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.

410 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES
TABLE 43.-SCHOLARSHIP OF FILIPINO TEACHERS
[From page 16 of the Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Director of Education]
School year
Filipino teachers
1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23
Percentage who were graduates of normal schools,
colleges, or universities in
the United States or in
the Philippines........... 4.11 4.88 4.96 4.05 4.18 4.66
Percentage who were graduates of Philippine secondary schools other than
normal schools........... 4.66 5.59 5.55 6.07 7.17 10.33
Percentage who were of educational attainments ranging from the second to the
fourth years secondary.... 19.32 23.11 24.82 27.47 29.66 33.67
Percentage who were of attainments under the second year secondary..... 71.14 65.38 63.63 61.86 58.25 60.22
Percentage who were of attainments not easily classified because of their
training along special lines..77 1.04 1.04.56.74 1.12
But it is precisely such a table that has obscured the serious situation.
The really significant figure in the table is the percentage of trained
teachers. This percentage, since college or university education is not
teacher training, is only a part of the 4.66 per cent of the total teaching
group in 1922-23. This figure is almost constant for the years reported, and is actually smaller for the last than for two of the five
preceding years.
From the Seventeenth Annual Report of the Director of Education
is taken the following table and quotation concerning the situation from
1909-10 to 1915-16:
"Perhaps no figures are more striking and valuable than these which
indicate the rapid improvement in the attainment of Filipino teachers as
shown in the following table:
Grade IV First year Above
Year and under to fourth year
year
1909-10................................................. 564 2,082.........
1910-11.................................................. 370 2,837.........
1911-12................................................. 178 2,855 89
191 2-13.............................................. 96 3,271 251
1913-14................................................... 78 5,104 341
1914-15................................................... 64 6,237 468
1915-16................................................... 36 7,790 616
a In recent years the teachers with low academic attainments have generally been special
instructors in industrial work.