This document provides a history of inclusive education in the Philippines from 1902 to the present. It outlines key events and policies that helped develop inclusive education over time, such as the establishment of schools for students with disabilities in the early 1900s, the passage of laws like RA 7277 in 1992 to support persons with disabilities, and recent DepEd orders and policies to promote inclusive education. The document emphasizes that inclusive education embraces accepting all children regardless of attributes and ensuring equal opportunities for all to succeed.

1. MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION GRADUATE STUDIES
Extension of Graduate Programs
To QUEZONIAN EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE, INC.
ISO 9001:2015
EDAD 384 MANAGEMENT OF INSTRUCTION
FOR SPECIAL LEARNERS
JOVEN V. ORIJUELA
EdD Student
DR. LIZA MARIE M. MANOOS
Professor
AL A. LAURIO
EdD Student

2. SESSION OBJECTIVES
1. Cite relevant events about the history of
inclusive education in the Philippines.
2. Recognize the development of inclusive
education in the Philippines.

3. HISTORY OF
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

4. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
• all children in the same classrooms, in
the same schools
- UNICEF

5. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Abused
Children
Child
Laborer
Street
Children
Children in
Conflict with the
Law

6. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
• embraces the philosophy of accepting
all children regardless
⚬ race
⚬ size
⚬ shape
⚬ color
⚬ ability or disability

7. DEPED MANDATE
“shall protect and promote the rights of ALL
citizens to quality education at all levels, and
shall take appropriate steps to make such
education accessible to all”
- Article 14, Section 1 of the Philippine Constitution

8. HISTORY OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
The interest to
educate Filipino
children with
disabilities
through Mr. Fred
Atkinson,
General
Superintendent
of Education
1902 1907 1917 1926
Special
Education
program was
formally started
Insular School
for the Deaf and
Blind in Manila
was established
Home for the
Orphaned and
Destitute
Children was
built
Philippine
Association for
the Deaf (PAD)
was established
by Pedro Santos

9. HISTORY CONT’D…
Welfareville
Children’s
Village
In Mandaluyong,
Rizal
A school for
people with
mental
retardation
1927 1945 1949 1950
National
Orthopedic
Hospital School
for the Crippled
Children and
Youth
For long
hospitalization
of patients
Quezon City
Science High
School for gifted
was inaugurated
Facilitated
teacher training
in special
education
PAD opened
school for
children with
hearing
impairment

10. HISTORY CONT’D…
Elsie Gaches
Village
Abandoned and
orphaned
children
Youth with
physical and
mental
handicapped
1953 1956 1957 1960
Ms. Amelita Lita
Servando
established the
Special Child
Study Center in
Manila, the first
special school for
children with
mental retardation
in the Philippines.
Special Education
Section of the
Special Subjects
and Service
Education
by
The Bureau of
Public Schools
of the Department
of Education and
Culture
Some private
college and
universities
started to offer
special
education
courses on
graduate school
curriculum.

11. HISTORY CONT’D…
The Manila Youth
Rehabilitation
Center was
opened for the
emotionally
disturbed and
socially
maladjusted
1962 1963 1964 1965
The Philippine
Normal College
trained DEC
teacher scholars
under RA 3562
The Manila
Science National
High School for
gifted students
The Quezon City
National High
School for gifted
students
was established
by the Quezon
City Schools
Division
The training
program for
school admin of
SpEd classes
started.
RA 4564 was
enacted

12. HISTORY CONT’D…
Classes for
socially
maladjusted
were organized
in the .
Manila Youth
Reception
Center
1969 1971 1973 1975
DEC issued a
memorandum .
on Duties of the
Special
Education
Teachers for the
Blind,
The Juvenile and
Domestic
Relations Court of
Manila established
the Tahanan
Special School for
the socially
maladjusted
children and
youth.
DEC was
reorganized into
the Ministry of
Education and
Culture
Special Subjects
and Services
Division was
abolished.

