THE 
EDUCATIONAL 
COMMUNITY
FORMAL SCHOOL
THE EDUCATIONAL 
SYSTEM 
IN THE PHILIPPINES
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
• THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES WAS 
PATTERNED, BOTH FROM THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS OF 
SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, AFTER THE 
LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 1946, THE SYSTEM HAVE 
CHANGED RADICALLY AND MOVED AT ITS OWN.
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
• THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED) ADMINISTERS THE 
WHOLE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES THE 
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UTILIZED FOR SCHOOL SERVICES 
AND EQUIPMENT (SUCH AS BOOKS, SCHOOL CHAIRS ETC.), 
RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS FOR ALL PUBLIC IN THE 
PHILIPPINES, AND THE SUPERVISION AND ORGANIZATION OF 
THE SCHOOL CURRICULA.
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
• THE FORMER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE PHILIPPINES IS 
COMPOSED OF SIX (6) YEARS OF ELEMENTARY STARTING AT 
THE AGE OF 6 OR 7 AND FOUR (4) OF HIGH SCHOOL 
EDUCATION STARTING AT THE AGE OF 12 OR 13. IN THIS 
SYSTEM, EDUCATION IS NOT COMPULSORY.
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
• HOWEVER, SINCE JUNE 4, 2012, DEPED STARTED TO 
IMPLEMENT THE NEW K TO 12 EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHICH 
INCLUDES THE NEW CURRICULA FOR ALL SCHOOLS. IN THIS 
SYSTEM, EDUCATION IS NOW COMPULSORY.
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
• ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES MUST 
START CLASSES FROM A DATE MANDATED BY THE 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (USUALLY EVERY FIRST 
MONDAY OF JUNE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONLY) AND MUST 
END AFTER EACH SCHOOL COMPLETES THE 200 DAY SCHOOL 
CALENDAR OF DEPED (USUALLY AROUND THE THIRD WEEK 
OF MARCH TO THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL).
HISTORICAL 
DEVELOPMENT OF THE 
PHILIPPINE 
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
PRE-MAGELLANIC TIMES
PRE – MAGELLANIC TIMES 
• READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC
EDUCATION OF THE 
ANCIENT EARLY 
FILIPINOS
EDUCATION OF THE ANCIENT EARLY 
FILIPINOS 
• INFORMAL AND UNSTRUCTURED.
EDUCATION OF THE ANCIENT EARLY 
FILIPINOS 
• THE FATHERS TAUGHT THEIR SONS HOW TO LOOK FOR FOOD 
AND OTHER MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD.
EDUCATION OF THE ANCIENT EARLY 
FILIPINOS 
• THE MOTHERS TAUGHT THEIR GIRLS TO DO THE HOUSEHOLD 
CHORES.
EDUCATION OF THE ANCIENT EARLY 
FILIPINOS 
• THIS EDUCATION BASICALLY PREPARED THEIR CHILDREN TO 
BECOME GOOD HUSBAND AND WIVES.
EDUCATION OF THE ANCIENT EARLY 
FILIPINOS 
• EARLY FILIPINO ANCESTORS VALUED EDUCATION VERY 
MUCH.
EDUCATION OF THE ANCIENT EARLY 
FILIPINOS 
• FILIPINO MEN AND WOMEN KNOW HOW TO READ AND WRITE 
USING THEIR OWN NATIVE ALPHABET CALLED ALIBATA. THE 
ALIBATA WAS COMPOSED OF 17 SYMBOLS REPRESENTING THE 
LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET. AMONG THESE SEVENTEEN 
SYMBOLS WERE THREE VOWELS AND FOURTEEN 
CONSONANTS.
SPANISH SYSTEM
SPANISH SYSTEM 
• TRIBAL TUTORS WERE REPLACED BY THE SPANISH 
MISSIONARIES
SPANISH SYSTEM 
• RELIGION - ORIENTED.
SPANISH SYSTEM 
• FOR THE ELITE
SPANISH SYSTEM 
• EDUCATIONAL DECREE OF 1863 – ONE PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR 
BOYS AND GIRLS IN EACH TOWN
SPANISH SYSTEM 
• NORMAL SCHOOL FOR MALE TEACHERS
SPANISH SYSTEM 
• PRIMARY INSTRUCTION IS FREE AND COMPULSORY
SPANISH SYSTEM 
• EDUCATION IS INADEQUATE, SUPPRESSED AND CONTROLLED
SPANISH SYSTEM 
• SUBJECTS OFFERED: READING, CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, 
WRITING, SPANISH, ARITHMETIC, VOCAL/MUSIC, 
GEOGRAPHY, AGRICULTURE, HISTORY, NEEDLE WORKS (BOYS 
AND GIRLS)
REVOLUTIONARY 
GOVERNMENT
REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT 
• SCHOOLS WERE REOPENED ON AUGUST 29, 1898 BY THE 
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT 
• THE BURGOS INSTITUTE IN MALOLOS, THE MILITARY 
ACADEMY OF MALOLOS AND THE LITERARY UNIVERSITY OF 
THE PHILIPPINES WERE ESTABLISHED.
REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT 
• THE MALOLOS CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF 
FREE AND COMPULSORY ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.
AMERICAN REGIME
AMERICAN REGIME 
• SCHURMAN COMMISSION – ADEQUATE SECULARIZED AND 
FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
AMERICAN REGIME 
• TAFT COMMISSION AS PER INSTRUCTION OF PRESIDENT 
MCKINLEY – FREE PRIMARY INSTRUCTION THAT TRAINED 
PEOPLE FOR THE DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP AND AVOCATION.
