The Philippine Normal University (PNU; Filipino: Pamantasang Normal ng Pilipinas[7]) is a publiccoeducationalteacher education and research university in the Philippines. It was established in 1901 through Act No. 74 of the Philippine Commission"for the education of natives of the Islands in the science of teaching".[8] It has campuses in Manila, North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Pursuant to Republic Act No. 9647, it is the country's National Center for Teacher Education.[9]
In addition to the powers and functions provided for in its charter, the university is mandated to conduct researches, build and develop a database of education policies, and provide technical support to the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education, as well as assistance to the Congress of the Philippines, in the design and analysis of programs, projects, and legislative proposals concerning teacher training, teacher education, continuing professional education of teachers and academic supervisors, teacher education curricula, and other issues affecting teacher education.[10]
History
Early history
The Philippine Normal University was originally established as the Philippine Normal School (PNS), an institution for the training of teachers, by virtue of Act No. 74 of the Philippine Commission enacted on January 21, 1901. It opened on September 1, 1901, on the site of a former Spanish normal school in the Escuela Municipal in Intramuros.[11]
The main building of the Philippine Normal University Manila (renamed Geronima T. Pecson Hall in early 2000s) was built in 1912.
For more than two decades, PNS offered a two-year general secondary education program. In 1928 it became a junior college offering a two-year program to graduates of secondary schools.
In 1944, during World War II, the PNS building (now Geronima T. Pecson Hall) housed the National Library of the Philippines after the Legislative Building (now the National Museum of Fine Arts) was occupied by Japanese soldiers. However, after two weeks, the PNS building was also occupied and some of the collections were moved to the Manila City Hall.[17] The war-damaged school buildings were reconstructed under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946.
Conversion into college
The reconstructed Training Department Building (now the PNU Manila Faculty Center) in 1950
When PNS was converted into the Philippine Normal College (PNC) in 1949 through Republic Act No. 416 (also known as the PNC Charter), the four-year Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (BSEE) program was introduced. Subsequently, other undergraduate programs started, such as the Bachelor of Science in education (BSE) with specialization in Elementary Education; a BSEE major in Home Economics; and a three-year Combined Home Economics diploma.
In 1953, the Graduate School was established. PNC included the Master of Arts (MA) in Education curriculum in the academic program. The organization of a full-fledged Graduate School came five years later.[18]
In 1970 the Bachelor of Science in Education curriculum, offering major and minor subjects, was introduced. The passage of Republic Act No. 6515 in July 1972, which amended Republic Act No. 416, paved the way for the offering of the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees and the provision of other academic programs relevant to the in-service training of teachers, school supervisors, administrators, researchers, and other education specialists and personnel.[18]
Aside from the creation of campuses, the college expanded its services, most significant of which was its designation as the Curriculum Development Center for Communication Arts (English and Filipino) under the Language Study Center-Educational Development Projects Implementing Task Force (LSC-EDPITAF) Project and afterward as Center of Excellence (CENTREX) in English, Filipino and Values Education. Its major functions included the development of English and Filipino textbooks and teacher manuals for use in public elementary and secondary schools nationwide, and the conduct of national level trainers-training programs for the Bureau of Secondary Education, Department of Education, Culture and Sports, and the Fund for Assistance to Private Education.[18]
University status
The welcome marker of the Philippine Normal University in Manila
The school was elevated to university status on December 26, 1991, by Republic Act No. 7168.[20]
A fourth campus was constructed in Quezon province in 1993. The university was designated as Center of Excellence in Teacher Education (COE) for the National Capital Region and Center of Excellence in Filipino at the national level.
On September 1, 2001, the university celebrated its centennial founding anniversary.[18]
In 2008, it was declared as the country's National Center for Teacher Education by virtue of Republic Act No. 9647.[18]
The university has five campuses. The flagship and oldest campus is in Manila while the four non-autonomous branches are in different parts of the country.
Republic Act No. 4242, approved on June 19, 1965, established the North Luzon (Isabela), Visayas (Cadiz), and Mindanao (Agusan) branches.[19] The South Luzon (Lopez) branch started through a consortium with the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 1980.
In 2012, the regional branches were designated as university hubs for specific advocacies in response to regional demands and were later renamed in 2014.[24][25][26]
Multicultural Education Hub Center of Excellence in Teacher Education[27]
PNU Manila
Normal Hall, the main student dormitory of PNU Manila built in 1914
PNS first occupied the building of the Escuela Municipal in Intramuros then moved to the old Exposition Grounds in Ermita, now occupied by the Philippine General Hospital, after a year. In 1912, it transferred to its present location at the corner of Taft Avenue and Ayala Boulevard.
