|
YEAR |
OFFICIAL NAME OF DECS |
OFFICIAL TITULAR HEAD |
LEGAL BASES |
|
1863 |
Superior Commission of Primary Instruction |
Chairman |
Educational Decree of 1863 |
|
1901-1916 |
Department of Public Instruction |
General Superintendent |
Act. No. 74 of the Philippine Commission, Jan. 21, 1901 |
|
1916-1942 |
Department of Public Instruction |
Secretary |
Organic Act Law of 1916 (Jones Law) |
|
1942-1944 |
Department of Education, Health and Public Welfare |
Commissioner |
Renamed by the Japanese Executive Commission, June 11, 1942 |
|
1944- |
Department of Education, Health and Public Welfare |
Minister |
Renamed by Japanese Sponsored Philippine Republic |
|
same year |
Department of Public Instruction |
Secretary |
Renamed by Japanese Sponsored Philippine Republic |
|
1945-1946 |
Department of Public Instruction and Information |
Secretary |
Renamed by the Commonwealth Government |
|
1946-1947 |
Department of Instruction |
Secretary |
Renamed by the Commonwealth Government |
|
1947-1975 |
Department of Education |
Secretary |
E.O. No. 94 October 1947 (Reorganization Act of 1947) |
|
1975-1978 |
Department of Education and Culture |
Secretary |
Proc. No. 1081, September 24, 1972 |
|
1978-1984 |
Ministry of Education and Culture |
Minister |
P.D. No. 1397, June 2, 1978 |
|
1984-1986 |
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports |
Minister |
Education Act of 1982 |
|
1987-1994 |
Department of Education, Culture and Sports |
Secretary |
E.O. No. 117. January 30, 1987 |
|
1994-2001 |
Department of Education, Culture and Sports |
Secretary |
RA 7722 and RA 7796, 1994 Trifocalization of Education Management |
|
2001 – present |
Department of Education |
Secretary |
RA 9155, August 2001 (Governance of Basic Education Act) |
