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• Philippine education system


  Product of continuous changes to match curriculum and practices to country's condition and needs
• Education among Filipinos started even before the Spaniards colonized the country
• Education before Spanish colonization


  • Informal, no specific time/place/curriculum
  • Boys trained for agriculture, war, trade
  • Girls trained for weaving, pottery, basket making, cooking, household chores
  • Noble men educated in governance, writing, reading alibata
  • Parents/community heads in charge of young people's education
  • Focus differed by province due to lack of central government
• Formal education


  Introduced by Spaniards through Catholic schools
• Formal education only available to selected Filipinos during Spanish colonization
• Education during Spanish colonization


  • Filipinos lost status, became "Indios" treated lowly
• Formal education brought by Spaniards only available in provinces under their rule
• Education under Revolutionary Government

  • Many schools temporarily closed due to Philippine-Spanish War and fight for independence
  • Malolos Constitution granted Filipinos right to free, compulsory basic education
  • Some schools started operations during revolutionary period, Burgos
• Colleges established by the Spanish

  • University of San Carlos in Cebu
  • Colegio de San Jose (1601) or what is known now as the San Jose Seminary in Manila
  • Colegio de Nuestra Senora Santisimo Rosario (1611) or what is known now as the University of Santo Tomas in Manila
  • Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1630) in Manila
  • Colegio de Santa Isabel (1632) in Manila
• These colleges were not open to Filipinos
• The Roman Catholic religion was the focus of education and the Spanish language was the medium of instruction by the Spanish priests
• Filipinos were allowed to enroll in these colleges through the Educational Decree of 1863


  1863
• Filipinos from well-off families took this opportunity to enroll in these prestigious colleges
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• Filipinos were highly discriminated by their Spanish schoolmates, teachers, and priests
• Filipinos' potentials were not recognized by school officials, and they could be easily expelled
• The formal education brought by the Spaniards was only available to provinces under their rule
• The Malolos Constitution specifically granted every Filipino the right to education
• Basic education was free and compulsory for all citizens
• Some of the schools that started operations during the revolutionary period

  • Burgos
• Before Spaniards colonize, education among Filipinos started
• Education was informal, no specific time, place, curriculum followed
• Public education system introduced by American colonization
• During Japanese Occupation, enrollment decreased because of the widespread warfare and students were forced to quit school
• After Philippine achieving independence (foreign rule 1946), public & private school resumed & was again prioritized
• Boys were trained to do

  • Agriculture
  • War
  • Trade
• Girls were trained to do

  • Weaving
  • Pottery
  • Basket making
  • Cooking
  • Household chores
• Nobles were expected to inherit the kingdom/province ruled by their family
• Writing & reading of alibata (baybayin alphabet) was part of education of nobles
• Parents & heads of communities commonly in charge of the education of young people