The Philippine Normal University (PNU; fil, Pamantasang Normal ng Pilipinas) is a
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coeducational
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teacher education
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and
research university
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in the Philippines. It was established in 1901 through Act No. 74 of the
Philippine Commission
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''"for the education of natives of the Islands in the science of teaching"''.
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''.
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
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and the
Commission on Higher Education, as well as assistance to the
Congress of the Philippines
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, 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.
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
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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.
![PNU Manila Geronima T](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/PNU_Manila_Geronima_T._Pecson_Hall.jpg)
Provincial normal schools were also established in different parts of the country as branches of the PNS such as the
Cebu Normal School
Cebu Normal University ( ceb, Unibersidad Normal sa Sugbo), also referred to by its acronym CNU, is a public university, state research university in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines established in 1902.
CNU is designated by the Commission on Highe ...
(1902), Iloilo Normal School (1902; present-day
West Visayas State University
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and
Iloilo National High School
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),
Zamboanga Normal School (1904), and an experimental vacation school in
Laoag
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,
Ilocos Norte
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(1917) that became the North Luzon State College in 1976 (which was merged with the Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology to form the
Mariano Marcos State University
The Mariano Marcos State University ( fil, Pamantasang Pampamahalaan Mariano Marcos) also referred to by its acronym MMSU, is a higher education institution with campuses and facilities throughout Ilocos Norte province in the Philippines. Its ma ...
in 1978).
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
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, the PNS building (now
Geronima T. Pecson Hall) housed the
National Library of the Philippines
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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
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. The war-damaged school buildings were reconstructed under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946.
Conversion into college
![PNC Training Department 1950](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/PNC_Training_Department_1950.jpg)
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.
PNC established branches in
Negros Occidental
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,
Agusan del Sur
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, and
Isabela by virtue of Republic Act No. 4242 of 1965.
The law also called for the establishment of branches in the
Jolo
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-
Tawi-Tawi
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area and
Marinduque
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but it was not realized.
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
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(Ed.D.) and the
Doctor of Philosophy
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(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.
[
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.][
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University status
The school was elevated to university status on December 26, 1991, by Republic Act No. 7168.
A fourth campus was constructed in Quezon province
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in 1993. The university was designated as Center of Excellence in Teacher Education (COE) for the National Capital Region
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and Center of Excellence in Filipino
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at the national level.
On September 1, 2001, the university celebrated its centennial founding anniversary.[
In 2008, it was declared as the country's ''National Center for Teacher Education'' by virtue of Republic Act No. 9647.][
In 2011, PNU convened a group of state universities that were founded as normal schools during the American period – ]Bicol University
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, Bukidnon State University
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, Cebu Normal University
Cebu Normal University ( ceb, Unibersidad Normal sa Sugbo), also referred to by its acronym CNU, is a state research university in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines established in 1902.
CNU is designated by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) ...
, Leyte Normal University, Mariano Marcos State University
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, Palawan State University
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History
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, Pangasinan State University
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, West Visayas State University
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, and Western Mindanao State University
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– to establish the National Network of Normal Schools (3NS). The group aims to promote collaboration and cooperation in research, professional development, extension, and a local student ''Erasmus Mundus'' program.
In 2014, PNU, together with other teacher education institutions in Southeast Asia
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, established the Association of Southeast Asian Teacher Education Network
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(AsTEN) which became an entity associated with ASEAN
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on March 29, 2021. The current members of the organization include Seri Begawan Religious Teachers University College
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, the National Institute of Education (Cambodia)
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, Indonesia University of Education
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, National University of Laos
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, Sultan Idris Education University
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, Yangon University of Education
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, the National Institute of Education
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of the Nanyang Technological University
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, Kasetsart University
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Campuses
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 City), and Mindanao (Agusan) branches.[ The South Luzon (Lopez) branch started through a consortium with the ]Polytechnic University of the Philippines
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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.
As of May 2018, three campuses are recognized by the Commission on Higher Education as Centers of Excellence in Teacher Education
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.
PNU Manila
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
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, after a year. In 1912, it transferred to its present location at the corner of Taft Avenue and Ayala Boulevard. Its two oldest buildings were designed by American architect William E. Parsons
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using the California Mission style. The construction was then budgeted at ₱374,000.
The campus occupies a 3.7-hectare lot in Ermita, the civic center of Manila. Within its vicinity are the Manila City Hall
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, SM City Manila
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, the main campus of the Technological University of the Philippines
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, Rizal Park
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, the National Museum of Anthropology
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, and the National Museum of Fine Arts.
PNU North Luzon
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.[
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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
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). 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
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), to continue the operation of the PNU Teacher Education Program.
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 City) opened on July 22, 1968, through the effort of Negros Occidental First District Representative Armando C. Gustilo and Cadiz City 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.
PNU Mindanao
The Mindanao branch opened on August 12, 1968, as the second regional branch of PNC. It sits on a 15.4-hectare donated lot along the Gibong River in Prosperidad
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, Agusan (now part of Agusan del Sur
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after the division of the province) secured by then- Agusan Lone District Representative Jose C. Aquino.
It provides leadership in cultural activities for the preservation of folk arts: the music, dance, and rituals of the Manobo
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s and Higaonon
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s of the province.
Academics
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.
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.
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 — Arts and Languages (FAL) that houses the fields of English, Filipino, Literature, Music and Arts, and Speech and Theater Arts; Behavioral and Social Sciences (FBeSS) that houses the fields of History, Psychology, Social Sciences, and Values Education; Education Sciences (FES) that houses the fields of Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education and Nutrition and Dietetics; and Science, Technology and Mathematics (FSTeM) that houses the fields of Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Mathematics, and Physics.
Institute of Knowledge Management (IKM)
The Institute of Knowledge Management is concerned with the entire process of discovery and creation, dissemination, and use of knowledge. IKM has one degree granting unit: the School of Information and Knowledge Management that manages and supervises academic programs such as Library and Information Science (LIS) and Information Technology Education (ITEd).
Institute of Physical Education, Health, Recreation, Dance and Sports (IPEHRDS)
The Institute of Physical Education, Health, Recreation, Dance and Sports offers the bachelor's degree in Physical Education and Health, and 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 of the Pre-Service Teachers of the university.
Organization and administration
Board of Regents
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. As of June 30, 2022, its members are:
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.
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.[ As provided by law, the PNU President also sits as a member of the Literacy Coordinating Council. 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.
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Budget and Finance
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
The Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, officially designated as Republic Act 10931, is a Philippine law that institutionalizes free tuition and exemption from other fees in state universities and colleges (SUCs), and local univer ...
, PNU students are exempted from tuition and other school fees.
For 2022, the university was appropriated with ₱880,462,000 in the General Appropriations Act broken down as follows: ₱605, 665, 000 for Personnel Services; ₱228,231,000 for Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses; and ₱46,566,000 for Capital Outlays.
In 2020, PNU reported a total of ₱54,118,968.41 in revenues and ₱622,266,184.05 in expenses.
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.
Student publication
Founded in 1912, ''The Torch'' ( fil, 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.
The publication is a member of the Progresibong Lupon ng mga Manunulat ng PNU (PLUMA-PNU) and the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP).[
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Notable faculty and alumni
Education and Social Work
Politics and Government Service
Arts, Literature, and Media
References
External links
PNU Official Website
PNU North Luzon Official Website
PNU Mindanao Official Website
PNU South Luzon Facebook Page
PNU Visayas Facebook Page
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