Decree
Educational Decree of 1863
Malolos Constitution
Act no. 74 (1901; Philippine Commission)
Act no. 477
Act no. 1870 (1980)
Reorganization Act of 1916
Military Order no. 2 (1942)
Executive Order no. 94 (1947)
Proclamation 1081 (1972)
P.D. no. 1379 (1978)
Education Act of 1982
Executive Order no. 117 (1987)
R.A. 7722 and R.A. 7796 (1994)
R.A. 9155, Government of Basic Education Act
(August, 2001)
Key points
 Liberalized access to education
 Establishment of at least one primary school for
boys and girls by the municipal government
 Establishment of normal school for male
teachers under the Jesuits
 Free primary instruction
 Spanish was compulsory
 Inadequate, suppressed and controlled
education
 Free and compulsory elementary education
 Centralized public school system
 600 teacher from USA (Thomasites)
 Bureau of Public Instruction to Bureau of
Education
 University of the Philippines
 Filipinization of department secretaries except
Secretary of Public Instruction
 Japanese educational policies
o Commission of Education, Health and
Public Welfare (June 1942)
o Ministry of Education (Oct, 1943)
o Filipinos taught Tagalog, Philippine
History, Character Education
o Emphasis on: Love for work and Dignity
of Labor
o Dept. Of Instruction made a part of
Dept. Of Public Instruction (Feb. 27,
1945)
 Dept. Of Instruction to Dept. Of Education
 Dept. Of Education to Dept. Of Education and
Culture
 Dept. Of Education and Culture to Ministry of
Education and Culture
 Creation of 13 regional offices
 Major organizational changes
 MECS
 DECS
 Creation of CHED and TESDA
 DECS to DepEd
 Provides framework for
o School head empowerment by
strengthening their leadership roles
o School based management within the
context of transparency and local
accountability
 Goal: caring, self-reliant, productive and patriotic
citizens