AMERICAN REGIME 
• ENGLISH IS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION
AMERICAN REGIME 
• AMERICAN INFLUENCES CAN STILL BE SEEN IN OUR LIFESTYLE 
OR WAY OF LIFE.
AMERICAN REGIME 
• THE COMMONWEALTH PROVIDED FREE EDUCATION IN PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 
THE 1935 CONSTITUTION.
AMERICAN REGIME 
• EDUCATION ALSO EMPHASIZED NATIONALISM SO THE 
STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE FILIPINO 
HEROES.
AMERICAN REGIME 
• VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND SOME HOUSEHOLD 
ACTIVITIES LIKE SEWING, COOKING, AND FARMING WERE 
ALSO GIVEN IMPORTANCE.
AMERICAN REGIME 
• GOOD MANNERS AND DISCIPLINE WERE ALSO TAUGHT TO 
THE STUDENTS.
AMERICAN REGIME 
• THE INSTITUTE OF PRIVATE EDUCATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 
ORDER TO OBSERVE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
AMERICAN REGIME 
• IN 1941, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS STUDYING IN 
THE 400 PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY REACHED 
10,000.
AMERICAN REGIME 
• THERE WAS ALSO THE EXISTENCE OF "ADULT EDUCATION" IN 
ORDER TO GIVE FORMAL EDUCATION EVEN TO ADULTS.
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION 
• 1901 – A HIGHLY CENTRALIZED PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS 
INSTALLED
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION 
• CREATED A HEAVY SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION 
• THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZED THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC 
INSTRUCTION TO BRING TO THE PHILIPPINES 600 TEACHER 
FROM USA. THEY WERE THE THOMASITES.
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION 
• 1902 – 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.
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION 
• 1908 – THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE APPROVED ACT NO. 
1870 CREATED THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION 
• REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1916 – THE FILIPINIZATION OF ALL 
DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES EXCEPT THE SECRETARY OF 
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
JAPANESE REGIME
JAPANESE REGIME 
• MILITARY ORDER NO. 2 OF 1942 – JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL 
POLICIES
JAPANESE REGIME 
• JUNE 1942 – THE PHILIPPINE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION, 
COMMISSION OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND PUBLIC WELFARE 
AND SCHOOLS REOPENED.
JAPANESE REGIME 
• OCTOBER 14, 1913 - MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WAS 
CREATED
JAPANESE REGIME 
• TAGALOG, PHILIPPINE HISTORY AND CHARACTER EDUCATION 
WAS RESERVED FOR FILIPINOS.
JAPANESE REGIME 
• LOVE FOR WORK AND DIGNITY OF LABOR WAS EMPHASIZED.
JAPANESE REGIME 
• FEBRUARY 27, 1945 – THE DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION 
WAS MADE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 
INSTRUCTION
JAPANESE REGIME 
THE GOVERNMENT MADE SOME CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM OF 
EDUCATION IN FEBRUARY, 1942. THESE CHANGES WERE: 
• TO STOP DEPENDING ON WESTERN COUNTRIES LIKE THE U.S., AND 
GREAT BRITAIN. PROMOTE AND ENRICH THE FILIPINO CULTURE. 
• TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS A PART OF THE GREATER 
EAST ASIA CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE SO THAT THE PHILIPPINES AND 
JAPAN WILL HAVE GOOD RELATIONS. 
• TO BE AWARE OF MATERIALISM TO RAISE THE MORALITY OF THE 
FILIPINOS. 
• TO LEARN AND ADOPT NIPPONGO AND TO STOP USING THE 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
• TO SPREAD ELEMENTARY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. 
• TO DEVELOP LOVE FOR WORK.
DEPARTMENT OF 
EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
• 1947 – DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION WAS CHANGED TO 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
• BUREAU OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS REGULATES AND 
SUPERVISES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
• 1972 – DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WAS RENAMED 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE 
(PROCLAMATION NO. 1081)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
• 1978 – MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE IN VIRTUE 
OF PD NO. 1397
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
• 13 REGIONAL OFFICES WERE CREATED MAJOR 
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES WERE IMPLEMENTED
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
• EDUCATION ACT OF 1982 – MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, 
CULTURE AND SPORTS
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
• EO NO. 117 – DECS STRUCTURE REMAINED UNCHANGED 
UNTIL 1994 WHEREIN CHED (COMMISSION ON HIGHER 
EDUCATION) AND TESDA (TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND 
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) SUPERVISE TERTIARY 
DEGREE PROGRAMS AND NON-DEGREE TECHNICAL – 
VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS RESPECTIVELY.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
• RA 7722 - CHED (COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION) WAS 
CREATED
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
• RA 7796 - TESDA (TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) WAS CREATED.
THE TRIFOCAL 
EDUCATION SYSTEM
TRIFOCAL EDUCATION SYSTEM 
• DECS (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS) 
– ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION 
INCLUDING CULTURE AND SPORTS
RA 9155 
GOVERNANCE OF 
BASIC EDUCATION ACT
RA 9155 
• DECS (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS) 
WAS RENAMED TO DEPED DEFINING THE ROLE OF FIELD 
OFFICES (REGIONAL, DIVISION, DISTRICT OFFICES AND 
SCHOOLS)
RA 9155 
• PROVIDES THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK FOR (I) SCHOOL HEAD 
EMPOWERMENT BY STRENGTHENING THEIR LEADERSHIP 
ROLES (II) SCHOOL – BASED MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE 
CONTEXT OF TRANSPARENCY AND LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, 
GOAL TO BASIC EDUCATION: PROVIDE THE SCHOOL AGE 
POPULATION AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE 
AND VALUES TO BECOME CARING, SELF – RELIANT, 
PRODUCTIVE AND PATRIOTIC CITIZENS.
