What we were told: AMERICANS instituted great reforms to our society, starting free education. The Truth: The Kanos had the impression that the Philippines was so backward and full of ignorant and savage people, Wrong! A public school system was already present during the Spanish period," says Dr. De Viana. "The local parish churches were the public schools at the time. We actually had a very good public school system, especially after 1863 with the education law, where it was ordered that every town would construct two schools, one for boys and one for girls."
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 04:46:52 +0000
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