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Education in the Philippines has undergone several stages of development from the pre-Spanish times
to the present. In meeting the needs of the society, education serves as focus of emphases/priorities of
the leadership at certain periods/epochs in our national struggle as a race.
Video: The pre-Spanish system of education underwent major changes during the Spanish colonization.
The tribal tutors were replaced by the Spanish Missionaries. Education was religion-oriented.
Audio: It was for the elite, especially in the early years of Spanish colonization. Access to education by
the Filipinos was later liberalized through the enactment of the Educational Decree of 1863 which
provided for the establishment of at least one primary school for boys and girls in each town under the
responsibility of the municipal government; and the establishment of a normal school for male teachers
under the supervision of the Jesuits.
Video: Primary instruction was free and the teaching of Spanish was compulsory. Education during that
period was inadequate, suppressed, and controlled.
Video: During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines (1521-1898), the culture of the archipelago
experienced a major transformation from a variety of native Asian and Islamic cultures and traditions,
including animist religious practices, to a unique hybrid of Southeast Asian and Western culture,
particularly Spanish, including the Spanish language and the Catholic faith. Spanish education played a
major role in that transformation.
Audio: The oldest universities, colleges, vocational schools and the first modern public education system
in Asia were created during the colonial period.
Video: By the time Spain was replaced by the United States as the colonial power, Filipinos were among
the most educated subjects in all of Asia.
Video: Education became a very important issue for the United States colonial government, since it
allowed it to spread their cultural values, particularly the English language, to the Filipino people.
Audio: Instruction in English language, and American history, lead to forming of a national identity and
Filipino nationalism. Every child from age 7 was required to register in schools located in their own town
or province. The students were given free school materials. There were three levels of education during
the American period.
Video: The "elementary" level consisted of four primary years and 3 intermediate years. The
"secondary" or high school level consisted of four years; and the third was the "college" or tertiary level.
Religion was not part of the curriculum of the schools. as it had been during the Spanish period.
Video: COMMONWEALTH PERIOD The Constitution provided that: All schools shall aim to develop moral
character, personal discipline, civic consciousness, vocational efficiency and to teach the duties of
citizenship.
Audio: At the same time, education policy in the Commonwealth needs to be aligned. Education aimed
to continue the promotion of democratic ideals and way of life.
Video: Japanese educational policies were embodied in Military Order No. 2 in 1942. The Philippine
Executive Commission established the Commission of Education, Health and Public Welfare and schools
were reopened in June 1942.
Audio: On October 14, 1943, the Japanese – sponsored Republic created the Ministry of Education.
Under the Japanese regime, the teaching of Tagalog, Philippine History, and Character Education was
reserved for Filipinos.
Video 1. Philippine Republic Formed after the Philippine declaration of Independence (June 12, 1898)
Malolos Republic Formally established with the proclamation of the Malolos Constitution on January 23,
1899 in Malolos, Bulacan
Audio 2. The curriculum during the Philippine Republic Different experiments were used 3. The
curriculum during the Philippine Republic Jose V. Aguilar -School and community collaboration
Video 4. The curriculum during the Philippine Republic The use of the vernacular as a medium of
instruction
Video: it also includes the bilingual education policy the use of english and filipino as media of
instruction in specific learning.