EDUCATION SYSTEM IN 
THE 
PRESENT PERIOD
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE PRESENT 
PERIOD 
• PHILIPPINE EDUCATION IS PATTERNED AFTER THE AMERICAN 
SYSTEM, WITH ENGLISH AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION.
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE PRESENT 
PERIOD 
• SCHOOLS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO PUBLIC (GOVERNMENT) OR 
PRIVATE (NON-GOVERNMENT).
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE PRESENT 
PERIOD 
• THE GENERAL PATTERN OF FORMAL EDUCATION FOLLOWS 
FOUR STAGES: 
1. PRE-PRIMARY LEVEL (NURSERY, KINDERGARTEN AND 
PREPARATORY) OFFERED IN MOST PRIVATE SCHOOLS; 
2. SIX YEARS OF PRIMARY EDUCATION, 
3. FOLLOWED BY FOUR YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. 
4. COLLEGE EDUCATION USUALLY TAKES FOUR, SOMETIMES 
FIVE AND IN SOME CASES AS IN MEDICAL AND LAW SCHOOLS, 
AS LONG AS EIGHT YEARS.
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE PRESENT 
PERIOD 
• GRADUATE SCHOOLING IS AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR MORE 
YEARS.
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE PRESENT 
PERIOD 
• CLASSES IN PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS START IN JUNE AND END IN 
MARCH.
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE PRESENT 
PERIOD 
• COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOLLOW THE SEMESTRAL 
CALENDAR FROM JUNE-OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER-MARCH.
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE PRESENT 
PERIOD 
• THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FOREIGN SCHOOLS WITH STUDY 
PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY.
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE PRESENT 
PERIOD 
• AN OVERALL LITERACY RATE WAS ESTIMATED AT 95.9 
PERCENT FOR THE TOTAL POPULATION IN 2003, 96 % FOR 
MALES AND 95.8 % FOR FEMALES.
FORMAL EDUCATIONAL 
IN THE PHILIPPINES
FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES FOLLOWS THE 
EDUCATIONAL LADDER OF 6 + 4 + 4 STRUCTURE (I.E. SIX 
YEARS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, FOUR YEARS OF 
SECONDARY EDUCATION AND FOUR YEARS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION FOR A DEGREE PROGRAM), EXCEPT FOR SOME 
HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHICH REQUIRE A LONGER 
PERIOD OF STUDY TO COMPLETE A DEGREE, COVERING A 
TOTAL OF 14 YEARS FOR ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND 
TERTIARY EDUCATION.
FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
STRUCTURE OF FORMAL 
EDUCATION 
FORMAL 
EDUCATION 
AGE OF STUDENT NUMBER OF 
YEARS 
LEVELS 
Elementary 
(Grade School) 
6 to 11 years old 6 Grade 1 to 6 (Public) 
Grade 1 to 7 
(for some private 
schools) 
Secondary 
(High School) 
12 to 15 years old 4 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year 
Tertiary 
(College or University) 
16 – 20 or 21 years old 4 to 5 1st, 2nd, 3rd and to 4th 
or 5th year
FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
• PRESCHOOL EDUCATION 
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION IS OPTIONAL FOR CHILDREN 3 TO 4 
YEARS OLD; SOME PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
OFFER NURSERY, KINDERGARTEN AND PREPARATORY CLASSES. THIS IS 
NOT PREREQUISITE FOR ENTRANCE TO GRADE ONE FOR THE 
ELEMENTARY LEVEL BUT MOST OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS REQUIRE 
PRESCHOOL OF KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION BEFORE ADMISSION. ON THE 
OTHER HAND, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IS REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN SIX 
TO ELEVEN YEARS OLD AND SOME PRIVATE EXCLUSIVE SCHOOLS OFFER 
SEVEN YEARS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.
FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
• ELEMENTARY LEVEL 
ELEMENTARY LEVEL PROVIDES BASIC EDUCATION TRADITIONALLY 
UNTIL THE SIXTH GRADE WHILE OTHER SCHOOLS OFFER UNTIL THE 
SEVENTH. IT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: PRIMARY LEVEL WHICH 
COVERS FIRST TO FOURTH GRADES AND THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 
WHICH COVERS FIFTH TO SIXTH GRADE OR UNTIL THE SEVENTH GRADE.
FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
• SECONDARY LEVEL 
THE SECONDARY LEVEL COVERS A PERIOD OF FOUR 
YEARS WHICH INCLUDES LEARNING AND TRAINING IN BASIC 
EMPLOYABLE SKILLS. 
STUDENTS RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATION OR 
DIPLOMA FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ELEMENTARY 
AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. BOTH LEVELS ARE 
PREREQUISITES FOR PURSUING TERTIARY EDUCATION.
FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE 
PHILIPPINES 
• TERTIARY LEVEL 
TERTIARY EDUCATION PROVIDE COURSES OF STUDIES 
GEARED TOWARDS DEGREES IN ACADEMIC/TECHNICAL 
DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS. IT COVERS A WIDE SCOPE OF 
CURRICULUM FROM TECHNICAL/VOCATIONAL TO 
PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS. THE 
TECHNICAL/VOCATIONAL PROGRAM IS USUALLY TAKEN 
BETWEEN ONE TO THREE YEARS OF SCHOOLING WHILE 
PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS REQUIRES FOUR TO FIVE 
YEARS OF SCHOOLING.
