22/09/2025
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September 22, 2025
Title:
Significant Influence and Legacy of the
Development of Educational System in the Philippines
Authors:
MARIA THERESA E. LOW,
VANESSA S. MAGHANOY,
VENUS S. VELASCO,
DONATO RAY A. CHRISTY,
ROXANNE KAYE S. BIHASA
Pit-os National High School, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines
Misamis University, H.T. Feliciano St., Ozamiz City, Philippines
Altamarino-Clasio High School, Curry, Pili, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Cebu Technological University Carmen Campus, Poblacion, Carmen, Cebu, Philippines
Corresponding Author: Maria Theresa E. Low, [email protected]
Abstract — Education in the Philippines has undergone various phases of development from the
past and up to the present. This paper describes the evolution of the Philippines' educational system
as influenced by the different periods of colonization. This study was conducted to identify factors
that contribute to the educational system and presents features and historical aspects of the stages
of evolution. The descriptive research method and the documentary analysis were carried out to
obtain the conceptual basis for records of this study. The paper recognized the advantages and
disadvantages in the system accumulated from every colonization period and the current setting.
There were inequalities in wealth, income and power, prestige, and opportunities in society during
the Spanish period. No state intends to establish schools that subvert its purpose, values, and ideas
in the American era. Japanese enabled awareness of materialism to raise the morality of the
Filipinos. The study reveals that the government only spends 12% of the national budget allocated
on education, far from the suggested 20% cut-offs of the World Bank. The people concerned must
examine the Philippines' education systems' practices and customs to point out errors in its
implementation. Therefore, there is a need to change and reform the system to uplift an efficient
standard of education in the country, if necessary. This paper may provide insights to educators,
school administrators, and the Department of Education in assessing factors concerning
developmental issues in education.
Keywords — Education, Spanish, American, Japanese, System