Department of Education (Philippines)

The Department of Education is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for ensuring access to, promoting equity in, and improving the quality of basic education. It is the main agency tasked to manage and govern the Philippine system of basic education.

This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on people who has been working or had worked at the Department of Education and its predecessors. Find more at the master project page, Philippines Portal.

Under President Emilio Aguinaldo, supervision on schools and basic education was put under the Department of the Interior.

The Department of Public Instruction was established in January 1901 upon the recommendation of the Taft Commission, with Doctor Fred Washington Atkinson as the first General Superintendent. In 1916, the post was renamed as the Secretary of Public Instruction. The position was held by Americans until the proclamation of the Philippine Commonwealth.

Secretaries of Public Instruction

• Joseph Ralston Hayden | as of 1934
• Sergio Osmeña | November 15, 1935 - April 18, 1939
• Jorge Bocobo | April 19, 1939 - January 22, 1941

Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare

• Sergio Osmeña | December 24, 1941 - August 1, 1944

Secretary of Public Instruction and Information

• Carlos P. Romulo | October 1944 - February 1945

Commissioner of Education, Health and Public Welfare

• Claro M. Recto | 1942 - October 1943

Minister of Education

• Camilo Osías | October 1943 - February 1945

Secretaries of Instruction

• Maximo M. Kalaw | February 27, 1945 - May 4, 1945
• Jose Sesbreño Reyes | May 5, 1945 - January 3, 1946
• Francisco Francia Benitez | January 3, 1946 - May 27, 1946
• Manuel Viola Gallego, Sr. | May 28, 1946 - September 20, 1948
• Prudencio Langcauon | September 1948 - September 13, 1950
• Pablo Lorenzo | September 14, 1950 - April 3, 1951
• Teodoro Evangelista | May 18, 1951 - September 30, 1951
• Cecilio Putong | April 18, 1952 - January 13, 1954
• Pastor Endencia | January 13, 1954 - June 30, 1954
• Gregorio Hernandez Jr. | June 30, 1954 - March 17, 1957
• Martín Vásquez Aguilar Jr. | March 29, 1957 - September 2, 1957
• Manuel Lim | September 3, 1957 - November 17, 1957
• Daniel Magno Salcedo | November 18, 1957 - May 31, 1959
• Jose E. Romero | June 1, 1959 - September 4, 1962
• Jose Y[ap] Tuason | September 5, 1962 - December 30, 1962
• Alejandro Reyes Roces | December 30, 1962 - September 7, 1965
• Carlos P. Romulo | December 30, 1965 - December 16, 1967
• Onofre Corpuz (acting) | December 17, 1967 - April 20, 1971
• Juan L. Manuel | April 21, 1971 - September 23, 1972

Secretary of Education and Culture

• Juan L. Manuel | September 24, 1972 - June 2, 1978

Ministers of Education and Culture

• Juan L. Manuel | June 2, 1978 - June 1979
• Onofre Corpuz | July 1979 - September 10, 1982

Ministers of Education, Culture and Sports

• Onofre Corpuz | September 11, 1982 - January 1984
• Jaime Laya | January 1984 - February 1986
• Lourdes Reynes-Quisumbing | February 25, 1986 - January 30, 1987

Secretaries of Education, Culture and Sports

• Lourdes Reynes-Quisumbing | January 30, 1987 - December 1989
• Isidro Cariño | January 3, 1990 - June 30, 1992
• Armand Fabella | July 1, 1992 - July 6, 1994
• Ricardo Tumanda Gloria | July 7, 1994 - December 1997
• Erlinda Pefianco | February 2, 1998 - June 30, 1998
• Andrew Gonzalez | July 1, 1998 - January 22, 2001
• Raul Roco | January 22, 2001 - August 10, 2001

Secretaries of Education

• Raul Roco | August 11, 2001 - August 31, 2002
• Edilberto Caños de Jesus | September 16, 2002 - August 2004
• Florencio Abad | September 24, 2004 - July 8, 2005
• Ramon Carlos Bacani (officer-in-charge) | July 8, 2005 - August 30, 2005
• Fe Hidalgo (officer-in-charge) | August 31, 2005 - October 3, 2006
• Jesli Lapus | October 4, 2006 - March 15, 2010
• Mona Valisno | March 15, 2010 - June 30, 2010
• Armin Luistro | June 30, 2010 - June 30, 2016
• Leonor Briones | June 30, 2016 - June 30, 2022
• Sara Duterte | June 30, 2022 - Present

Resources

• "Department of Education (Philippines)" Wikipedia.
• "Secretary of Education (Philippines)" Wikipedia.

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