BATAS PAMBANSA 232 
THE EDUCATION ACT OF 
1982
BATAS PAMBANSA 232 
CHAPTER 1 
PRELIMINARY MATTERS 
• SECTION 1. TITLE - THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE 
"EDUCATION ACT OF 1982." 
• SECTION 2. COVERAGE - THIS ACT SHALL APPLY TO AND 
GOVERN BOTH FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL SYSTEMS IN 
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN ALL LEVELS OF THE ENTIRE 
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
BATAS PAMBANSA 232 
III. THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS 
CHAPTER 1 
FORMAL EDUCATION 
• SECTION 19. DECLARATION OF POLICY. - THE STATE 
RECOGNIZES THAT FORMAL EDUCATION, OR THE SCHOOL 
SYSTEM, IN SOCIETY'S PRIMARY LEARNING SYSTEM, AND 
THEREFORE THE MAIN INSTRUMENT FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT 
OF THE COUNTRY'S EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
BATAS PAMBANSA 232 
• SECTION 20. DEFINITION - "FORMAL EDUCATIONAL" REFERS 
TO THE HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED AND 
CHRONOLOGICALLY GRADED LEARNING ORGANIZED AND 
PROVIDED BY THE FORMAL SCHOOL SYSTEM AND FOR WHICH 
CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR THE LEARNER TO 
PROGRESS THROUGH THE GRADES OR MOVE TO HIGHER 
LEVELS. FORMAL EDUCATION SHALL CORRESPOND TO THE 
FOLLOWING LEVELS: 
• 1. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. - THE FIRST STAGE OF 
COMPULSORY, FORMAL EDUCATION PRIMARILY CONCERNED 
WITH PROVIDING BASIC EDUCATION AND USUALLY 
CORRESPONDING TO SIX OR SEVEN GRADES, INCLUDING PRE-SCHOOL 
PROGRAMS.
BATAS PAMBANSA 232 
• 2. SECONDARY EDUCATION. - THE STATE OF FORMAL 
EDUCATION FOLLOWING THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL 
CONCERNED PRIMARILY WITH CONTINUING BASIC 
EDUCATION AND EXPANDING IT TO INCLUDE THE LEARNING 
OF EMPLOYABLE GAINFUL SKILLS, USUALLY CORRESPONDING 
TO FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL. 
• 3. TERTIARY EDUCATION. - POST SECONDARY SCHOOLING IS 
HIGHER EDUCATION LEADING TO A DEGREE IN A SPECIFIC 
PROFESSION OR DISCIPLINE.
BATAS PAMBANSA 232 
• SECTION 21. OBJECTIVES OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION - THE 
OBJECTIVES OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ARE: 
• 1. TO PROVIDE THE KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOP THE SKILLS, 
ATTITUDES, AND VALUES ESSENTIAL TO PERSONAL 
DEVELOPMENT AND NECESSARY FOR LIVING IN AND 
CONTRIBUTING TO A DEVELOPING AND CHANGING SOCIAL 
MILIEU;
BATAS PAMBANSA 232 
• 2. TO PROVIDE LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHICH INCREASE THE 
CHILD'S AWARENESS OF AND RESPONSIVENESS TO THE 
CHANGES IN AND JUST DEMANDS OF SOCIETY AND TO 
PREPARE HIM FOR CONSTRUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE 
INVOLVEMENT; 
• 3. TO PROMOTE AND INTENSIFY THE CHILD'S KNOWLEDGE 
OF, IDENTIFICATION WITH, AND LOVE FOR THE NATION AND 
THE PEOPLE TO WHICH HE BELONGS; AND 
• 4. TO PROMOTE WORK EXPERIENCES WHICH DEVELOP THE 
CHILD'S ORIENTATION TO THE WORLD OF WORK AND 
CREATIVITY AND PREPARE HIMSELF TO ENGAGE IN HONEST
BATAS PAMBANSA 232 
• SECTION 22. OBJECTIVES OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. - THE 
OBJECTIVES OF SECONDARY EDUCATION ARE: 
• 1. TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTIVES OF 
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; AND 
• 2. TO DISCOVER AND ENHANCE THE DIFFERENT APTITUDES 
AND INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS SO AS TO EQUIP HIM WITH 
SKILLS FOR PRODUCTIVE ENDEAVOR AND/OR PREPARE HIM 
FOR TERTIARY SCHOOLING.
BATAS PAMBANSA 232 
• SECTION 23. OBJECTIVE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION. - THE 
OBJECTIVES OF TERTIARY EDUCATION ARE: 
• 1. TO PROVIDE A GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT WILL 
PROMOTE NATIONAL IDENTITY, CULTURAL CONSCIOUSNESS, 
MORAL INTEGRITY AND SPIRITUAL VIGOR; 
• 2. TO TRAIN THE NATION'S MANPOWER IN THE SKILLS 
REQUIRED FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;
BATAS PAMBANSA 232 
• 3. TO DEVELOP THE PROFESSIONS THAT WILL PROVIDE 
LEADERSHIP FOR THE NATION; AND 
• 4. TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE THROUGH RESEARCH WORK 
AND APPLY NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY 
OF HUMAN LIFE AND RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY TO 
CHANGING SOCIETAL NEEDS AND CONDITIONS.