13. HISTORY CONT’D…
Proclamation
1605 declared
1977 to 1987 as
the Decade of
the Filipino
Child.
1976 1977 1980 1983
MEC issued
Department
Order No. 10
(designated
regional and
division
supervisors of
special education
programs)
The School for
the Crippled
Children at the
Southern Island
Hospital in Cebu
City was
organized
Batas Pambansa
enacted the
Accessibility
Law

14. HISTORY CONT’D…
EO 232 was
enacted
Providing for the
Structural and
Functional
Reorganization of
the National
Council for the
Welfare of
Disabled Persons
and for other
Purposes
1987 1990 1991 1993
The Philippine
institute for the
Deaf, an oral
school for
children with
hearing
impairment, was
established
RA 7277 was
inaugurated
EO 385 was
enacted -
Creating a Task
Force to
Address the
Concerns of the
Persons with
Disabilities

15. HISTORY CONT’D…
EO 232 was
enacted
Providing for the
Structural and
Functional
Reorganization of
the National
Council for the
Welfare of
Disabled Persons
and for other
Purposes
1987 1990 1991 1993
The Philippine
institute for the
Deaf, an oral
school for
children with
hearing
impairment, was
established
RA 7277 was
inaugurated
DECS issued
Order No. 14
EO 385 was
enacted

16. HISTORY CONT’D…
First National
Sports Summit
for the Disabled
and Elderly
1995 1997 1997 1998
First Teacher
Training
Program for the
Integration of
Autistic Children
DECS Order No. 1
Designation of a
Regional Supervisor
for Special
Education
DECS Order No. 26
Institutionalization
of Special Education
Programs in All
Schools
promulgation
DECS Order No. 5
Reclassification of
Regular Teacher
and Principal Items
to SPED Teacher
and Special
Schools Principal
Item

17. HISTORY CONT’D…
DECS Order No. 104
Exemption of the
Physically
Handicapped from
taking the NEAT and
NSAT
DECS Order No. 108
Strengthening of
SPED programs for
the Gifted in the
Public School System
1999 2000 2001 2003
Recognized
SPED centers in
the Philippines
Magna Carta for
Disabled Persons
Alternative Learning
System (ALS) Act
(RA 9155)
RA 9262
Anti-Child
Abuse Law

18. HISTORY CONT’D…
DepEd Order No. 51, s.
2004
Standard Curriculum
for Elementary Public
Schools and Private
Madaris
2004 2006 2011 2012
RA 9344
Juvenile Justice
and Welfare Act
of 2006
Indigenous Peoples
Education Program
(IPED)
DepEd Order 62, s.
2011
National Indigenous
Peoples Education
Policy Framework
DepEd Order No.
105
Guidelines on
the Enhanced
Alternative
Learning System

19. HISTORY CONT’D…
RA 10630
Expanded Juvenile
Justice and Welfare
Act
2013 2015 2016 2017
DO 32, S. 2015
Adopting the
IPED Curriculum
Framework
DO 58, S. 2016
Implementing
Guidelines on The
Utilization of Fund
for Madrasah
Education Program
DO 32, s. 2017
Gender-
Responsive
Basic Education
Policy

20. HISTORY CONT’D…
RA 11510
An Act
Institutionalizing the
Alternative Learning
System in Basic
Education for Out-
of-School Children in
Special Cases and
Adults, and
Appropriating Funds
Therefor
2019 2015 2021 2022
DO 21, S. 2020
Policy
Guidelines on
the Adoption of
the K to 12
Transition
Curriculum
Framework for
LWDs
DO 44, S. 2021
Policy Guidelines
on the Provision of
Educational
Programs and
Services for
Learners with
Disabilities in the K
to 12 BEP
DO 23, s. 2022
Child Find Policy
for Learners
with Disabilities
(LWDs) Towards
Inclusive
Education

21. "Inclusive education is not just relevant today; it's
essential. It's about recognizing that diversity is
our strength and ensuring that every individual,
regardless of their background or abilities, has an
equal opportunity to succeed in our
interconnected world. Inclusive education is the
pathway to a more equitable and inclusive
society."
WRAPPING UP…

22. References:
• De Torres, M.S (2008). One hundred years of special education in the Philippines,
1907-2007. An unpublished Masteral thesis, College of Education, University of
Education, Diliman, Quezon City.
• Inciong, T.G., Gines, A.C (2007). Introduction to Special Education. Rex Book Store,
Sampaloc, Manila
• https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DO_s2009_72.pdf
• https://www.unicef.org/education/inclusive-education

23. THANK YOU!