Education in the Philippines has evolved from early settlers to the present. The Philippine Educational system has a very deep history in which it has undergone several stage of development going to the present system of education.

1. Lignes, Franzelle Mae G.
de la Cruz, Charmaine A.

2. Objectives:
At the end of the session the students are expected
to;
trace the development of the Philippine Educational System
from the Pre-Spanish era to the Present along the National
Development goals and objectives of Education
know the significant laws in the Philippine Education
acquainted with the Historical Development of the Philippine
Educational System
underscore the teacher’s role in the National Program for the
expansion to a 12-year Basic Educational Cycle

3. “ That men do not learn very
much from the lessons of
history is the most important
of all the lessons that history
has to teach.”
-Aldous Huxley

4. PRE-MAGELLANIC/PRE-SPANISH EDUCATION
Education was;
o Informal
o Unstructured
o Devoid of methods

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7. SPANISH EDUCATION
 The educational system was formal.
 Teaching of Spanish language was compulsory.
 Education during that period was in adequate, suppressed and
controlled.

8. • The tribal tutors were replaced by the Spanish Missionaries.
• Religion-oriented.
• It was for the elite.
• Educational Decree of 1863
– municipal government- one primary school for boys and girls in
each town.
– jesuits – normal school for male teachers.

9. • The schools maintained by Spain for more than three centuries were
closed for the time being but were reopened on August 29, 1898 by
the Secretary of Interior.
• The Burgos Institute in Malolos, the Military Academy of Malolos,
and the Literary University of the Philippines were established.
• Malolos Constitution established a system of free and compulsory
elementary education.

10. • Schurman Commission- adequate secularized and free public school
system.
• Taft Commission per instructions of President McKinley - Free
primary instruction that trained the people for the duties of
citizenship and avocation.
• English- medium of instruction.

11. • 1901 - A highly centralized public school system was installed.
• The implementation of this Act created a heavy shortage of
teachers so the Philippine Commission authorized the Secretary of
Public Instruction to bring to the Philippines 600 teachers from the
U.S.A. They were the Thomasites.

12. • Philippine Commission - The high school system supported by
provincial governments, special educational institutions, school of
arts and trades, an agricultural school, and commerce and marine
institutes were established in 1902.
• 1908 - the Philippine Legislature approved Act No. 1870 created
University of the Philippines.
• The Reorganization Act of 1916
- the Filipinization of all department secretaries except the
Secretary of Public Instruction.

13. • Military Order No. 2 in 1942 - Japanese educational policies.
• The Philippine Executive Commission- Commission of Education,
Health and Public Welfare and schools
– reopened in June 1942.
• On October 14, 1943, the Japanese - sponsored Republic created the
Ministry of Education.

14. • Tagalog, Philippine History, and Character Education was reserved
for Filipinos.
– Love for work and dignity of labor was emphasized
• February 27, 1945, the Department of Instruction was made part of
the Department of Public Instruction.

15. • 1947, by virtue of Executive Order No. 94, the Department of
Instruction was changed to Department of Education.
– Bureau of Public and Private Schools- regulation and supervision
of public and private schools.
• 1972- Department of Education and Culture by virtue of
Proclamation 1081.
• 1978- Ministry of Education and Culture in virtue of P.D. No. 1397.
- 13 regional offices were created
- major organizational changes were implemented

16. • The Education Act of 1982 - Ministry of Education, Culture and
Sports.
• 1987- Department of Education, Culture and Sports in by virtue of
Executive Order No. 117.
• EO No. 117 -The structure of DECS as embodied has practically
remained unchanged until 1994.
• Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
– supervise tertiary degree programs and non-degree technical-vocational
programs, respectively.

17. The Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM) report
provided the impetus for Congress to pass RA 7722 and RA 7796 in
1994 creating the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA),
respectively.

18. • DECS’ - elementary, secondary and non-formal education, including
culture and sports.
• TESDA- post-secondary, middle-level manpower training and
development.
• CHED - is responsible for higher education.
• August 2001, Republic Act 9155, (Governance of Basic Education
Act)
– (DECS) to (DepEd)
– redefining the role of field offices (regional offices, division offices,

19. • provides the overall framework for:
– school head empowerment by strengthening their leadership
roles.
– school-based management within the context of transparency
and local accountability.
Goal of basic education: provide the school age population and
young adults with skills, knowledge, and values to become caring,
self-reliant, productive and patriotic citizens.

20. SUMMARY OF THE
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
FOLLOWS: YEAR OFFICIAL NAME HEAD OF
OFFICE
LEGAL BASES
1863 Superior Commission
of Primary Instruction
Chairman Educational Decree
of 1863
1901-1916 Department of Public
Instruction
General
Superenten-dent
Act No. 74 of the
Philippine
Commission, Jan 21,
1901
1916-1942 Department of Public
Instruction
Secretary Organic law of 1916
(Jones Law)

21. YEAR OFFICIAL NAME HEAD OF
OFFICE
LEGAL BASES
1942-1944 Department of
Education, Health &
Public Welfare
Commissioner Renamed by the
Japanese exec.
Commission, June 11,
1947
1944 Department of
Education, Health &
Public Welfare
Minister Renamed by
Japanese Sponsored
Philippine Republic
1944 Department of Public
Instruction
Secretary Renamed by
Japanese Sponsored
Philippine Republic
1945-1946 Department of Public
Instruction and
Information
Secretary Renamed by
Commonwealth
Government

22. YEAR OFFICIAL NAME HEAD OF
OFFICE
LEGAL BASES
1946-1947 Department of
Instruction
Secretary Renamed by
Commonwealth
Government
1947-1975 Department of
Education
Secretary E.O. No. 94 October
1947
(Reorganization Act
of 1947)
1975-1978 Department of
Education and
Culture
Secretary Proc. No. 1081,
September 24, 1972
1978-1984 Ministry of Education
and Culture
Minister P.D No. 1397, June 2,
1978

23. YEAR OFFICIAL NAME HEAD OF
OFFICE
LEGAL BASES
1984-1986 Ministry of Education,
Culture and Sports
Minister Education Act of
1982
1987-2001 Dept. of Education,
Culture & Sports
Secretary E.O. No. 117 January
30, 1987
2002-
present
Department of
Education
Secretary R.A 9155