REFERENCE 
• BATAS PAMBANSA 232 – THE EDUCATION ACT OF 1982 
• NOLLEDO, JOSE N. THE EDUCATION ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES 
ANNOTATED WITH RELATED LAWS, ISSUANCES AND OTHER MATERIALS, 
NATIONAL BOOKSTORE, MANDALUYONG CITY, 2004, PP. 14 -16 
• HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN CARDONA, 2011, PP. 5 - 7 
• AZARCON, MARIVIC B. THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY (TOPICAL 
REPORT), 2012, PP. 1 -3 
• HTTP://EN.WIKIPILIPINAS.ORG/INDEX.PHP?TITLE=FORMAL_EDUCATION 
_IN_THE_PHILIPPINES 
• HTTP://WWW.TCMC.EDU.PH/COURSES/GRADUATE-STUDIES/ 
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Educational Change in the Philippines

  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
    THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES
  • 4.
    THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES • THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES WAS PATTERNED, BOTH FROM THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS OF SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, AFTER THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 1946, THE SYSTEM HAVE CHANGED RADICALLY AND MOVED AT ITS OWN.
  • 5.
    THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES • THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED) ADMINISTERS THE WHOLE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UTILIZED FOR SCHOOL SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT (SUCH AS BOOKS, SCHOOL CHAIRS ETC.), RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS FOR ALL PUBLIC IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE SUPERVISION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULA.
  • 6.
    THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES • THE FORMER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE PHILIPPINES IS COMPOSED OF SIX (6) YEARS OF ELEMENTARY STARTING AT THE AGE OF 6 OR 7 AND FOUR (4) OF HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION STARTING AT THE AGE OF 12 OR 13. IN THIS SYSTEM, EDUCATION IS NOT COMPULSORY.
  • 7.
    THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES • HOWEVER, SINCE JUNE 4, 2012, DEPED STARTED TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW K TO 12 EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES THE NEW CURRICULA FOR ALL SCHOOLS. IN THIS SYSTEM, EDUCATION IS NOW COMPULSORY.
  • 8.
    THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES • ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES MUST START CLASSES FROM A DATE MANDATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (USUALLY EVERY FIRST MONDAY OF JUNE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONLY) AND MUST END AFTER EACH SCHOOL COMPLETES THE 200 DAY SCHOOL CALENDAR OF DEPED (USUALLY AROUND THE THIRD WEEK OF MARCH TO THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL).
  • 9.
    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OFTHE PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
  • 10.
  • 11.
    PRE – MAGELLANICTIMES • READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC
  • 12.
    EDUCATION OF THE ANCIENT EARLY FILIPINOS
  • 13.
    EDUCATION OF THEANCIENT EARLY FILIPINOS • INFORMAL AND UNSTRUCTURED.
  • 14.
    EDUCATION OF THEANCIENT EARLY FILIPINOS • THE FATHERS TAUGHT THEIR SONS HOW TO LOOK FOR FOOD AND OTHER MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD.
  • 15.
    EDUCATION OF THEANCIENT EARLY FILIPINOS • THE MOTHERS TAUGHT THEIR GIRLS TO DO THE HOUSEHOLD CHORES.
  • 16.
    EDUCATION OF THEANCIENT EARLY FILIPINOS • THIS EDUCATION BASICALLY PREPARED THEIR CHILDREN TO BECOME GOOD HUSBAND AND WIVES.
  • 17.
    EDUCATION OF THEANCIENT EARLY FILIPINOS • EARLY FILIPINO ANCESTORS VALUED EDUCATION VERY MUCH.
  • 18.
    EDUCATION OF THEANCIENT EARLY FILIPINOS • FILIPINO MEN AND WOMEN KNOW HOW TO READ AND WRITE USING THEIR OWN NATIVE ALPHABET CALLED ALIBATA. THE ALIBATA WAS COMPOSED OF 17 SYMBOLS REPRESENTING THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET. AMONG THESE SEVENTEEN SYMBOLS WERE THREE VOWELS AND FOURTEEN CONSONANTS.
  • 19.
  • 20.
    SPANISH SYSTEM •TRIBAL TUTORS WERE REPLACED BY THE SPANISH MISSIONARIES
  • 21.
    SPANISH SYSTEM •RELIGION - ORIENTED.
  • 22.
    SPANISH SYSTEM •FOR THE ELITE
  • 23.
    SPANISH SYSTEM •EDUCATIONAL DECREE OF 1863 – ONE PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS IN EACH TOWN
  • 24.
    SPANISH SYSTEM •NORMAL SCHOOL FOR MALE TEACHERS
  • 25.
    SPANISH SYSTEM •PRIMARY INSTRUCTION IS FREE AND COMPULSORY
  • 26.
    SPANISH SYSTEM •EDUCATION IS INADEQUATE, SUPPRESSED AND CONTROLLED
  • 27.
    SPANISH SYSTEM •SUBJECTS OFFERED: READING, CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, WRITING, SPANISH, ARITHMETIC, VOCAL/MUSIC, GEOGRAPHY, AGRICULTURE, HISTORY, NEEDLE WORKS (BOYS AND GIRLS)
  • 28.
  • 29.
    REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT •SCHOOLS WERE REOPENED ON AUGUST 29, 1898 BY THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
  • 30.
    REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT •THE BURGOS INSTITUTE IN MALOLOS, THE MILITARY ACADEMY OF MALOLOS AND THE LITERARY UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES WERE ESTABLISHED.
  • 31.
    REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT •THE MALOLOS CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF FREE AND COMPULSORY ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.
  • 32.
  • 33.
    AMERICAN REGIME •SCHURMAN COMMISSION – ADEQUATE SECULARIZED AND FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
  • 34.
