Pre-Hispanic

Filipinos

Present Period
Spanish Period

American Period Martial Law Period

Commonwealth
Period

Japanese Period

Timeline of Philippine Educational System

 They had no formal schools and education
was oral, practical, and hands-on.
 The education during this period was to
prepare the children to become good
husbands and wives as well as to become
productive members of the community.
 The friars established parochial school in
accordance with the primary goal of
colonial education to spread Christianity
throughout the archipelago.
 Education during the period was privileged
only to Spanish students.
 The Educational Decree of 1863 was
implemented in the colony which required
the establishment of one primary school
for boys and one for girls in each of the
major town in the country.
 The absence of government supervision,
 Over-emphasis on religion,
 Limited and irrelevant curriculum,
 Obsolete teaching methods,
 Poor classroom facilities,
 Inadequate instructional materials,
 Discrimination against Filipino students
 Absence of academic freedom.
 The education was used as an instrument
to pacify the natives and eventually
colonizing the island.
 Taft Commission Act No. 74 established
the Philippine public-school system for free
education and teacher training.
Recruitment of US teacher and abolition of
compulsory religious instruction.
 August 23, 1901- the first group of
American Teachers arrived in Manila
through the Thomas ship.
 Thomasites- are one of the first American
teachers beside the American soldiers The
Filipinos learned to speak English and
appreciate the American way of life.
 In 1908 by the Act No. 1870 by the
Philippine Commission and the Philippine
Assembly, University of the Philippines
was created.
 Higher Education Institutions (HEI) was
also encourage.
 President Quezon created the National
Council of Education in 1936 as an
advisory body on educational matters.
 Dr. Rafael Palma was its first chairman.
 In 1983, the National Assembly enacted a
law providing for the establishment of
national vocational schools in different
parts of the country.
 Adult education was started during 1936.
 In the beginning of school year 1940-1941,
the National Language was a made a
compulsory subject in all schools.
 President Quezon issued his famous Code
of Ethics which was required to be taught
in all schools.
 Educational Act of 1940 reduced the
elementary levels from 7 years to 6 years.
 The minimum age for Grade 1 was raised
to 7.
 School starts from July to April.
 Educationwas sustained to be given the
same attention even in this period.
 TheNational Council of Education served as
an advisory body on educational matters
created by President Manuel Quezon in 1936.
 Auxiliary
improvements and
recommendations on the educational system
in the country were made by the council and
these enhancements with the assistance of
the government were acknowledge and
carried out.
 In compliance with mandate of the 1935
Constitution, a structured effort to develop
a common national language was driven
during Commonwealth administration.
 Vocational and adult learning's were also
given emphasis during this place.
 President Quezon issued his famous Code
of Ethics which was required to be taught
in all schools to help build up the moral
values of the Filipinos and Filipinos
nationalism.
 By virtue of the Educational Act of 1940,
numerous changes were made in the
Philippine educational system.
 Under this law, the elementary level was
reduced from 7 years to 6 years old.
 The minimum age for admission to Grade
1 was raised to 7 years old.
 January 3, 1942, the Japanese Military
Administration issued a proclamation order
No. 2 in 1942 which contained the 6 basic
principles of Japanese education in the
country
 Make people understand the position of the
Philippines as a member of the Greater East-
Asia Co-prosperity Sphere;
 Eradicate the old idea of the reliance upon
the western nations and to foster a new
Filipino culture on the consciousness of
people as Orientals;
 Endeavor to elevate the morals of the people
giving up over emphasis on materialism;
 Strive for the diffusion of the Japanese
language in the Philippines and to terminate
the use of English in due course.
 These six basic principles put importance
to the diffusion of elementary education
and to the promotion of vocational
education and Inspire the people with the
spirit of love and labor.
 In June 1942, schools were reopened and
The Philippine Executive Commission
established the Commission of Education,
Health and Public Welfare.
 On October 14, 1943, the Japanese-
sponsored Republic created the Ministry of
Education.
 School calendar became longer, no
summer vacation for students and
teachers.
 Class size increased to 60 and the
Japanese deleted anti-Asian opinions as
well as American symbols, poems and
picture from all instructional materials.
 Regulation and supervision of public and
private schools belonged to the Bureau of
Public and Private Schools.
 Integrated, nationalistic and democracy-
inspired educational system.
 They banned the singing of American songs
and Nihongo was used as means of
introducing and cultivating love for Japanese
culture. Department of Instruction became
Department of Education.
The objectives of Japanese Occupation were:
 to inculcate moral and spiritual values
inspired by an abiding faith in God;
 develop an enlightened, patriotic, useful
and upright citizenry in a democratic
society;
 conservation of the national resources,
perpetuation of our desirable values; and
 promote the science, arts and letters for
the enrichment of life and the recognition
of the dignity of the human person.
 The Department of Education became the
Department of Education and Culture by the
Proclamation 1081. P.D. No. 1397 changed it
to Ministry of Education and Culture.
 Bilingual education started 1974.
 Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports was
created by the Education Act of 1982 then it
became Department of Education, Culture
and Sports in 1987 by Executive Order No.
117.
 CHED and TESDA was established.
 Congressional Commission on Education
(EDCOM).
The Philippine Basic Education Curriculum:

 National Elementary School Curriculum

(NESC)
 New Secondary Education Curriculum
(NSEC) Revised Basic Education
Curriculum (RBEC)
 Secondary Education Curriculum (SEC
2010)
 K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum.
 Republic Act 10533 also known as “Enhanced
Basic Education Act of 2013”, or the K to 12
Curriculum encompasses at least one (1)
year of kindergarten education, six (6) years
of elementary education and six (6) of
secondary education, in that sequence.
 Secondary education includes four (4) years
of junior high school and two (2) years of
senior high school.
a. learner-centered
b. relevant, responsive and research-based
c. culture-sensitive
d. contextualized and global
e. uses pedagogical approaches that are
constructivist, inquiry-based, reflective,
collaborative, and integrative
f. adheres to the principles and framework of MTB-
MLE
g. uses spiral progression approach to ensure
mastery of knowledge and skills after each level
h. flexible enough to enable and allow schools to
localize, indigenize and enhance the same based on
their respective educational and social contexts.
 From Knowledge (K)15%,
 Process or skills (P)25%,
 Understanding(s) (U)
 30%, Performance/ Products (P) 30%
 (DepEd Order # 31 s. 2012) to Written
Works (WW), Performance Tasks (PT) and
Quarterly Assessment (QA)