Report of the Philippine Commission to the President (2 vols.; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900), I, 17
The Educational Decree of 1863 provided a free public education system in the Philippines, managed by the government. The decree mandated the establishment of at least one primary school for boys and one for girls in each town under the responsibility of the municipal government, and the establishment of a normal school for male teachers under the supervision of the Jesuits. See, Estioko SVD, Leonardo (1994). History of Education: A Filipino Perspective. LOGOS Publications, Inc. pp. 163–200.
