HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE EDUCATION SYSTEM DOCX

Title	HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE EDUCATION SYSTEM
Author	Nelia Rivera
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HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE EDUCATION SYSTEM: by: Clarinda Aguinaldo I. INTRODUCTION: Education in the Philippines undergone graduated changes from early settlers to the present. Education is of great importance because it's a main avenue for us Filipinos to achieve our social and economic success. Education in the Philippines has a very deep history from the past in which it has undergone several stages of development from ancient Filipinos or the indios[1], Spanish occupation, American colonization and Japanese era up to the present system. II. SYSTEM FROM ANCIENT FILIPINOS UP TO SPANISH PERIOD The education during the Pre-Spanish time was informal and unstructured. The fathers taught their sons how to look for food and other means of livelihood while the mothers taught their daughters how to do household chores. These are basically to prepare them to become good husbands and wives. During that time they know how to read and write using the Alibata[2]. Then the Spanish came and the education system became formal. Their objective is to teach the natives the Christian Doctrines using the "Doctrina Christiana[3]" along with cathechism, which main targets are the children because they can easily learn and follow unlike adults who already have their own beliefs. There was a separate during the Spanish time was Tagalog and Spanish. On the question of race, of course the Ilustrados[4] and the mestizos[5] were give priorities to a better education. The Segunda Enseñanza[6] curriculum is not open to the native. In 1863 an Educational Decree mandated the school for boys and girls. The medium of instruction during the Spanish time was Tagalog and Spanish. In 1863 an Educational Decree mandated the establishment of free primary schools in each town, one for the boys and one for girls with the precise number of schools depending on the size of the population. There were three grades: entrada[7], ascenso[8], and termino[9]. The curriculum required the study of Christian doctrine, values and history as well as reading and writing in Spanish, mathematics, agriculture, etiquette, singing, world geography, and Spanish history. Girls were also taught sewing....