Its two oldest buildings, the Geronima T. Pecson Hall (now the main building) and Normal Hall, were designed by American architect William E. Parsons using the California Mission style. The construction was then budgeted at ₱374,000.[28][29] The main building was built in 1912 and was originally called the Philippine Normal School Building. The Normal Hall, meanwhile, was constructed in 1914 and served as a student dormitory. In addition, the university's Faculty Center was the former Training Department Building, reconstructed in 1950 and used as a training center for teachers.[30]
PNU North Luzon (formerly known as PNU Alicia or PNU Isabela) is the third regional branch of the university established by Republic Act No. 4242, principally authored by then-Isabela Lone District Representative Delfin Albano.
The branch was housed at the Home Economics Building of Alicia Central School when it opened on July 26, 1971. After a year, it moved to its present 5-hectare site in Brgy. Aurora donated by Rev. Cornelio Tomas of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines and by the Abuan family.[24]
PNU South Luzon
The campus started through a consortium program in Teacher Education with a then-emerging campus of PUP (now the Lopez branch of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines). When the consortium agreement expired in 1993, a memorandum of agreement was signed by PNC, the provincial government of Quezon, the municipal government of Lopez, and the then Department of Education, Culture and Sports (now the Department of Education), to continue the operation of the PNU Teacher Education Program.[31]
The branch stayed in the compound of the Lopez National Comprehensive High School from 1993 to 1999 before moving to its present site donated by the provincial and municipal governments.
PNU Visayas
PNU Visayas (formerly known as PNC Cadiz) opened on July 22, 1968, through the effort of Negros Occidental First District Representative Armando C. Gustilo and Cadiz Mayor Heracleo Villacin.
From Bachelor of Elementary Education and Bachelor of Secondary Education, its program offerings expanded to include master's degrees and, more recently, doctorate. For a few years, it also offered engineering courses in consortium with Technological University of the Philippines – Visayas.[32]
PNU Mindanao
The Mindanao branch opened on August 12, 1968, as the second regional branch of PNC.[33] It sits on a 15.4-hectare donated lot along the Gibong River in Prosperidad, Agusan (now part of Agusan del Sur after the division of the province) secured by then-Agusan Lone District Representative Jose C. Aquino.[34]
It provides leadership in cultural activities for the preservation of folk arts: the music, dance, and rituals of the Manobos and Higaonons of the province.[35]
Academics
The Edilberto P. Dagot Hall houses the university library .The Faculty Center (formerly College of Education Building)
PNU offers programs in elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels. However, the majority of the undergraduate and graduate programs are offered only on the Manila campus. The undergraduate programs follow an outcomes-based teacher education curriculum that puts emphasis on content specialization.[36]
In 2014, PNU was identified by a study of the Philippine Business for Education as one of the top-performing schools in the licensure examination for teachers in both elementary and secondary levels. The five-year study analyzed the passing rates of 1,025 institutions that offer an elementary education program and 1,259 institutions that offer a secondary education program.[37]
Colleges and Institutes
College of Flexible Learning and e-PNU (CFLex)
The College of Flexible Learning and e-PNU functions as a degree and non-degree college that manages the university's online undergraduate and graduate degree programs, and continuing education programs.
College of Graduate Studies and Teacher Education Research (CGSTER)
The College of Graduate Studies and Teacher Education Research of the Philippine Normal University is the largest graduate school of education in the country with 12 doctorate programs and 62 masters programs in fields of specialization. It has only one faculty, the Graduate Teacher Education Faculty. CGSTER is in the Pedro Orata Hall of the university.
College of Teacher Development (CTD)
The College of Teacher Development is the undergraduate school of the university that offers bachelor's degree in early childhood, elementary, and secondary education with fields of specialization. The College Dean is assisted by four associate deans of faculties — Languages and Literature (FLL) that houses the fields of English and Filipino; Behavioral and Social Sciences (FBeSS) that houses the fields of Psychology, Social Sciences, and Values Education; Education and Information Sciences (FEIS) that houses the fields of Early Childhood Education, Library and Information Sciences, and Technology and Livelihood Education with Specialization in Information Technology; General Education and Experiential Learning (FGEEL) that manages the freshmen students and the 4th year students that are taking Field Study 1 and 2, and Practice Teaching; and Science, Technology and Mathematics (FSTeM) that houses the fields of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Mathematics and Science Elementary, and Physics.
