing, and organizing public service

 Philippine public administration is shaped by three major institu- tions:

Education
Politics and Govemment

PRE-COLONIAL ERA SHORT LIVED REPUBLIC

GOVERNMENT

 The barangay was the Filipino's earliest form of government. It was an

independent settlement consisting of thirty to one hundred families usually
situated along a river bank or at the mouth of a river spilling out to the sea.

 Each barangay was ruled by a datu or village chief who was also known as raha
or rajah. Some datus were more powerful than others and, consequently, were
duly respected and exercise tremendous influence.

 To rule and govern his subjects and to promote their well-being. In times of
peace, he was the chief executive, legislator, and judge. And, in times of conflict,
he was the supreme commander of the warriors.

EDUCATION
 The babaylan had the power which educate the people on the TRIBE

AMERICAN PERIOD TO JAPANESE PERIOD

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

 The United States Military Government of the Philippine Island

 Modern government arrived just before the century. The American were efficient
in their way.
 Filipinos for self-government and ultimate independence
 During military rule (1898–1902), the U.S. military commander governed the
Philippines under the authority of the U.S. president as Commander-in-Chief of
the United States Armed Forces.

First Philippine Commission

 Under the military government, initially with soldiers as teachers; civil and
criminal courts were reestablished, including a supreme court; and local
governments were established in towns and provinces.

Tydings-McDuffie

 passed by the U.S. Congress, the Commonwealth Government was established to

succeed American Insular Government in the Philippines
THE COMMONWEALTH

 a ten-year transitory government which gave Filipinos a chance to prove to the

Americans their capability readiness in handling their own government.

EDUCATION

 Department of Education, Health and Public Welfare

Access to education by the Filipinos was later liberalized through the enactment of the
Educational Decree of 1863

THOMASITES

 Volunteer American soldiers became the first teachers of the Filipinos. Part of
their mission was to build classrooms in every place where they were assigned.

JAPANESE

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

The Kapisanan ng Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas

 Association for Service to the New Philippines, or KALIBAPI, was a fascist

Filipino political party that served as the sole party of state during the Japanese
occupation.

EDUCATION
 Under the Japanese regime, the teaching of Tagalog, Philippine History, and
Character Education was reserved for Filipinos. Love for work and dignity of
labor was emphasized. On February 27, 1945, the Department of Instruction was
made part of the Department of Public Instruction.