HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

OF PHILIPPINE
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

AMERICAN PERIOD
GOAL of EDUCATION
 LEGAL BASES OF
EDUCATION

AMERICAN PERIOD
 ACT NO. 74 of 1901
• Enacted into law by the Philippine
Commission
• The Act created the Department of
Public Instruction,
• Laid the foundations of the public
school system in the Philippines
• Provided for the establishment of the
Philippine Normal School in Manila
 ACT NO. 74 of 1901

• Made English as the medium of

instruction. (In 1949, the Philippine
Normal School was made a teachers'
college by virtue of RA 416 and, in
1991, it became a full-pledge
university by virtue of RA 7168.)
 PUBLIC ACT NO. 477
October 8, 1902
 Amended Public Act No. 74
Created the Bureau of Education under the
Bureau of Public Instruction
-Supervise and administer the public
school system in the country
-headed by the General Superintendent
of Schools under the Secretary of Public
Instruction
 ACT NO. 1870

 Established the University of the

Philippine Islands on June 18, 1908
University of the Philippines was
mandated to give advance instruction in
literature, philosophy, sciences, and arts
and professional and technical trainings to
every qualified student irrespectively of
 ACT NO. 1870
age, sex, nationality, religious
belief or political affiliation
Establishment of the College of
Agriculture in Los Baǹos and School of
Fine Arts in Manila in March 6, 1909
Simultaneous establishment of the
Colleges of Philosophy, Science, Letters
and Engineering
 ACT NO. 1415
An act establishing a Medical School
and Defining the Manner in which it
shall be controlled and conducted
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