Education during Spanish Era

Goal – Spread Christianity

Agents
 Spanish missionaries
Curriculum – Religion
 (songs, doctrine, confession, communion)
 Spanish curriculum 3rs (reading, ‘riting, religion)
 To teach them how to read and write in the Spanish language
Method – Catechetical Instruction
 Teachers used corporal punishments
 Rote memorization (repetition without understanding)

Educational Decree 1863 – free public school system was established

Normal Schools (Jesuits) – Educate Male Teachers – MAESTROS

1875 – Normal Schools for Women Teachers were established.

The Effect of Spanish Colonization to the education in the Philippines

 Universities were opened
 Friars were effective in evangelizing the Catholic religion to all the Filipinos
 Withholding of the Filipinos to learn other bodies of knowledge

REPORTING

Thank you, Chloe, so, yun, education in the Philippines has undergone several changes
from the primitive times, to pre colonial period up to the Spanish era. In 333 years na
sinakop tayo ng mga kastila, madami ang nangyari, especially in terms of education. So
naging accessible yung education sa mga Filipino through the enactment of the
educational decree of 1863. Kasi, dagdag ko lang no, during early years of the
colonization of Spaniards, only the privileged one, the Maharlika, and the ilustrados
were allowed to study. Maharlika means freeman, o yung mga mandirigma noong
unang panahon. Yung mga ilustrado naman ay sila yung mga enlightened one mga
middle class na nakapag aral at nakatira sa europa. Bakit kaya sila lang? kasi takot yung
mga kastila na once na maalam o matuto na yung mga filipino, they might form a
revolution. Kaya itong enactment na ito parang nasa mid part na siya, na kung saan
kailangang mag established ng at least two primary schools in each town, one for boys
and one for girls, kasi separate sila. And these schools were under the responsibility of
the municipal government.
And yung normal schools are headed by Jesuits, mga pari, so they develop a school and
create teachers pero intended lang for male, nag tetrain sila ng mga teachers para
matulungan sila sila mag spread ng Spanish values and rules pero intended lang para sa
mga lalaki. Kaya relevant yung feminism issue kasi nga girl are intended to be staying
at home, doing house chores.
But, fortunately, At the latter part of Spanish period noong taong 1875, normal schools
for women teachers were also established, nabigyan na ng opportunity na yung female
teacher mag practice ng pag tuturo.

Lets move on to the effects of ___________________________. The first one is the

uversities were opened, maraming universities ang na established during that time.
-read, so basically, nag succeed yung mga kastila sa kanilang goal which is to spread
Christianity, na ma iconvert yung mga filipino into christianity. Diba dominant ang
religion na roman catholic sa bansa natin.
-the last one is, read.. the teaching of mathematics and science were neglected during
that time. Nalilimitahan yung education ng mga Pilipino, kasi nga yung teachings lang
ay Spanish , latin and filipin languages, and mas nag eemphasize sila sa mga religious
doctrines. So yung other bodies of knowledge like mathematics and science ay
naiisantabi.

That’s all thank you.