Period Form of School

Pre- colonial period 'Formal' education during the pre-colonial

period was most strongly
manifested in the form of the initiation ceremony.
Different members of society played the role of
educators and the education that was provided
corresponded to the essential needs of the society.

Formal education
Spanish Period
Period
During the early years of Spanish colonization, education
was mostly run by the Church. Spanish friars and
missionaries educated the natives and converted
indigenous populations to the Catholic faith.
King Philip II's Leyes de Indias (Laws of the Indies)
mandated Spanish authorities in the Philippines to educate
the natives, to teach them how to read and write in
the Spanish language. However, the latter objective was
difficult given the realities of the time.[2] The early friars
learned the local languages to better communicate with
the locals. Although by royal decree the friars were
required to teach the Spanish language to the natives,
they realized it would be easier for them to learn the local
languages first, before teaching Spanish to the population.
The Spanish missionaries established schools soon after
reaching the islands and a few decades into the Spanish
period, there was no Christian village without its school,
with most children attending.
The Augustinians opened a school immediately upon
arriving in Cebú in 1565. The Franciscans arrived in 1577,
and they, too, immediately taught the people how to read
and write, besides imparting to them important industrial
and agricultural techniques. The Jesuits who arrived in
1581 also concentrated on teaching the young. When
the Dominicans arrived in 1587, they did the same thing in
their first mission in Bataan.[3]
Within months of their arrival in Tigbauan which is
in Iloilo province located in the island of Panay, Pedro
Chirino and Francisco Martín had established a school
for Visayan boys in 1593 in which they taught not only the
catechism but reading, writing, Spanish, and liturgical
music. The Spaniards of Arévalo heard of the school and
wanted Chirino to teach their boys too. Chirino at once put
up a dormitory and school house (1593–1594) for the
Spanish boys near his rectory. It was the first Jesuit
boarding school to be established in the Philippines.[4][5]
SPANISH
Spanish education played a major role in that
transformation. The oldest universities, colleges,
vocational schools and the first modern
publiceducation system in Asia were created
during the colonial period. 5. Education was still in
the early stage of development during the Spanish
perioDuring the Spanish colonial period in
the Philippines (1521–1898), the different cultures of the
archipelago experienced a gradual unification from a
variety of native Asian and Islamic customs and traditions,
including animist religious practices, to what is known
today as Filipino culture, a unique hybrid of Southeast
Asian and Western culture, namely Spanish, including
the Spanish language and the Catholic faith.
Spanish education played a major role in that
transformation. The oldest universities, colleges,
and vocational schools, dating as far back as the late 16th
century were created during the colonial period, as well as
the first modern public education system in Asia,
established in 1863. By the time Spainwas replaced by
the United States as the colonial power, Filipinos were
among the most educated peoples in all of Asia, boasting
one of the highest literacy rates in that continent.
Simultaneously, the knowledge of Filipinos about
neighboring cultures receded