TIMELINE OF THE EDUCATIONAL

SYSTEM

Prepared by: Arcel Marie A. Emeliano BEED - IV

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 117

COMMONWEALTH ACT No. 80

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 578 

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 139

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 416 EDUCATIONAL ACT 1940

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1124  REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1968 REPUBLIC ACT No. 4007 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4670

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5525 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6054 

REPUBLIC ACT No. 6132 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 491 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 6-A PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO 1006 BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 232   EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 134

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 202

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7797

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7836 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 263 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 17

Arrange Accordingly:

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 117

• an act to amend sections one, three, seven, eight,

ten, seventeen, and twenty-one of act numbered

twenty-eight hundred and thirty-three as amended

by acts numbered twenty-nine hundred and twenty-

six, thirty hundred and twenty-six, thirty-six hundred

and five, and thirty-seven hundred and sixty-one,

regarding income tax BACK

COMMONWEALTH ACT No. 80

• An act creating the office of adult education,

enumerating its duties, defining its objectives, and

providing funds for its operation.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 578 

• An act to amend article one hundred fifty-two of the 

revised penal code, so as to include teachers,

professors, and persons charged with the

supervision of public or duly recognized private

schools, colleges, and universities, within the term

"persons in authority" 

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 139

• An act to amend certain sections of act numbered twenty-nine

hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "an act creating a board to

have charge of the selection and approval of the textbooks to

be used by the colleges and schools of the government, and

for other purposes," as amended by act numbered thirty-one

hundred and eighty-five, thirty-four hundred and two, and

thirty-seven hundred and seventy-two

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 416

• An act for the purpose of converting the present Philippine

normal school into the Philippine normal college, conferring

the degrees of bachelor of science in elementary education

and master of arts in education, providing for a board of

trustees, defining the board's responsibilities and duties,

providing professional and technical instruction, and for

other purposes 

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EDUCATIONAL ACT 1940

• An article which is also known as (REPUBLIC ACT

NO. 586)  an act to insert a new section between

section two hundred and sixty and two hundred and

sixty-one of commonwealth act numbered four

hundred and sixty-six, otherwise known as the

national internal revenue code, and to amend

section two hundred sixty-one of the same code  BACK

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1124 

• An act creating a board of national education

charged with the duty of formulating general

education policies and directing the educational

interests of the nation

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877

• An act declaring sexual harassment unlawful in the

employment,

• Education or training environment, and for other

purposes

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1968

• An act granting the municipality of sibalom,

province of antique, a franchise for an electric light,

heat and power system 

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 4007

• An act amending section sixteen hundred eighty-six

of the revised administrative code, as amended by

republic act numbered twelve hundred seventy-

seven.

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4670

• June 18, 1966

• THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL

TEACHERS

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5525

• An act amending certain sections of republic act

numbered twenty-two hundred thirty-four, known as

the charter of the city of legazpi 

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6054 

• An act to institute a charter for barrio high schools

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 6132

• An act implementing resolution of both houses numbered two as

amended by resolution of both houses numbered four of the

congress of the Philippines calling for a constitutional convention,

providing for proportional representation therein and other details

relating to the election of delegates to and the holding of the

constitutional convention, repealing for the purpose republic act

four thousand nine hundred fourteen, and for other purposes.

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 491

• June 25, 1974

• Creating a national nutrition council and for other purposes

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 6-A

• September 29, 1972

• Authorizing the undertaking of educational

development projects, providing for the mechanics

of implementation and financing thereof, and for

other purposes

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO 1006

• Providing for the professionalization of teachers,

regulating their practice in the Philippines and for

other purposes

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 232  

• September 11, 1982

• An act providing for the establishment and

maintenance of an integrated system of education

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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 134

• February 27, 1987

• Enabling act for the elections for members of

congress on may 11, 1987, and for other purposes

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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 202

• Creating the land transportation franchising and

• Regulatory board

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7797

• An act to lengthen the school calendar from two

hundred (200) days to not more than two hundred

twenty (220) class days.

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7836

• An act to strengthen the regulation and supervision

of the practice of teaching in the Philippines and

prescribing a licensure examination for teachers and

for other purposes.

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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 263

• July 19, 1995

• Adopting community-based forest management as

the national strategy to ensure the sustainable

development of the country's forestlands resources

and providing mechanisms for its implementation

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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 17

• Amending section 3 of executive order no. 82,

institutionalizing the legacy of the EDSA people

power revolution by creating an EDSA people power

commission to perpetuate and propagate the spirit

of EDSA

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