Martial law and the origins of neoliberal education in the Philippines

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ID21694643
AuthorsMichael D Pante (0000-0003-0542-7014, Ateneo de Manila University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume53
Issue3
Pages277-290
Publication date2025-05-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-866X • E-ISSN: 1469-2945
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1359866x.2025.2495771
OpenAlexW4409843720
LanguageEN
References cited14

Scholarly assessments of Philippine education during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos understandably focus on its authoritarian bent. What many neglect is how his dictatorship, in partnership with the World Bank (WB), incubated neoliberal education in the country. While there are academic analyses that show how WB loan programmes influenced Marcos’s martial-law regime to reorient the general curriculum to suit the interests of global capital, thus far none has focused on how government policies and fiscal priorities greatly enhanced the position of private school owners and administrators to the detriment of the general public. This essay addresses this important issue by scrutinising key education-related government decrees and laws from the declaration of martial law to the end of Marcos’s presidency (1972–1986) and analysing their impact on educators

Archaeology · Geography · Martial arts · Martial law · Political science · Politics · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Sports, Gender, and Society

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