Institute of Creative Expressions and Human Movement Education (ICEHME)
The Institute of Creative Expressions and Human Movement Education offers the bachelor's degree in Physical Education and Culture and Arts Education that spearheads the athletic, recreation, and dance events in the university.
Institute of Teaching and Learning (ITL)
The Institute of Teaching and Learning is the basic education unit of the university. It houses the kindergarten, grade school and junior high school students and serves as the training ground for the Field Studies and Practice Teaching of the pre-service teachers of the university.
Associate Deans of Colleges/Institutes
College of Teacher Development
College of Teacher Development (CTD) Dean: Gladys C. Nivera
Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences (FBeSS): Zyralie Lotivio-Bedural
Faculty of Languages and Literature (FLL): Ma. Jhona B. Acuña
Faculty of Education and Information Sciences (FEIS): Niño D. Naldoza
Faculty of General Education and Experiential Learning (FGEEL): Rafael Panganiban
Faculty of Science, Technology, and Mathematics (FSTeM): Shila Rose D. Sia
Institute of Creative Expressions and Human Movement Education (ICEHME) Dean: Joel G. Tubera
The highest decision-making body of the university is the Board of Regents. It is vested with general powers of administration and the exercise of title powers of the corporation.[39] As of March 21, 2023, its members are:
Chairperson, PNU National Union of Student Governments
Member
Teresita G. Domalanta
Executive Director, NCTE-PNU Alumni Association. Inc.
Member
Jorge A. Garcia
Private Sector Representative
The University and Board Secretary is Mr. Janir T. Datukan.
The members serve without compensation but they are reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in their attendance of meetings of the Board or in connection with their official business authorities by resolution of the Board.[39]
Administration
The administration of the university is vested in the president, who is appointed to a four-year renewable term, by the Board of Regents upon the recommendation of a search committee.[39] As provided by law, the PNU President also sits as a member of the Literacy Coordinating Council.[40] The incumbent University President is Bert J. Tuga who was appointed on December 10, 2019.
The University President is assisted by four vice presidents - for academics; finance and administration; research, planning, and quality assurance; and university relations and advancement.
Each regional branch is headed by an executive director and provost appointed by the Board of Regents upon the recommendation of the University President.
As a state university, funding for PNU primarily comes from the government subsidy allocated in the national budget or General Appropriations Act. Under Republic Act No. 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, PNU students are exempted from tuition and other school fees.[41]
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For 2023, the university was appropriated with ₱874,529,000 (from ₱880,462,000 in 2022) in the General Appropriations Act broken down as follows: ₱620, 184, 000 for Personnel Services; ₱190,427,000 for Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses; and ₱25,000,000 for Capital Outlays.[4] For 2024, the proposed budget for PNU is ₱925,474,000.[42]
In 2020, PNU reported a total of ₱54,118,968.41 in revenues and ₱622,266,184.05 in expenses.[6]
In 2016, PNU budget was decreased by ₱132 million (19%) from its 2015 budget of ₱690 million due to a one-time congressional insertion in 2015 of ₱100M and its low utilization rate.[43]
Student publication
The Torch, the official symbol of the university and name of its official publication
American-era (1921) bronze and marble plaque for Filipino WWI soldier Tomas Claudio installed at Tomas Claudio Memorial Elementary School. A historical marker by the NHI was installed in his honor in 1992 at the town plaza of Morong.Founded in 1912, The Torch (Filipino: Ang Sulo) is the official student publication of the university. It publishes periodicals and other printed materials funded, managed, and written by the students. The Torch publishes at least seven issues annually with the option of supplements, a special Filipino issue, called Ang Sulo, and a literary folio, called Aklas.
It also holds activities, contests, and events, such as the annual "Liyab", a citywide journalism training seminar for high school publications, the "LitSem" or Literary Seminar workshop, and the Gawad Genoveva Edroza-Matute.[44]
^Morallos, Chando P. (1998). Treasures of the National Library: A Brief History of the Premier Library of the Philippines. Manila: Quiapo Printing. ISBN971-556-018-0.
^Lico, Gerard (2008). Arkitekturang Filipino: A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Philippines. Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Press. pp. 269–270. ISBN978-971-542-579-7.
^Alarcon, Norma (2008). The Imperial Tapestry: American Colonial Architecture in the Philippines. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House. p. 93. ISBN978-971-506-474-3.
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