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.

564 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES
In the first of three tables, with the year 1913 as a base, the relative i
increases in educational and noneducational expenditures are compared.
Clearly from 1913 to 1918, the latter increased more rapidly than the
former; but since 1919 the educational expenses have increased the
faster. In 1923 in comparison with the distribution of funds in 1913,
the educational expenses were relatively 1.8 times as large as the noneducational expenses. This indicates the growing interest of the Filipino
people in education.
Presented in another form in Table 67, these facts show in a yet
more striking way the recent increased emphasis on education. Although
the percentage of the total public revenue devoted to education was
less in 1918 than in 1913, the schools regained their position in 1920,
and gradually forged ahead until in 1923 the current expenditures on
education were three-fifths greater than in 1913.
TABLE 66.-RELATIVE RATES OF INCREASE IN TOTAL GOVERNMENTAL (INSULAR, PROVINCIAL, AND MUNICIPAL COMBINED) CURRENT EXPENSES FOR EDUCATION, AND FOR
NONEDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, 1913-1923
[Sources: Official reports of the Bureau of Audits and of the Bureau of Education, with
duplications removed]
Amounts Percentage of 1913
as base of 100
Year
Educational Noneduca- Educa- Noneducational tional tional
Per cent Per cent
1913..................................... P6,273,573 P37,565,393 100.0 100.0
1918..................................... 8,129,795 58,148,777 129.5 154.8
1919..................................... 10,627,476 73,653,158 169.4 196.0
1920..................................... 15,210,884 78,152,784 242.5 208.1
1921..................................... 18,799,680 71,136,657 299.7 189.4
1922..................................... 20,430,650 67,041,575 325.7 178.4
1923..................................... 20,816,227 67,617,715 331.8 180.0
TABLE 67.-PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL GOVERNMENTAL CURRENT EXPENSES DEVOTED
TO EDUCATION, VARIOUS YEARS, 1913-1923
[Sources: Official reports of the Bureau of Audits and of the Bureau of Education, with
duplications removed]
Amounts
Amount Percentage
Year devoted to
Education mentalo education
Per cent
1913................................................ P6,273,573?43,838,966 14.3
1918................................................ 8,129,795 66,278,572 12.3
1919.............................................. 10,627,476 84,280,634 12.6
1920................................................ 15,210,884 93,363,668 16.3
1921................................................ 18,799,680 89,936,337 20.9
1922.............................................. 20,430,650 87,472,225 23.3
1923................................................ 20,816,227 88,433,942 23.5
1 These are net expenditures and do not include debt payments, amounts paid to sinking
funds, investments in private corporations, advances to railway and other companies,
transfer of funds to the Gold Standard Fund, prior adjustments, and intergovernmental
transactions or other credit adjustments.