The document presents a historical overview of the Philippine educational system from pre-colonial times to the present, highlighting key developments during the Spanish, American, Japanese occupations, and the Commonwealth period. Each era introduced significant changes in educational structure, including formal education systems, language, and curriculum shifts, with a focus on citizenship, vocational training, and values education. The current system aims to equip individuals with skills and values essential for active and responsible citizenship.

1. The Historical Development of
Philippine Educational System
Presented by: Ernest Jonathan dela Paz

2. Philippine Educational System
Pre-Spanish
Spanish Era
American
Commonwealth
Japanese
Present

3. Philippine Educational System
Pre-Spanish (Before 1521)
- Informal
- Customs and Traditions
- Home and community
- Practical Education

4. Philippine Educational System
Pre-Spanish (Before 1521)

5. Philippine Educational System
Spanish Era( 1565 - 1898)
- Formal and Church-based
- Christianity and Academics
- Traditional Learning and Catechism
- Insertion of Religious Doctrines

6. Philippine Educational System
Spanish Era( 1565 - 1898)
Educational Decree of 1863
- Free primary school in each town, one for boys and
one for girls
Primary instruction: free and compulsory.
Education inadequate, suppressed, and controlled

7. Philippine Educational System
American Regime (1898 - 1936)
- Formal
- Academics and Democracy
- Teaching using English Language
- Primary and Intermediate
- Language, GMRC and Civics
Highly centralized public school
systems - 1901

8. Philippine Educational System
American Regime (1898 - 1936)
Thomasites
Virtue of Act No. 74
(1901)

9. Philippine Educational System
Commonwealth Period (1935 - 1941)
- Formal
- Developing Upright Behavior
- Citizenship and Vocational Training
- Primary/Intermediate/Secondary
- Language, GMRC and Civics
Educational Act of 1940
(Commonwealth Act No. 586)

10. Philippine Educational System
Japanese Occupation (1941 - 1945)
Military Order No. 2 (1942)
Philippine Executive Commission
established the Commission of Education,
Health and Public Welfare
Schools were re-opened in June 1942 with
300,000 students

11. Philippine Educational System
Japanese Occupation (1941 - 1945)
- Formal
- Realization of Asian New Order
- Traditional Learning
- Vocational Education
- Tagalog, History and Character
Education
- Love for work and dignity of
labor

12. Philippine Educational System
Present Educational System (1946 - Present)
Executive Order No. 94 (1947)
- Department of Instruction was
changed to Department of Education
- Bureau of Public and Private Schools
Future

13. Philippine Educational System
Present Educational System (1946 - Present)
Proclamation No. 1081 (1972)
- Department of Education and Culture
P.D. No. 1397 (1978)
- Ministry of Education and Culture
Future

14. Philippine Educational System
Present Educational System (1946 - Present)
Education Act of 1982
- Ministry of Education, Culture and
Sports
E.O No. 117 (1987)
- Department of Education, Culture
and Sports
Future

15. Philippine Educational System
Present Educational System (1946 - Present)
R.A. No. 7722 and No. 7796 (1994)
- Commission on Higher Education
(CHED)
- Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA)
Future

16. Philippine Educational System
Present Educational System (1946 - Present)
R.A. No. 9155 (2001)
- DECS to DepEd
- Redefine the role of field offices
- Regional
- Division
- District
- School Future

17. Philippine Educational System
Present Educational System (1946 - Present)
Future
The goal of basic education is to
provide the school age population
and young adults with skills,
knowledge, and values to become
caring, self-reliant, productive and
patriotic citizens.

18. Philippine Educational System
References:
Bilbao, Purita P., et. al. The Teaching Profession. Quezon City:
Lorimar Publishing, Inc. 2015
Http://www.deped.gov.ph/history

19. Philippine Educational System
Present Educational System (1946 - Present)
Future
R.A. No. 10157
Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013
R.A. No. 10533
Institutionalization
of Kindergarten
“K - 12 Program”