Legal Basis

in Education
Principles and General
Objectives of Education

1. Provide a broad
general education that
will assist each individual
in society to attain
his/her potential as a
human being, and
enhance the range and
quality of the individual
and the group.
Principles and General
Objectives of Education

2. Help the individual

participate in the basic
functions of society and
acquire the essential
educational foundation
for his/her development
into a productive and
versatile citizen.
Principles and General
Objectives of Education

3. Train the nation’s

manpower in the
middle-level skills
required for national
development.
Principles and General
Objectives of Education

4. Develop the high-level

professions that will
provide leadership for
the nation, advance
knowledge through
research, and apply new
knowledge for improving
the quality of human life.
Principles and General
Objectives of Education

5. Respond
effectively to
changing needs and
conditions through a
system of
educational planning
and evaluation.
 Act No. 74
• establishment of the Department of Public
Instruction headed by the General
superintendent
• the archipelago was divided into school
divisions and districts for effective
management of the school system.
• English was made as medium of
instruction in all levels of schooling
 Act No. 74

• optional religious instructions in all

schools (Section 16)
• establishment of a Trade school in Manila
(Philippine College of Arts and Trade- PCAT
now known as Technological University of
the Philippines), a school of Agriculture in
Negros, a Normal school in Manila
(Philippine Normal School)
 Act No. 2706
Private School Law

Recognition and inspection of private

schools and colleges by the Secretary
of Public Instruction so as to maintain a
standard of efficiency in all private
schools and colleges in the country
 Act No. 2706
Private School Law

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
 Commonwealth Act No. 1
(Amended by R.A. 9163)
National Defense Act

“Preparatory Military training shall be given with

the youth in the elementary grade school at the
age of ten years and shall extend through the
remainder of his schooling into college or post-
secondary education.”
By virtue of Presidential Decree 1706, issued by
the late President Marcos on August 8, 1980,
otherwise known as the “National Service Law”,
Commonwealth Act No. 1 was amended, and
required all citizens to render, civic welfare
service, law enforcement service and military
service.
 Commonwealth Act No. 578

This Act 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.
 Republic Act No. 896
Elementary Education Act of
1953
1. restoration of Grade VII (but never
implemented due to lack of funds)
2. abolition of the double- single session and
return to the former practice of only one
3. class under one teacher in the primary and
three teachers to two classes or five teachers
to three classes in the intermediate level
4. compulsory completion of the elementary
grades
5. compulsory enrollment of children in the
public schools upon attaining seven years of
age.
 Commonwealth Act
No. 589
Republic Act No. 1265
This law, approved on
August 19, 1940,
(amended by R. A. 8491)
established a school ritual Provided that a daily
in all public and private flag ceremony shall be
elementary and secondarycompulsory in all
schools in the Philippines.
educational
The ritual consists of
solemn and patriotic institutions. This
ceremonies that include includes the singing of
the singing of the Nationalthe Philippine National
Anthem and Patriotic Anthem.
Pledges.
 Republic Act No. 7796
Technical Education and Skills
Development Act of 1994

Aims to encourage the

full participation of and
mobilize the industry,
labor, local government
units and technical –
vocational institutions in
the skills development of
the country’s human
resources.
National Manpower and
Youth Council (NMYC)
of the Department of
Labor and Employment
(DOLE)
Bureau of Technical and
Vocational Education (BTVE)
of the Department of
Education, Culture and
Sports (DECS)

The Apprenticeship Program

of the Bureau of Local
Employment (BLE) of the
DOLE
formulates manpower and
skills plans

sets appropriate skills

standards and tests

coordinates and monitors

manpower policies and
programs

provides policy directions

and guidelines for resource
allocation for the TVET
institutions in both the
private and public sectors
 Republic Act No. 7722
Higher Education Act of 1994

A law that created the

Commission on Higher
Education (CHED),
appropriating funds therefore
and for other purposes. It
provides for the composition of
the Commission and
establishes Higher Education
Department Fund to strengthen
the Higher Education in the