TIMELINE OF PHILIPPINE EDUCATION

PRE-SPANISH TIME
by Ss FOUNDING OF
UNIVERSITY OF
Use of Alibata o Baybayin
SANTO TOMAS (UST)

1611

Ferdinand Magellan landed in the

Philippines.

1521
SPANISH PERIOD

Religious Congregations built

schools
Christian doctrines
Promotion of Spanish language
Imposition of Spanish culture
 End of Spanish rule in
the Philippines.

AMERICAN PERIOD

promote democratic
1908 ACT NO. 1870
ideas and way of life
Founding of the
1898 University of the
EDUCATION ACT OF 1901 or ACT OF 74 Philippines.
1901
600 teachers from the USA - Thomasites
public schools
Section 17 - Philippine Normal College (now
PNU)

ACT NO. 477

EDUCATIONAL DECREE OF
1863 Bureau of Public Instruction to Bureau of Education
1863 1902
Establishment of special educational institutions,
regulation of private schools school of arts and trades, and agricultural school,
establishment of public schools commerce, and marine institutions
founding of normal school high school system - provincial governments

at least one primary school for boys

and girls in each town under the UST was declared as Pontifical University by Pope
responsibility of the municipal Leo XIII.
government
establishment of normal school for
male teachers under the supervision
1899
of the Jesuits
MALOLOS CONSTITUTION
primary instruction was free
Free and compulsory elementary
education
 1943

START OF COMMONWEALTH PERIOD

Ministry of Education
develop moral character, personal discipline, EDUCATION ACT OF 1940

civic conscience and vocational efficiency

1940 Reduction of the elementary course from 7 to
duties of citizenship
adult education 6 years
School entrance age was 7 years old
1935
Compulsory attendance of primary children in

grade 1.

E. O. No. 134 START OF JAPANESE OCCUPATION

1942
1936 President Quezon
stop depending on US and Great Britain
designated Tagalog as
vocational education, technical and
the basis of a national
agricultural; love for labor or work; adopt the
language.
Nippongo language as a medium of instruction
Tagalog, Philippine History, and Character
Education

MILITARY ORDER NO. 42

Establishment of the Commission of

Education , Health, and Public Welfare
 1948 THIRD REPUBLIC

democratic ideals and way of life

equal educational opportunity for all
civil service eligibility of teachers
1968 Executive Order no. 202

1954 R.A. 1079 PCSPE - Presidential Commission to

Department of Instruction
Survey the Philippine Education
became part of the Made permanent the civil service

Department of Public eligibility of teachers

R.A. 5447
Instruction
1955
R.A. 1265 Special Education Fund Act
1945
Making flag ceremony compulsory in
all educational institutions

R.A. 4670
1966
1947 Magna Carta for Public School Teachers

Executive Order No. 94

o Department of Instruction to Department of

Education
o Bureau of Public and Private Schools
regulation and supervision of public and
private schools R.A. 1425 or Rizal Law
1956
Directs all public and private schools, colleges,
R.A. no 139 and universities to include in their curricula
Provides the basics for the selection and courses or subjects on the life, works, and
adoption of textbooks. writings of Dr. Jose Rizal.
 1982 Batas Pambansa Blg 232

1975 o voluntary accreditation for schools, colleges

PD no. 146
or universities
NCEE (National College
1972 o obligations and qualifications of teachers and
PD 6A or Educational Decree of 1972 Entrance Examination) was first
administrators
administered. o government financial assistance to private
Provided for the national development goals
and the aims of the educational system, and schools
established a ten-year educational o established integrated system of education
development program.
PRODED was launched
Proclamation 1081 of 1972 Presidential Decree no.1006 Program for Decentralized Education

Department of Education became the 1976

NESC
Department of Education and Culture Professionalization of teachers
and teaching. New Elementary School Curriculum

