History of Educational

Planning in the Philippines

Planning
 Adesina(1990) this is a method of deciding what we want to accomplish
 Ejiogu(1990) means to project, forecast, design or make our course

Educational Planning can be defined:

 The process of settling out in advance strategies, policies, procedures,
programs and standards in which the educational objectives is
achieved.
 A detailed and systematic process
 It is goal- oriented
History of Educational Planning in
the Philippines
According to the Department of Education, today’s
educational planning in the Philippines can claim an unbroken
history even before the establishment of our formal
educational system.
During the pre- Spanish era and the period of more than four
centuries when the Philippines was a possession of Spain
and of the United States there was a long and routine sort of
educational planning though it was not visible enough to
compare with the present educational planning system.
1. Organization and Process of
Overall Development Planning
1962 Executive Order No. 17
 Program Implementation Agency (PIA)
- to meet the need for an implementing authority to push
through development plans
1966
PIA was changed to Presidential Economic Staff (PES)
National Economic Council (1993)
Executive Order No. 53
Manpower Development Council
It has the responsibility of assessing human resources
 and forecasting the needs of trained personnel at
various occupational levels.
1972 Martial Law
Implementation of the Integrated Reorganization Plan
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
 For the purpose of recommending continuing, coordinated
and fully integrated social and economic plans and programs
 For overseeing government development programs
 For National development planning and coordination of
program implementation
 For coordinating development policies and monitoring project
activities
 1993 Commonwealth Act No. 2

National Economic Council (NEC)

 central authority responsible for the “formulation of definite
and consistent national economic policies and the preparation
of comprehensive economic and social development plan.”

CONCERN OF ANY or ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 4 GROUPS:

1.) The Councial proper:
• Congressional members
• appointive members of the Executive branch
• representatives of the private sector.
2.) The technical staff of the council
- members of three main offices:
1. National Planning
2. Foreign Aid Coordination
3. Statistical Coordination and Standards
3.) other departments, offices and agiencies of the government:
• particularly the Budget Commission
• Central Bank,
• Department of Finance,
• Presidential Economic Staff
4.) Private Sector
Policies and programs of the council

• President approves

• Implementation by government’s departments,

offices and agencies
The 1966 PES and 1993 NEC are the
planning and programming agencies of
the country.
2. Development of Educational Planning
1954 Republic Act No. 1124
Board of National Education

1. formulate objectives and basic policies of education in

conformity with the Constitution

2. coordinate the objectives, functions, and activities of

different types of educational institutions

3. set up general goals of accomplishments for the entire

school system
1954 Republic Act No. 4372
Additional functions of the Board of National Education

A. Establish guidelines, policies, and criteria from the

evaluation by the Board of Textbooks.

B. Compile educational statistics, records, researches, surveys and studies

C. Secure data and information from educational institutions

D. Submit annual report to the President and Congress

1965 Dept. Memorandum No. 10, s. 1965
Secretary of Education
Bureaus and agency to integrate and coordinate efforts in the
administration of developmental programs and to effect a closer
cooperation with the national planning agencies, NEC and PES
Department of Education Coordinating Committee for Educational
Planning
1972 Educational Decree
National Board of Education(NBE) shall be assisted by an office of
planning and research which is the Planning Service in the
Department of Education
Remember:
 The 1966 PES and 1993 NEC are the planning and
programming agencies of the country.
 We are not only creating our own system because there
were different agencies formulated
 Planning Service in the Department of Education was
created. Meaning to say continuous ang planning service
made by DepEd for more improvements.
 Prepared by:

VANESSA S. VELITA
Student/MAED