A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

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is to offer constructive suggestions which we believe will promote the
further realization of the plan as already developed.
The first point relative to needs for revision in the foregoing list was
that too much is now attempted. The second was that the time allotments are not always in proportion to the relative importance of the
subjects. These two points are closely related and must be considered
together.
AMOUNT OF WORK AND TIME ALLOTMENTS.-In the division of
time between general subjects and occupational subjects in the intermediate grades, a very fundamental question is raised. No less fundamental is the question of the selection and organization of occupational
subjects to accompany the general work. The time given to the occupational work should be adequate to provide education and training
that will be of general vocational value. For this reason, a slight
extension of the time hitherto allotted to the occupational studies is
recommended. By including within this allotment provision for some
closely related subject-matter in arithmetic and drawing, it is believed
that reductions in time suggested for these subjects will provide adequate
total time for their treatment, even increasing their values for usage.
As parts of the general course, agricultural or industrial, and homemaking subjects are included. In every intermediate school two of
these occupational subjects should be found, the home-making for girls
and the agricultural or industrial for boys. Some schools may have
all three lines, but for most communities, the agricultural subjects with
the closely related industrial problems of farm and home construction
and repair work will be sufficient. A discussion of the organization
and content of these occupational subjects in the intermediate school is
presented in the chapter on Industrial Subjects.
An academic course should be added in the largest municipalities or
school centers in the intermediate schools for those pupils who expect to
prepare for occupations requiring training in secondary or higher professional schools. These pupils who wish high-school education and
training for agriculture, industry, or home making should go to regional
high schools of the type recommended in a later chapter.
Because the proposal for an academic course in the larger of the
intermediate schools is somewhat new, a brief statement of the subjects
which should be added to the general course is included. The common
work for all pupils, regardless of the occupational subjects which they
would take should be the same for the pupils taking the academic
course. It represents a kind of "common denominator of experience"
for all citizens. The remaining time for academic pupils, the same
in amount as that given to the occupational subjects of other pupils,