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CHAPTER III
Philippines in 1946, the system have changed radically and moved at its own.
system, which also includes the allocation of funds utilized for school services and
equipments (such as books, school chairs, etc.), recruitment of teachers for all public
schools in the Philippines, and the supervision and organization of the school curricula.
However, since June 4, 2012, DepEd started to implement the new K-12 educational
system, which includes the new curricula for all schools. In this system, education is now
compulsory.
All public and private schools in the Philippines must start classes from a date
mandated by the Department of Education (usually every first Monday of June for public
schools only), and must end after each school completes the mandated 200-day school
calendar of DepEd (usually around the third week of March to the second week of April).
based on the American schooling system as it was until the advent of the comprehensive
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high schools in the US in the middle of last century. The Philippine high school system
has not moved much from wher e it was when the Philippines achieved
independence from the US in 1946. It still consists of only four levels with each level
compulsory curriculum for all high schooling, public and private. The first year of high
school has five core subjects, Algebra I, Integrated Science, English I, Filipino I, and
Philippine History I. Second year has Algebra II, Biology, English II, Filipino II, and
Filipino IV, Literature, and Economics. Minor subjects may include Health, Music, Arts,
subjects such as computer programming and literary writing. Chinese schools have
language and cultural electives. Preparatory schools usually add some business and
accountancy courses, while science high schools have biology, chemistry, and physics at
every level.
(NSAT), which was based on the American SAT, and was administered by DepEd. Like
its primary school counterpart, NSAT was phased-out after major reorganizations in the
year students. Higher education institutions, both public and private, administer their
entrance examinations, simply accepting the Form 138 record of studies from high
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Philippines#Secondary_education)
formally organized the National Board for Teachers (NBT). Directly under the
supervision of the Civil Service Commission, the NBT was the first board to exercise
On December 16, 1994 the regulation and licensing of teachers was transferred to
the PRC through the enactment of Republic Act No. 7836, otherwise known as “The
Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994.” The law provided for the
Pursuant to the law, the first Board for Professional Teachers (BPT) was
constituted on September 19, 1995 with the appointment of Dr. Nilo L. Rosas as
Chairman, Dr. Aurelio O. Elevazo as Vice-Chairman and Dr. Lucila F. Tibigar, Dr. Fe A.
On August 1996, the Board and the PRC administered the Licensure Examination
for Teachers (LET) for the first time to 97,560 examinees. In 1997, 101,348 examinees
took the LET, a record in the history of professional regulation. In 1998, a total of
In 1996, the Board also administered the first licensure examination for school
superintendents, the results of which were released five (5) days after the examination
date.
Today, teachers constitute more than half a million, comprising one of the largest
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