Non-Graded

Angelicum College, Quezon City (ACQC), a Filipino Dominican institution is known in the Philippine academe for its successful formation of the Non-graded System of education in 1972. more...

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Today, after years of continuing improvement of the system, its basic education program is accredited by the PAASCU.

About

Angelicum's Philosophy of Education serves as the foundation of Angelicum College's existence and operations. It embodies the school's concept of education specially its goals and objectives and its idea of the nature of the learner.

Angelicum College is basically a Catholic, Dominican and a Filipino institution of learning. The ideas of the Catholic Church, the Dominican Order and the Government of the Philippines on education and about man himself form part of the school's educational philosophy.

History

Angelicum College started out as an educator's simple dream to break free from the traditional educational system.

When he was an elementary student at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Fr. Rogelio Alarcon, O.P. had already begun toying with the idea of a school that would cater to the individual needs of each student and discard the traditional concept of grading.

But it would be years later before his idea would take serious shape. He started to expound on the system without grades, without failures while making comparative studies on the different systems of education while studying at the University of Santo Tomas Graduate School.

In 1972, a few months after he was appointed first provincial of the Philippine Dominican Province, he was able to convince some educators and the province to put up a non-graded school. It was to be called Angelicum after one of the Dominican houses of studies in Rome and its whole existence would be justified by the nature of each individual child. Its philosophy would be to do what is best for the learners.

In May of 1972, the Ministry of Education and Culture granted permission for the operation of this unique school. It was opened after one month of relentless activity which involved looking for a building, recruiting teachers, enrolling students, getting classroom materials, and arranging for school services.

On July 5, 1972, Angelicum School was born: six classrooms and a small library all housed at the Dominican seminary; 315 young boys under the care of 9 creative, responsible and willing-to-experiment, experienced teachers. it carried out the embodiment of the Dominican ideals of charity, justice and fortitude. Angelicum became the first non-graded school in the Philippines.

In the second year of its existence, Angelicum's enrollment doubled. The first floor of the St. Dominic Building was finished in time to the house the fast growing populace.

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