Professional Documents
Culture Documents
of the Philippine
Education System”
Development of
Education in
the Philippines
from "Pre-
Spanish to
Present Times”
TIMELIN
Before 1521
E
Education before the coming of Spaniards
1521-1896
Education during the Spanish Regime
1896-1899
Education during the Philippine Revolution
1898-1935
Education during the American Occupation
1935-1941
Education during the Philippine Commonwealth
1941-1944
Education during the Japanese Occupation
Pre- Hispanic
(Pre-Spanish Period)
Education
•No formal schools
• Religion (Christian
Doctrine) – was a compulsory
subject at all levels.
• Education was privileged only to Spanish
students.
• 19th century – public education for the
natives.
• Educational decree of 1863 – required the
establishment of one primary school for
girls and one for boys in each major town of
the country.
• Establishment of the normal school for the
training of teachers.
• Spanish Language – medium of instruction in
all schools.
Problems faced during the period:
• Absence of systematic government supervision of the schools.
• Over emphasis on religion.
• Limited and Irrelevant Curriculum
• Lack of trained teachers
(150 teacher-missionaries to instruct over half a
million inhabitants)
• Obsolete Teaching Methods.
• Poor classroom facilities
• Inadequate instructional materials.
• Racial discrimination against Filipino students.
• Absence of academic freedom.
“Philippine Revolution"
Ilustrados – spearhead the Propaganda
Movement.
Curricular reforms:
1. Secularization of education.
2. Instruction of Spanish.
3. Greater attention to natural science.
4. The design of a relevant curriculum.
5. Improvement of higher center of learning
6. Improvement of educational system.
» Jose Rizal - criticized unequivocally the friars’
method of instruction in his two novels Noli
Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
• Elementary
• Secondary
• College
• English language
• Filipino Pensionados
Most important Colleges during American
Rule
Public School Private School
• Philippine Normal • Siliman University
School • Centro Escolar de
• University of the Señoritas
Philippines • Philippine Women’s
University
Philippine
Commonwealth
• All schools should develop moral
character, personal discipline, civic
conscience and vocational
efficiency.
• Promote effective participation
of the citizens in the processes
of a democratic society.
•1935 Constitution
•National Council of Education
(1936)
•Educational Act of 1940
“Japanese
Regime"
6 Basic Principles of Japanese Education
1. Realization of NEW ORDER and promote friendly relations between
Japan and the Philippines to the farthest extent
2. Foster a new Filipino culture based
3. Endeavor to elevate the morals of people, giving up over emphasis of
materialism
4. Diffusion of the Japanese language in the philippines
5. Promotion of VOCATIONAL course
6. To inspire people with the spirit of love and labor
CURRICULUM
:
• School calendar became longer
• No summer vacation for students
• Class size increased to 60
•Deleted anti-asian opinions, banned the singing of
american songs, deleted american symbols, poems and
pictures
•Nihongo as a means of introducing and cultivvating
love for Japanese culture
• Social Studies
Take
Note!
Spanish- Reign for 300 years
American- 50 years
Japanese- about 4 years
•It is thus not surprising that despite the measure
they had instituted, the Japanese failed to succeed in
transforming the values and attitudes of the people in
line with their vision of the NEW ORDER.
•A contributory factor was widely reported brutalities
that ushered in the Japanese occupation that the
filipinos did not experience with the same degree
during the American period.
“After World War II"
ACADEMIC TRACK
SPORTS TRACK
TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL LIVELIHOOD
“ACADEMIC
TRACK"
Academic Track includes the following strands:
Reporter:
EUNICE GAY S.