    AMERICAN REGIME •TAFT COMMISSION AS PER INSTRUCTION OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY – FREE PRIMARY INSTRUCTION THAT TRAINED PEOPLE FOR THE DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP AND AVOCATION.
  • 35.
    AMERICAN REGIME •ENGLISH IS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION
  • 36.
    AMERICAN REGIME •AMERICAN INFLUENCES CAN STILL BE SEEN IN OUR LIFESTYLE OR WAY OF LIFE.
  • 37.
    AMERICAN REGIME •THE COMMONWEALTH PROVIDED FREE EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1935 CONSTITUTION.
  • 38.
    AMERICAN REGIME •EDUCATION ALSO EMPHASIZED NATIONALISM SO THE STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE FILIPINO HEROES.
  • 39.
    AMERICAN REGIME •VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND SOME HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES LIKE SEWING, COOKING, AND FARMING WERE ALSO GIVEN IMPORTANCE.
  • 40.
    AMERICAN REGIME •GOOD MANNERS AND DISCIPLINE WERE ALSO TAUGHT TO THE STUDENTS.
  • 41.
    AMERICAN REGIME •THE INSTITUTE OF PRIVATE EDUCATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO OBSERVE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
  • 42.
    AMERICAN REGIME •IN 1941, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE 400 PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY REACHED 10,000.
  • 43.
    AMERICAN REGIME •THERE WAS ALSO THE EXISTENCE OF "ADULT EDUCATION" IN ORDER TO GIVE FORMAL EDUCATION EVEN TO ADULTS.
  • 44.
  • 45.
    PHILIPPINE COMMISSION •1901 – A HIGHLY CENTRALIZED PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED
  • 46.
    PHILIPPINE COMMISSION •CREATED A HEAVY SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS
  • 47.
    PHILIPPINE COMMISSION •THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZED THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO BRING TO THE PHILIPPINES 600 TEACHER FROM USA. THEY WERE THE THOMASITES.
  • 48.
    PHILIPPINE COMMISSION •1902 – 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.
  • 49.
    PHILIPPINE COMMISSION •1908 – THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE APPROVED ACT NO. 1870 CREATED THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
  • 50.
    PHILIPPINE COMMISSION •REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1916 – THE FILIPINIZATION OF ALL DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES EXCEPT THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
  • 51.
  • 52.
    JAPANESE REGIME •MILITARY ORDER NO. 2 OF 1942 – JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
  • 53.
    JAPANESE REGIME •JUNE 1942 – THE PHILIPPINE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION, COMMISSION OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND PUBLIC WELFARE AND SCHOOLS REOPENED.
  • 54.
    JAPANESE REGIME •OCTOBER 14, 1913 - MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WAS CREATED
  • 55.
    JAPANESE REGIME •TAGALOG, PHILIPPINE HISTORY AND CHARACTER EDUCATION WAS RESERVED FOR FILIPINOS.
  • 56.
    JAPANESE REGIME •LOVE FOR WORK AND DIGNITY OF LABOR WAS EMPHASIZED.
  • 57.
    JAPANESE REGIME •FEBRUARY 27, 1945 – THE DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION WAS MADE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
  • 58.
    JAPANESE REGIME THEGOVERNMENT MADE SOME CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN FEBRUARY, 1942. THESE CHANGES WERE: • TO STOP DEPENDING ON WESTERN COUNTRIES LIKE THE U.S., AND GREAT BRITAIN. PROMOTE AND ENRICH THE FILIPINO CULTURE. • TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS A PART OF THE GREATER EAST ASIA CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE SO THAT THE PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN WILL HAVE GOOD RELATIONS. • TO BE AWARE OF MATERIALISM TO RAISE THE MORALITY OF THE FILIPINOS. • TO LEARN AND ADOPT NIPPONGO AND TO STOP USING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. • TO SPREAD ELEMENTARY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. • TO DEVELOP LOVE FOR WORK.
  • 59.
  • 60.
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • 1947 – DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION WAS CHANGED TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
  • 61.
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • BUREAU OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS REGULATES AND SUPERVISES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
  • 62.
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • 1972 – DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WAS RENAMED DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE (PROCLAMATION NO. 1081)
  • 63.
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • 1978 – MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE IN VIRTUE OF PD NO. 1397
  • 64.
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • 13 REGIONAL OFFICES WERE CREATED MAJOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES WERE IMPLEMENTED
  • 65.
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • EDUCATION ACT OF 1982 – MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS
  • 66.
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • EO NO. 117 – DECS STRUCTURE REMAINED UNCHANGED UNTIL 1994 WHEREIN CHED (COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION) AND TESDA (TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) SUPERVISE TERTIARY DEGREE PROGRAMS AND NON-DEGREE TECHNICAL – VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS RESPECTIVELY.
  • 67.
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • RA 7722 - CHED (COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION) WAS CREATED
  • 68.
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION • RA 7796 - TESDA (TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) WAS CREATED.
  • 69.
  • 70.
    TRIFOCAL EDUCATION SYSTEM • DECS (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS) – ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION INCLUDING CULTURE AND SPORTS
  • 71.
    RA 9155 GOVERNANCEOF BASIC EDUCATION ACT
  • 72.
    RA 9155 •DECS (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS) WAS RENAMED TO DEPED DEFINING THE ROLE OF FIELD OFFICES (REGIONAL, DIVISION, DISTRICT OFFICES AND SCHOOLS)
  • 73.
