JAY JAY G.

PASTRANA
MEM 646- Comparative Educational System 
Group 1-THAILAND

‣ HISTORY

History plays a very important part to the educational landscape of a country. It provides
identity and shows us models as well as teaching us how to learn from our mistakes and the
mistakes of others. History helps us understand how society, how the education, can change and
develop. If we don't teach our children to connect with history, then the consequences for our
society could be disastrous. As education changes, knowledge changes, and then as knowledge
changes, the world changes. This cycle shows just how interrelated our society has become,
especially in the realm of education. History has shaped the world, which interne shapes all the
previous things mentioned.
The data in this study were obtained from secondary sources, especially official online
sources from both countries.
PHILIPPINES THAILAND

 Education was influenced by the  Never been colonized by Western

country’s colonial history.
 Education was informal, unstructured,
and acquired through apprenticeship
which started at home.
 Children were provided with vocational
training and less academics by parents
and houses of tribal tutors.
 Pre-Colonial Times- Religious and
Babaylan rituals, warrior training, and
other instinctive survival skills were
later instituted as those were necessities.
 The historical roots of foundation of the
Philippines is evident through: Tribal
tutors, Spanish Missionaries,
Thomasites, Japanese Education, and
Trifocal Education System.
 Spanish Missionaries- Education was
“religion centered”.
- Education for the elite only. Spanish is
compulsory. Boys’ and girls' school are
separated. Inadequate, suppressed and
controlled. The Spaniards were the
teachers.
 Thomasites- American teachers free and
compulsory elementary. Establishment
of a new public school system, to teach
powers. Country’s school system has
developed locally with a strong focus on
Thai culture and values.
 Thailand was traditionally provided by
three main institutions of the Thai
society: homes, palaces, and temples.
Buddhist temples as the main venues for
the teaching and training of youths.
 It was categorized as informal education,
which did not require any curriculum,
evaluation, building, policy, plans and
purposes while parents and monks
automatically played significant roles as
teachers.
 Men were trained reading and writing, as
well as various crafts, while women
were trained in Thai customs, good
manners, cookery, homemaking, and
crafts at home or at the royal court.
 The Thai Ministry of Education divides
the historical roots of education in
Thailand into: Sukhothai Period,
Ayutthaya Period, Bangkok Period, and
the Contemporary Period.
 Sukhothai Period- The education being
taught during that time that centered on
moral, intellectual and cultural aspects.
- Education for the princes and sons of
nobles provided by the Royal Institution
Instruction or the Rajabundit ; and,
Education for the commoners provided
by the Buddhist monks.
 Ayutthaya Period- The basic structure of
education was for the princes, boys of
noble birth, and commoners. It was of an
 basic education, and to train Filipino
teachers, with English as the medium of
instruction. 600 teachers from USA
taught in Philippines. The goal of
education is to promote democratic
ideals and way of life; formation of good
citizens, including the rights and
responsibilities of people.
 Japanese Education- creation of ministry 
of education. The teaching of Tagalog,
Philippine History, and Character
Education was reserved for Filipinos.
Love for work and dignity of labor was
emphasized. Re- opening of elementary
schools. Re- opening of vocational and
normal schools. Institutions of higher
learning giving courses in agriculture,
medicine, fisheries and engineering.
Japanese language is popularized to
terminate the use of English the
Department of Instruction was made part
of the Department of Public Instruction.
 Modern Education in the Philippines
was influenced by the country’s colonial
history. Where it aims to provide the
school age population and young adults
with skills, knowledge, and values to
become caring, self-reliant, productive,
and patriotic citizens.
“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.”
The real challenge lies in being able to harness the history and the teachings from this
history and apply it to the present, but more critically, the future.
academic type. The study of the Thai
language. Occupational training was
generally handed down within the family
or acquired through apprenticeship.
Bangkok Period- King Rama I (1782-
1809) made education public through
reforming the Buddhist religion. Printed
books in Thai were used in schools.
Offer education that cover all levels-
pre-primary, primary, secondary and
technical education and higher
education. English school were
stablished to prepare young princes and
the sons of nobles for further studies
abroad as well as a number of schools
outside the palace for the education of
commoners’ children.
 Modern Education in the Philippines
was influenced by the country’s colonial
history. Where it aims to provide the
school age population and young adults
with skills, knowledge, and values to
become caring, self-reliant, productive,
and patriotic citizens.