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Legal Bases of The Philippine Educational System
Legal Bases of The Philippine Educational System
Here are the bases of the Philippine Educational System. The texts below are the
articles, section, and the republic acts under the Philippine Constitution.
Section 1. The state shall protect and promote the right of all the citizens to quality
education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make
such education accessible to all.
b. The archipelago was divided into school divisions and districts for effective
management of the school system.
• Philippine Normal School, however, was renamed Philippine Normal College (PNC)
by virtue of Republic Act No. 416 on June 18, 1949. And on December 26, 1991, the
PNC was converted to Philippine Normal University as provided by Republic Act No.
7168.
This law was amended by Commonwealth Act No. 180 passed on November 13,
1936 which provided that:
The Secretary of Public Instruction was vested with power to “supervise, inspect and
regulate said schools and colleges in order to determine the efficiency of instruction
given in the same.”
And all private schools come under the supervision and regulation of the Secretary
of DPI, thus eliminating “diploma mills” and substandard schools.
This Act also provided a penalty of imprisonment ranging from six months and one
day to six years and a fine ranging from 500 to 1, 000 pesos upon any person found
guilty of assault upon those teaching personnel.
d. Compulsory attendance in the primary grades for all children who enroll in Grade
I.
e. Introduction of double- single session- one class in the morning and another in
the afternoon under one teacher to accommodate more children.
b. Abolition of the double - single session and return to the former practice of only
one
c. Class under one teacher in the primary and three teachers to two classes or five
teachers to three classes in the intermediate level
c. Non- payment of these shall not hinder a student from enrollment or graduation.
e. A student who fails in majority of his academic subjects for two consecutive years
could no longer avail of their program.