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In order to calculate the percentage of children attending schools, the number of children of school age must be used, including those of elementary school age (ages 5 through 13) and teenagers in High School age (ages 14 through 17). That would yield a total percentage of around 20% of the total population.
During 1925 the Commission visited schools all throughout the Philippines, interviewing a total of 32,000 pupils and 1,077 teachers. The commission found that in the 24 years since the U.S. education system had been established, 530,000 Filipinos had completed elementary school, 160,000 intermediate school, and 15,500 high school.
There are 876,842 public school teachers in the Philippines as of 2021. [109] The teacher-learner ratio in Philippine public schools in 2020 was 1:28 in public elementary schools, 1:25 in junior high school, and 1:29 in senior high school. [110] There are 500,000 teaching and non-teaching staff members in private schools as of 2022.
On the same year, Ignacio founded the Ibalik ang Philippine History sa High School Movement. It is an “informal, non-partisan, and pro-Philippines” organization of “like-minded teachers, students, and professionals” seeking to take this cause online. It is the first known organized initiative that solely addresses the issue.
Several Thomasites are interred at the American Teachers Memorial, a special plot inside the Manila North Cemetery.The current memorial was erected in 1917. The Thomasites were a group of 600 American teachers who traveled from the United States to the newly occupied territory of the Philippines on the US Army Transport Thomas. [1]
Pages in category "History of education in the Philippines" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A highly centralized public school system was installed in 1901, using English as the medium of instruction. This created a heavy shortage of teachers, and the Philippine Commission authorized the secretary of public instruction to bring to the Philippines 600 teachers from the U.S.—the so-called Thomasites.
Under the Japanese, the teaching of Tagalog, Philippine history, and character education was given priority. Love for work and the dignity of labor were also emphasized. In October 1944, months after President Manuel L. Quezon 's death, the department was renamed as the Department of Public Instruction and Information, with Carlos P. Romulo at ...