DYNAMICS OF BASIC EDUCATIONAL LAW IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
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Education in the Republic of the Philippines has been influenced by the education system of the United States of America, especially the class division since the United States of America governed the Philippine Islands for a while. Thus, the Philippine Educational Law has been developed consequently. Since the establishment of the Republic, every constitution of the Republic of the Philippines has always ensured the rights of citizens' access to education. Therefore, Filipino citizens have the right to education without fees, and the current constitution also contains a provision that mentions compulsory education for the first time. Elementary education is compulsory. However, the Republic of the Philippines encountered critical problems in education related to dropouts and decreasing number of secondary school students, leading to the enactment of the Republic Act No. 10533 for educational reformation with an aim to increase the potential of Filipinos in the labor market and good quality of life, resulting in major changes in the education system, especially the extended period in compulsory education up to 13 years applicable to education at all levels of kindergarten, primary and secondary education. As a result, the period of compulsory study and free education was closely correlated.
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