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.

506 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES

The number and enrollment of church and private secondary schools
which have received recognition are given in the following table:
TABLE 59.-CLASSIFICATION AND ENROLLMENT OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Number of schools Enrollment
Year Total
Year Catho- Protes- Nonsec- Total Catho- Protes- Nonsec- Total
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1913................. 16 1 13 30 2,029 59 497 2,585
1918.................. 28 4 18 50 3,015 353 1,491 4,879
1919.................. 31 7 22 60 3,052 489 2,427 5,968
1920.................. 33 8 25 66 3,146 620 5,360 9,126
1921................. 34 10 28 72 3,278 807 6,568 10,653
1922................. 35 12 37 84 3,425 1,027 9,038 13,490
1923.................. 59 13 49 121 3,573 2,008 11,210 16,791
1924.................. 61 15 66 142 3,646 2,530 13,230 19,406

As graduates of these schools of elementary grade sought entrance
to the public high schools and graduates of secondary grade sought
entrance to the University of the Philippines, supervision of the church
and private schools became necessary. Hence was established in 1913
the Division of Private Schools immediately under the control of the
Secretary of Public Instruction. This division at present consists of
a superintendent of private schools, an assistant to the superintendent
of private schools, and two supervisors of private schools. The superintendent of private schools may grant or withhold approval of schools
that have applied for it and withdraw approval that has once been
granted. A school that has been denied approval or from which approval has been withdrawn may no longer post over the front door
"Recognized by the Government" nor may its pupils be transferred
freely to the public schools or graduate to the University of the Philippines. The four persons mentioned above must inspect and pass upon
the applications for Government recognition of the many new private
schools that are annually organized, and must supervise the administration of the hundreds of church and private schools that are
spread throughout the Islands and that extend from primary grades to
universities. It is a hopeless task. The Division of Private Schools is
supported out of the funds of the Bureau of Education but the Director
of the Bureau has no control whatever of its activities. The Commission has elsewhere expressed the opinion that the administration of
the public schools is too rigid. It wishes now to express the opinion
that adequate supervision of private schools does not exist.
There are three kinds of schools under control other than public
control in the Philippine Islands; viz., private adventure schools, Protestant Mission schools, and Roman Catholic parochial schools and