Evelyn F.

Matic, TCP 3 | PHINMA Araullo University

The Pre-Hispanic Period Spanish Period

No Formal Schools Establishments of Schools in the
Learning began at home country.

Oral; Practical; Hands On  Parochial schools established

by friars to teach Christianity
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (compulsory subject).
The objective was to promote Education is privileged only to
reverence for Bathala, respect for Spanish students.
laws, customs and authorities
represented by elders and 19th Century: Public Education for
parents. Native Filipinos where Spanish is the
medium of language.
Royal Decree of 1863: Establishments
of Colegios and Besteros.
Malolos Republic (First
Republic)
The priority.
Philippine Revolution
Schools were reopened by the
interior secretary. The founding of Propaganda

Free and compulsory primary Ilustrados spearheaded curricular

education. reforms:

1. Secularization;
2. Instruction of Spanish;
3. Attention to Natural Sciences;
American Period 4. Designing of a relevant
curriculum;
They used education as a vehicle 5. Improvement of higher center
for its program “Benevolent for learning;
Assimilation”. 6. Improvement of educational
Restore damages in school houses system.
and built new ones.

American teachers infused their 7.

students the spirit of “democracy”,
Americans discarded religious bias.
progress and equality.
Educational Act of 1901- Separation of
Taft Commission Act 74- Philippine Church and State in Education
Public School System
Encouraged Filipinos in the field of
Volunteer soldiers called teaching.
Thomasites
Outstanding Filipino scholars were sent to
3 Levels of Education: Elementary, US to train.
Secondary, College. Normal Schools were established for
teachers.

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World War II and Japanese
Period
6 Basic Principles in Japanese
Education
1. Realization of New Order and
promote friendly relations.
2. Foster a new Filipino culture
based.
3. Endeavor to elevate the
morals of people, giving up
over emphasis on materialism.
4. Diffusion of Japanese
language in the Philippines.
5. Promotion of VOCATIONAL
COURSE.
6. To inspire people with the spirit
of love and labor.
OTHER CHANGES
School calendar became longer.
No summer vacation for students.
Class size increased to 60.
Deleted anti-Asian opinions, banned
the singing of American ongs,
american symbols, poems and
pictures.
Nihongo as means of introducing
and cultivating love for Japanese
culture.
Social Studies.
Martial Law Period
1972- Department of Education became
Department of Education and Culture.
1978- Ministry of Education and Culture.
1982- Ministry of Education, Culture, and
Sports.
Philippine Commonwealth
(1935 Constitution)
All schools should develop moral
character, personal discipline,
vocational efficiency and civic
conscience.
Promote effective participation of
the citizens in the processes of a
democratic society.
Sources: The 1935 Constitution
The establishement of National
Council of Education (1936)
Educational Act of 1940
Third Republic
Department of Education was
established by means of Executive
Order 94 s. 1947.
Bureau of Public and Private Schools
– regulation and supervision of
schools.
Integrated. Nationalistic and
Democracy-inspired.
 Great experiments in the
community school and the
use of vernacular in the first
two grades of the primary
schools as the medium of
instruction.
 Establishment of Philippine
Educational Philosophy.
 Schools are incressingly using
Ims that are Philippine-
oriented.
 Memorandum No. 30 s. 1966
sets the order of priority the
purchase of books.
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 1974-Bilingual Education Scheme;
Filipino and English. Fifth Republic (1987
1978- Ministry of Education and Culture. Constitution)
Science, Math, English and Literature
were taught in English language while
1987 Constituion reiterated bilingual
the rest in Filipino.
policy.

Trifocalization = DECS, TESDA and

CHED.
2001- Department of Education,
K to 12 Curriculum Culture and Sports to Department of
Education (DepEd)

Mastery of basic competencies is Private schools offered better

insufficient due to congested facilities and education but much
curriculum. more expensive.

Philippines is the onbly country in Wide variety of private schools,

Asia with a 10-year basic education including all-boys’ and all-girls’
program. schools, religious schools,non-
sectarian schools, Chinese schools,
 Learner-centered, inclusive
special schools, and international
and developmentally
schools.
appropriate;
 Relevant responsive and Home schooling and open
research-based. universities due to economic
 Culture-sensitive. disciplines.
 Contextrualized and global.
 Use of pedagogical
approaches that are
constructivist, inquiry-based,
reflective, collaborative, and
integrative.
 Adhere to the principle of
mother tongue-based
multilingual education (MTB-
MLE).

Prepared:

Evelyn F. Matic, TCP 3 | PHINMA Araullo University