Historical Development

of the Philippine
Educational System

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The Department
Creation ofof
Higher
Education
Highly
centralized
Instruction
was

DECS
to
Department
of
Ministry
ofHigh
school
system
Creation
of
University
November
1902
RA 7796 1,
Technical
Filipinization
Act
changed
to
public
school
system
Education
Education,
Culture
Education
and
Skills
were
established
of
the
Philippines
BPI become
Bureau
of
DEPARTMENT
OF

Role installed
ofand
theAuthority
field offices was
Sports
was
Development
EDUCATION
Education
redefined

October
14, 1943
February
27,
1945

DepEd
became
Department
of
Commission of

creation
of
Department
of
DEPARTMENT
OF
Education, Health
and
Education,
Ministry
of
Instruction
was made
EDUCATION
AND
Public
Welfare
was
Japanese
educational
Culture and
partCULTURE
of 1978
DPI MINISTRY OF
Education
established

policies

Sports

EDUCATION AND CULTURE