    RA 9155 •PROVIDES THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK FOR (I) SCHOOL HEAD EMPOWERMENT BY STRENGTHENING THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLES (II) SCHOOL – BASED MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSPARENCY AND LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, GOAL TO BASIC EDUCATION: PROVIDE THE SCHOOL AGE POPULATION AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND VALUES TO BECOME CARING, SELF – RELIANT, PRODUCTIVE AND PATRIOTIC CITIZENS.
  • 74.
    EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE PRESENT PERIOD
  • 75.
    EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INTHE PRESENT PERIOD • PHILIPPINE EDUCATION IS PATTERNED AFTER THE AMERICAN SYSTEM, WITH ENGLISH AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION.
  • 76.
    EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INTHE PRESENT PERIOD • SCHOOLS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO PUBLIC (GOVERNMENT) OR PRIVATE (NON-GOVERNMENT).
  • 77.
    EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INTHE PRESENT PERIOD • THE GENERAL PATTERN OF FORMAL EDUCATION FOLLOWS FOUR STAGES: 1. PRE-PRIMARY LEVEL (NURSERY, KINDERGARTEN AND PREPARATORY) OFFERED IN MOST PRIVATE SCHOOLS; 2. SIX YEARS OF PRIMARY EDUCATION, 3. FOLLOWED BY FOUR YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. 4. COLLEGE EDUCATION USUALLY TAKES FOUR, SOMETIMES FIVE AND IN SOME CASES AS IN MEDICAL AND LAW SCHOOLS, AS LONG AS EIGHT YEARS.
  • 78.
    EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INTHE PRESENT PERIOD • GRADUATE SCHOOLING IS AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR MORE YEARS.
  • 79.
    EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INTHE PRESENT PERIOD • CLASSES IN PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS START IN JUNE AND END IN MARCH.
  • 80.
    EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INTHE PRESENT PERIOD • COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOLLOW THE SEMESTRAL CALENDAR FROM JUNE-OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER-MARCH.
  • 81.
    EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INTHE PRESENT PERIOD • THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FOREIGN SCHOOLS WITH STUDY PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY.
  • 82.
    EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INTHE PRESENT PERIOD • AN OVERALL LITERACY RATE WAS ESTIMATED AT 95.9 PERCENT FOR THE TOTAL POPULATION IN 2003, 96 % FOR MALES AND 95.8 % FOR FEMALES.
  • 83.
    FORMAL EDUCATIONAL INTHE PHILIPPINES
  • 84.
    FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES FOLLOWS THE EDUCATIONAL LADDER OF 6 + 4 + 4 STRUCTURE (I.E. SIX YEARS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, FOUR YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND FOUR YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR A DEGREE PROGRAM), EXCEPT FOR SOME HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHICH REQUIRE A LONGER PERIOD OF STUDY TO COMPLETE A DEGREE, COVERING A TOTAL OF 14 YEARS FOR ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION.
  • 85.
    FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES STRUCTURE OF FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION AGE OF STUDENT NUMBER OF YEARS LEVELS Elementary (Grade School) 6 to 11 years old 6 Grade 1 to 6 (Public) Grade 1 to 7 (for some private schools) Secondary (High School) 12 to 15 years old 4 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year Tertiary (College or University) 16 – 20 or 21 years old 4 to 5 1st, 2nd, 3rd and to 4th or 5th year
  • 86.
    FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES • PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL EDUCATION IS OPTIONAL FOR CHILDREN 3 TO 4 YEARS OLD; SOME PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFER NURSERY, KINDERGARTEN AND PREPARATORY CLASSES. THIS IS NOT PREREQUISITE FOR ENTRANCE TO GRADE ONE FOR THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL BUT MOST OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS REQUIRE PRESCHOOL OF KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION BEFORE ADMISSION. ON THE OTHER HAND, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IS REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN SIX TO ELEVEN YEARS OLD AND SOME PRIVATE EXCLUSIVE SCHOOLS OFFER SEVEN YEARS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.
  • 87.
    FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES • ELEMENTARY LEVEL ELEMENTARY LEVEL PROVIDES BASIC EDUCATION TRADITIONALLY UNTIL THE SIXTH GRADE WHILE OTHER SCHOOLS OFFER UNTIL THE SEVENTH. IT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: PRIMARY LEVEL WHICH COVERS FIRST TO FOURTH GRADES AND THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WHICH COVERS FIFTH TO SIXTH GRADE OR UNTIL THE SEVENTH GRADE.
  • 88.
    FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES • SECONDARY LEVEL THE SECONDARY LEVEL COVERS A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS WHICH INCLUDES LEARNING AND TRAINING IN BASIC EMPLOYABLE SKILLS. STUDENTS RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATION OR DIPLOMA FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. BOTH LEVELS ARE PREREQUISITES FOR PURSUING TERTIARY EDUCATION.
  • 89.
    FORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMIN THE PHILIPPINES • TERTIARY LEVEL TERTIARY EDUCATION PROVIDE COURSES OF STUDIES GEARED TOWARDS DEGREES IN ACADEMIC/TECHNICAL DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS. IT COVERS A WIDE SCOPE OF CURRICULUM FROM TECHNICAL/VOCATIONAL TO PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS. THE TECHNICAL/VOCATIONAL PROGRAM IS USUALLY TAKEN BETWEEN ONE TO THREE YEARS OF SCHOOLING WHILE PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS REQUIRES FOUR TO FIVE YEARS OF SCHOOLING.
  • 90.
    BATAS PAMBANSA 232 THE EDUCATION ACT OF 1982
  • 91.
