RPH 3

• Babaylan served as educators and children also received education from parents like household and hunting.
• Songs, poetry, dances, medicinal practices, and advices regarding all sorts of community life issues were passed from generation to generation.
• Baybayin was used in some communities.
• During Spanish colonization, the educational system was formalized, exclusive to Spanish officers at first, then, eventually, to rich mestizos.
• Schools were run by religious orders such as Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, and Jesuits.
• Boys went to colegios, girls pursued beaterios or finished school for womanhood.
• The Law of the Indies stated that spaniards were to teach the natives Spanish but was not completely fulfilled.
• Natives’ education were mostly ecumenical, involving friars learning the indigenous languages and translating the prayers from Latin.
• Tomas Pinpin, who worked for the Dominican press, wrote a book in Romanized phonetic to teach the Tagalog the Spanish language.
• The Educational Decree of 1863 required 2 schools per municipality (separate boys and girls) and standardized the curriculum, establishing the Commission on Primary Education or today’s DepEd.
• The oldest higher education institutions established during the Spanish period were Colegio de San Ignacio, Colegio de San Ildefonso, Escuala Pia, University of Santo Tomas, and Colegio de Santa Potenciana.
• During the American period, Americans introduced a public school system in 1901 with 600 American teachers, known as the Thomasites, teaching young Filipinos the English language and American culture.
• In 1350, Islam spread northward from Indonesia to the Philippines.
• Catalina College was founded in 1706 as Colegio de Santa Catalina and its origin can be dated as early as 1969 with the establishment of Beaterio de Santa Catalina, a convent for Spanish women.
• Pre-colonial Philippines saw Tagalogs believing in Bathala and Visayans believing that the babaylan were spirit mediums.
• From the old Intramuros site, Catalina College transferred to Legarda St., Manila.
• Children aged 7 and above were obliged to enroll in the public school system.
• The Christianization process started in the Philippines in the sixteenth century with the arrival of the Spanish.
• The balance of Catholic influence shifted during the American period as protestant groups controlled the system of public education in the country.
• Catalina College is a Roman Catholic institution.
• Some folk healers also use Roman Catholic symbols while performing healing rituals.
• The Spanish Crown assigned five religious orders to Christianize natives: Augustians, Franciscans, Jesuits, Dominicans, and Recollects.
• Reducciones were measured by bajo de la campana, which means rounding up the natives in settlements near the church for their conversion.
• During the American period, mass education was strengthened and most American teachers were protestants.
• Religious groups in the Philippines include Roman Catholicism, Protestant Christianity, such as the Baptist and Islam, Iglesia ni Cristo, Buddhism, and indigenous beliefs.
• Levels of education were divided into elementary, secondary, and tertiary/college during the American period.
• Colleges built during the American period include St. Paul University, Zamboanga Normal School, University of Manila, Philippine Women’s University, and Far Eastern University.
• The educational system was dismantled and the schools were used as detention centers.
• In the present time, English is the main medium of instruction, with formal education consisting of four stages: preparatory & kindergarten, primary education, secondary education, and college.
• House Bill 7350, also known as the American Calendar Shift of 2018, proposed a mandatory shift in the calendar, moving the start of the school year from June to August.
• The University of San Carlos, founded by Bishop Mateo Joaquin de Arevalo, began to function as a university in 1867, though some sources claimed that its origin can be traced back as early as 1559.
• The education system in the Philippines during the time of reopening of schools emphasized enriching Filipino culture, recognizing the Philippine-Japan relations by being part of the Greater East Asia CoProsperity Sphere, learning Japanese instead of English, and fostering love for work.
• Colegio de San Juan de Letran came from two schools: Colegio de Niños Huerfanos de San Juan de Letran founded by Don Geronimo Guerrero in 1620, and Colegio de Huerfanos de San Pablo established by Brother Diego de Santa Maria.
• The University of Santo Tomas, founded in 1611 as Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario with its original campus built in Intramuros, served as the DepEd when it was authorized by Queen Isabella II in 1865.
• These two schools were merged in 1630, having the same purpose and vision.
• Santa Isabel College of Manila, one of the oldest existing colleges in the country, started in 1632 as an all-girls school, started to accept boys in 1970 in its music department, 1955 in lower basic education, 2003 in upper basic education.
• Santa Isabel College of Manila opened its music department in 1930, being one of the pioneer schools in the country to offer the degree.
• The K-12 program was signed into law by President Benigno III in 2013, covering kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (6 years of primary, 4 years of junior high school, 2 years of senior high school).