Education during Commonwealth

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2. What is Commonwealth Period?
•The Philippine Commonwealth was the name of
the Philippines when it was still controlled by the
United States.
•Manuel L. Quezon was the first Filipino to
head an elected government in the
Philippines.

3. Philippine Educational System during
Commonwealth Period:
•All schools should develop, moral character, civic
conscience, personal discipline and vocational
efficiency.
• Methods used: Memorization, Recitation,
socialized recitation.

7. Commonwealth Act No. 586
•This is known as Education Act of 1940.
•It was approved on August 7, 1940 by the
Philippine Assembly. Repealed by R.A.
896)

8. The Law provided for the following:
1. Reduction of seven- year elementary
course to six- year elementary course.
2. Fixing the school entrance age to seven
3. National support of elementary
education.

9. 4. Compulsory attendance in the primary grades for all
children who enrol in Grade I.
5. Introduction of double- single session:
one class in the morning and another in the afternoon
under one teacher to accommodate more children.
6. Abolished grade seven

10. 7. Morning and afternoon classes
8. Class start from June to March instead of July
to April
9. A teacher should manage sections .
10. Opening should be June - March

11. Commonwealth Act no. 180
• Act No. 2706 Commonwealth Act No. 586
(Repealed by R.A. 896)
• This was known as the “Private School Law”
• Which made obligatory the recognition and
inspection of private schools and colleges by the
Secretary of Public Instruction so as to maintain
a standard of efficiency in all private schools
and colleges in the country.

12. • This law was amended by Commonwealth Act
No. 180 passed on November 13, 1936 which
provided that:
• The Secretary of Public Instruction was vested
with power to “supervise, inspect and regulate
said schools and colleges in order to determine
the efficiency of instruction given in the same.”

13. Other Commonwealth Acts:
• Commonwealth Act no. 1
– National Defence Act ;Preparatory military training
shall be given to the youth in the elementary grade
school at the age of 10. “shall extend through college”.
•Commonwealth Act no. 80
– office of adult education

14. Other Commonwealth Acts:
• Commonwealth Act no. 589
-singing of ceremonies
•Republic Act no. 896
- grade 7 ; one session; compulsory of
completion elementary grades