Timeline of

Philippine
Educational
System
Timeline of Philippine Educational System

Present Period
Pre-Spanish

Spanish Period New Society Kto12

American Period

Commonwealth Period

Japanese Period

Today
Spanish
Native Colonization American Colonization 2013
Survival Revolution Democracy
Pre-Spanish Period
Goal and aims
Goal of Education: integration of the individuals into tribes

Aim of Education: For survival, conformity and

enculturation
1. The type of education is informal and unstructured
2. The home serves as their school
3. The parents serves as their teachers
4. Girls do domestic chores
5. Boys will look for food and livelihood
The focus is more of the customs and traditions
 Characteristics:
1. Not formal

2. Community-based

3. No educational system
Method of Education:
1. “Tell Me” or “Show Me” or demonstration
method

2.Alibata (Baybayin )which is composed of 14

consonants and 3 vowels

3. Oral immersion
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Spanish Education
Goals
It is to spread Christianity
The focus is more of the
religion
Characteristics:
Education is:
a. Not prescribed;
b. Flexible; and
c. Non-centralized

General Characteristics:
d. No grade level;
e. church based ; and
f. no educational system
Nature of Education:
1. Education was formal and under the
auspices of the Roman Catholic Church

2.There should be at least one primary school for

boys and girls in each town under the responsibility
of the municipal government

3. Primary instruction was free

Education:
Educational Decree of 1863
a. regulation of private schools
b. establishment of public schools
c. founding of normal school

UST
 Pontifical University by Pope Leo XIII on
September 17, 1902
 The Catholic University of the
Philippines in 1947
Roles:

1.The friars controlled the educational

system

2.The missionaries took charge in teaching,

controlling and maintaining the rules and
regulations

3. Parochial schools were led by

Dominicans and Jesuits

4.Establishment of normal school for male

teachers under the supervision of the Jesuits
Method:
What do they teach?
1. Teaching of Catholic religion- Christian doctrines
2.Latin and Spanish- Promotion of the Spanish language and
imposition of Spanish culture

Method of teaching:
a. catechetical instruction,
b. use of corporal punishment
c. rote memorization

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American Period
Goal
Goal: to spread Democracy

Foci: academic English language and

literature
Characteristics:
Course of study:
a. Prescribed;
b. uniform; and
c. Centralized

General characteristics:
d. Formal structured;
e. Existence of an
educational system
Promoting Education:
1. Education Act of 1901 or Act No. 74 a.600
teachers from the USA are called as Thomasites
b. Establishment of public schools

2. Section 17
 Philippine Normal College (now PNU)

3. Act No. 477

 Bureau of Public Instruction to Bureau of
Education
Promoting Education:
4.Philippine Legislature approved Act No. 1870
created UP

5.Special educational institutions, school of arts and

trades, agricultural school, commerce and marine
institutes were established in 1902 by the Phil
Commission
Promoting democracy:
Promote democratic ideas and way of life
1. Malolos Constitution

-free and compulsory

elementary education
a. Burgos Institute in Malolos
b. Military Academy of Malolos

2. Literary University of the Philippines

Levels of Education:
1. First level
-four year primary and three
year intermediate or
seven-year elementary
school
2. Second level
-four year high school
3. Third level
-two-year junior college and later
a four-year program

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Commonwealth Period
Goal:
1.Develop moral character, personal discipline,
civic conscience and vocational efficiency

2. Emphasize duties of citizenship

3. Educate adults
Promoting Education:
1. Executive Order of No 134 in 1936:
President Quezon designated Tagalog as the basis of a national
language

2. Education Act of 1940

a. 7 years to 6 years of elementary education
b. school age entrance - 7 years old
c. national support for elementary education
d. compulsory attendance of primary children in
grade 1
e. double-single sessions in the primary grade
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Japanese Era
Goal:
Goal: Spread of the new Asian Order

Focus: Principles of the new order

Characteristics:
Course of study:
a. Prescribed;
b. Uniform; and
c. Centralized

Propaganda tool: repressively anti- American

and anti-British, military backed existence of an
educational system
Content:
1.Instill a value to stop depending
on US and Great Britain
2.Vocational education, technical
and agricultural; love for labor or
work; adopt the Nippongo
language as a medium of
instruction
3.Tagalog, Philippine History, and
Character Education
Method:
a. Rote memorization;
b. use of threat; and
c. Punishment
Promoting Education:
1. Military Order No. 2 in 1942
-establishment of the Commission of Education, Health
and Public Welfare

2. Establishment of the Ministry of Education

(October 14, 1943)

3.Department of Instruction became part of the

Department of Public Instruction (February 27,
1945)
Promoting education:
4. Republic (1945-1972)
a. Promote democratic ideals and way of life
b. Apply equal educational opportunity for all
c. Civil service eligibility of teachers

5. RA 1265
-daily flag ceremony and singing of the
National Anthem
Promoting education:
6. Executive Order No. 94

a.Department of Instruction to Department of

Education
b. Bureau of Public and Private Schools
c.regulation and supervision of public and private schools

7. RA 4007

- elementary education was nationalized and

abolished matriculation fees
Promoting education:
8. RA 4670 (June 18, 1966)
-Magna Carta for Public School Teachers

9. PD 6A
a. Educational Decree of 1972
b.National development goals and the aims of
the educational system
Promoting education:
10. Proclamation 1081 of 1972
- Department of Education became the
Department of Education and Culture

11. P.D. No. 1397 of 1978

a. became Ministry of Education and Culture
b. 13 regional offices were created
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New Society (1973-1986)
Goal:
1973 Constitution:
a. To foster love of country
b. to teach the duties of citizenship
c.to develop moral character, self- discipline and
scientific, technological and vocational efficiency
Nature of Education:

a. CAT- Citizenship Army Training

b. mastery learning
c. elective offerings
d. values education
e.bilingual policy – use of English and
Filipino
Educational Programs
1. Project IMPACT
- Instructional Management of Parents,
Community and Teachers
2. ISOSA
- In School - Off School Approach
3. CPS
- Continuous Progression Scheme

4. NCEE
- National College Entrance Exam
Educational Programs
5. PRODED
- Program for a Decentralized Educational
Development
6. NEAT
- National Elementary Assessment Test
7. NSAT
- National Secondary Assessment Test
Promoting education
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a. Voluntary accreditation for schools,
colleges or universities
b. Obligations and qualifications of
teachers and administrators
c. Government financial assistance to
private schools
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