TIMELINE OF THE
EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM
Prepared by: Arcel Marie A. Emeliano BEED - IV
Arrange Accordingly:
 COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 117
 REPUBLIC ACT No. 6132
 COMMONWEALTH ACT No. 80
 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 491
 COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 578
 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 6-A
 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
 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
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 thirtyseven hundred and sixty-one, regarding income tax
COMMONWEALTH ACT No. 80
• An act creating the office of adult education, enumerating its duties,
defining its objectives, and providing funds for its operation.
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"
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 thirtyone hundred and eighty-five, thirty-four hundred and two, and thirty-seven
hundred and seventy-two
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
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
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
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877
• An act declaring sexual harassment unlawful in the employment,
• Education or training environment, and for other purposes
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1968
• An act granting the municipality of sibalom, province of antique, a
franchise for an electric light, heat and power system
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.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4670
• June 18, 1966
• THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5525
• An act amending certain sections of republic act numbered twentytwo hundred thirty-four, known as the charter of the city of legazpi
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6054
• An act to institute a charter for barrio high schools
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.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 491
• June 25, 1974
• Creating a national nutrition council and for other purposes
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
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO 1006
• Providing for the professionalization of teachers, regulating their
practice in the Philippines and for other purposes
BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 232
• September 11, 1982
• An act providing for the establishment and maintenance of an
integrated system of education
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 134
• February 27, 1987
• Enabling act for the elections for members of congress on may 11,
1987, and for other purposes
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 202
• Creating the land transportation franchising and
• Regulatory board
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.
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.
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
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