NIDUAZA, SAMMER ANGELA A.

BSEd – ENGLISH 2
TIMELINE: HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PHILIPPINE EDUCATION SYSTEM
PRE-HISPANIC PERIOD
 Filipinos had no formal schools; Learning began in the home; Oral, practical, and hands-on
 Children were taught reading, writing, and arithmetic by their parents
 Parents were the teachers of basic skills
 Prepare children to become good husbands and wives as well as to become productive members of the
community
SPANISH PERIOD
 The Friars established parochial schools to spread Christianity throughout the archipelago
 Religion was a compulsory subject at all levels
 Public education for the natives began in the late 19th century
 The Educational Decree of 1863 was implemented
 The Philippine education remained inadequate and defective
PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION
 Education was one of the priorities of the Malolos Republic
 August 29, 1898 - Schools were reopened by the Secretary of Interior, ordered by President Aguinaldo
 A system of free and compulsory primary education was published
 Secondary education was provided by the government through the Burgos Institute in Malolos
 October 1988 - Tertiary education was provided by the government with the establishment of the Literary
Universities of the Philippines
AMERICAN PERIOD
 Americans started opening schools in Manila
 January 1901 - The Taft Commission enacted No. 74 which established the Philippine public school system
 August 23, 1901 - The first group of American Teachers arrived in Manila
 1908 - The University of the Philippines was created by virtue of Act No. 1870
 The establishment of Higher Education Institutions was also encouraged
 Pensionados were given the opportunity to pursue higher education decrees in US
COMMONWEALTH PERIOD
 1936 - Creation of the office of Adult Education
 1963 - President Quezon created the National Council of Education
 1938 - The National Assembly enacted a law providing for the establishment of national vocational schools in
different parts of the country
 The National Language was made a compulsory subject in all schools by S.Y 1940-1941
 Educational Act of 1940
JAPANESE MILITARY ADMINISTRATION
 January 3, 1942 – Proclamation Order No. 2 was issued
 June 1942 – Schools were reopened and the Philippine Executive Commission established the
Commission of Education, Health and Public Welfare
 October 14, 1943 – Japanese-sponsored Republic created the Ministry of Education
 February 27, 1945 – Department of Instruction was made part of the Department of Public Instruction
 1947 – By virtue of EO No. 94, the Department of Instruction was changed to Department of Education
 The regulation and supervision of public and private schools belonged to the Bureau of Public and Private
Schools
AFTER THE WAR
 The Board of National Education approved a new set of objectives in 1955
MARTIAL LAW
 1972 – The Department of Education became the Department of Education and Culture by virtue of Proclamation
1081
 1974 - A bilingual education scheme was established
 1978 - By virtue of P.D. No. 1397, it was changed to Ministry of Education and Culture
 1994 - The congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM) report encouraged Congress to pass RA 7722
and RA 7796 creating the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA), respectively.
 August 2001 - Republic Act 9155, known as the governance of Basic Education Act, was enacted