    BATAS PAMBANSA 232 CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY MATTERS • SECTION 1. TITLE - THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "EDUCATION ACT OF 1982." • SECTION 2. COVERAGE - THIS ACT SHALL APPLY TO AND GOVERN BOTH FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN ALL LEVELS OF THE ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
  • 92.
    BATAS PAMBANSA 232 III. THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS CHAPTER 1 FORMAL EDUCATION • SECTION 19. DECLARATION OF POLICY. - THE STATE RECOGNIZES THAT FORMAL EDUCATION, OR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, IN SOCIETY'S PRIMARY LEARNING SYSTEM, AND THEREFORE THE MAIN INSTRUMENT FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE COUNTRY'S EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
  • 93.
    BATAS PAMBANSA 232 • SECTION 20. DEFINITION - "FORMAL EDUCATIONAL" REFERS TO THE HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED AND CHRONOLOGICALLY GRADED LEARNING ORGANIZED AND PROVIDED BY THE FORMAL SCHOOL SYSTEM AND FOR WHICH CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR THE LEARNER TO PROGRESS THROUGH THE GRADES OR MOVE TO HIGHER LEVELS. FORMAL EDUCATION SHALL CORRESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING LEVELS: • 1. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. - THE FIRST STAGE OF COMPULSORY, FORMAL EDUCATION PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH PROVIDING BASIC EDUCATION AND USUALLY CORRESPONDING TO SIX OR SEVEN GRADES, INCLUDING PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
  • 94.
    BATAS PAMBANSA 232 • 2. SECONDARY EDUCATION. - THE STATE OF FORMAL EDUCATION FOLLOWING THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL CONCERNED PRIMARILY WITH CONTINUING BASIC EDUCATION AND EXPANDING IT TO INCLUDE THE LEARNING OF EMPLOYABLE GAINFUL SKILLS, USUALLY CORRESPONDING TO FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL. • 3. TERTIARY EDUCATION. - POST SECONDARY SCHOOLING IS HIGHER EDUCATION LEADING TO A DEGREE IN A SPECIFIC PROFESSION OR DISCIPLINE.
  • 95.
    BATAS PAMBANSA 232 • SECTION 21. OBJECTIVES OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION - THE OBJECTIVES OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ARE: • 1. TO PROVIDE THE KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOP THE SKILLS, ATTITUDES, AND VALUES ESSENTIAL TO PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND NECESSARY FOR LIVING IN AND CONTRIBUTING TO A DEVELOPING AND CHANGING SOCIAL MILIEU;
  • 96.
    BATAS PAMBANSA 232 • 2. TO PROVIDE LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHICH INCREASE THE CHILD'S AWARENESS OF AND RESPONSIVENESS TO THE CHANGES IN AND JUST DEMANDS OF SOCIETY AND TO PREPARE HIM FOR CONSTRUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE INVOLVEMENT; • 3. TO PROMOTE AND INTENSIFY THE CHILD'S KNOWLEDGE OF, IDENTIFICATION WITH, AND LOVE FOR THE NATION AND THE PEOPLE TO WHICH HE BELONGS; AND • 4. TO PROMOTE WORK EXPERIENCES WHICH DEVELOP THE CHILD'S ORIENTATION TO THE WORLD OF WORK AND CREATIVITY AND PREPARE HIMSELF TO ENGAGE IN HONEST
  • 97.
    BATAS PAMBANSA 232 • SECTION 22. OBJECTIVES OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. - THE OBJECTIVES OF SECONDARY EDUCATION ARE: • 1. TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTIVES OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; AND • 2. TO DISCOVER AND ENHANCE THE DIFFERENT APTITUDES AND INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS SO AS TO EQUIP HIM WITH SKILLS FOR PRODUCTIVE ENDEAVOR AND/OR PREPARE HIM FOR TERTIARY SCHOOLING.
  • 98.
    BATAS PAMBANSA 232 • SECTION 23. OBJECTIVE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION. - THE OBJECTIVES OF TERTIARY EDUCATION ARE: • 1. TO PROVIDE A GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT WILL PROMOTE NATIONAL IDENTITY, CULTURAL CONSCIOUSNESS, MORAL INTEGRITY AND SPIRITUAL VIGOR; • 2. TO TRAIN THE NATION'S MANPOWER IN THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;
  • 99.
    BATAS PAMBANSA 232 • 3. TO DEVELOP THE PROFESSIONS THAT WILL PROVIDE LEADERSHIP FOR THE NATION; AND • 4. TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE THROUGH RESEARCH WORK AND APPLY NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HUMAN LIFE AND RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY TO CHANGING SOCIETAL NEEDS AND CONDITIONS.
  • 100.
    REFERENCE • BATASPAMBANSA 232 – THE EDUCATION ACT OF 1982 • NOLLEDO, JOSE N. THE EDUCATION ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES ANNOTATED WITH RELATED LAWS, ISSUANCES AND OTHER MATERIALS, NATIONAL BOOKSTORE, MANDALUYONG CITY, 2004, PP. 14 -16 • HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN CARDONA, 2011, PP. 5 - 7 • AZARCON, MARIVIC B. THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY (TOPICAL REPORT), 2012, PP. 1 -3 • HTTP://EN.WIKIPILIPINAS.ORG/INDEX.PHP?TITLE=FORMAL_EDUCATION _IN_THE_PHILIPPINES • HTTP://WWW.TCMC.EDU.PH/COURSES/GRADUATE-STUDIES/ • WWW.GOOGLE.COM/IMAGES
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