1981 MECS ORDER no 57

1973 Constitution
o Provides for the protection of all students in all
1973 o to foster love of country
institutions of HEIs.
o to teach the duties of citizenship
o to develop moral character, self- 1978 PD no 1397
discipline and scientific, technological
and vocational efficiency o became Ministry of Education and Culture
o 13 regional offices were created

New Society
MECS ORDER no. 22

o Use of Filipino in school, colleges, and

universities in teaching Philippine History,
1974
Government and Constitution, Rizals Life
DECS ORDER no 25 and Works, Sociology, Land Reform and
taxation, P.E., Home Economics, Nutrition,
Bilingual Policy
Practical Arts, General Psychology, and
Ethics.
 1989 R.A. 6728

Act providing assistance to students and teachers in

R.A. 6655 private education.
1988
Free public secondary education
New Secondary Education Curriculum was launched. Fidel V. Ramos became the president.
and for other purposes
1992
DECS ORDER no 107

Use of Filipino or English or both, but the language the

MECS ORDER no 44 child brings to school should be valued.
DECS ORDER no 49
Designating honor graduates
Educational Services Contracting Scheme was Designation of valedictorian, salutatorian
as first honors and second
institutionalized as one of the GASTPE programs. and honourable mention for top graduate.
honors for elementary grades.
1983

Report of EDCOM DECS ORDER no 30

1987 1991
1993
1986 Congressional Commission on Education National Elementary Achievement
1987 Constitution
Corazon Aquino Recommendations: Test (NEAT) for all grade 6 pupils in
became the president. - division of DECS into Department of public and private schools.
Basic Education, TESDA, and CHED

E. O. No. 189 - establishment of Teacher Education Center

of Excellence
Placing all public
E. O. No. 27 -professionalization of teachers
secondary school
Education to maximize - technical-vocational education reform.
teachers under the
respect for human rights
administrative R.A. no 7168
supervision and Converted Philippine Normal College into a
control of the university.
DECS.
 R.A. no. 7731 R.A. no 7687
1994
Abolished the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) required of all high school Science and Technology Scholarship Act
graduates seeking admission into a minimum four-year college program as mandated by P.D. 146.
R.A. no 7686
R.A. no. 7836
R.A. no 7743 Dual Training System Act (OJT)
Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act (LET)
Establishment of public libraries
R.A. no 7791
R.A. no. 7796 and reading centers in every
185 to 200 school days
Technical Educational Skills Development Authority barangay, city, and municipality of
the country. DECS order no. 1
R.A. no. 7722

Commission on Higher Education School calendar of elementary and

secondary shall not be less than 42 weeks
R.A. no. 7784
with a minimum of 200 class days.
Strengthen Teacher Education by establishing Centers of Excellence

Ten-Year Master Plan for Basic Early Childhood Care and Development
1995 1996 Education (1996-2005) 1998

Program for Basic

Joseph Estrada became the president.
o modernizing education
Education (PROBE)
o computer education and ICT program Programs:
o teacher training Multigrade Program in Philippine Education
R.A. no 8047 (MPPE)

Book Publishing Industry Preschool Service Contracting Program

Act SPED Personnel Enhancement Program

Resource Materials Development for
R.A. no 7877 1997 Children with Special Needs
Early Intervention Program for
Anti-Sexual Harassment Third Elementary Children with Disabilities
Act Education Program SQEE
o Standards for Quality
Elementary Education
 2010
Benigno Simeon Noynoy Aquino
became the president.
2000 Adopt-a-School Program was
launched.

Brigada Eskwela started.

2003

2013 R.A. no 10533

Enhanced Basic Education Act

R.A. no 9155
Gloria Arroyo became the president.
Governance of Basic Education Act

R.A. no 9163
Programs:
- Thinking Skills Development for Maximized National Service Training Program Act

Cognitive Development (TSD-MCP)

-Teacher Training Program
-Child Friendly School System (CFSS)
-Every Child A Reader Program (ECARP)
2001 - Brigada Eskwela
- -School-First Initiative
-School-Based Management