Philippine Education System During the Era of the Third Philippine Republic: 1946–1965

Abstract

The paper represents another item in the author's series of articles on the Philippine education system. The author examines in detail how Philippine education was changing during the Third Philippine Republic period, with what effect five Philippine presidents, who succeeded each other in years 1946–1965, managed to transform the education system in the Philippines, how their policy at the national level was reflected in the ideas which in their steed were propagated via the educational system in schools and other educational institutions. For the administration of each of the five presidents during the Third Republic the author gives a brief description of the state the country was in. A general short list of innovations and changes in the education system of the Philippines that occurred during the era of the Third Republic is provided. Moreover, the paper includes statistics showing the dynamics of the education system development in both the period under review and, for comparison, in an earlier time, when the Philippines was still an American colony.