Wikipedia on Dr. Cecilio Kapirig Putong:
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Early Education: Tagbilaran Spanish Public School and Tagbilaran School later established by the first American teachers in the Philippines (called Thomasites). After passing corresponding examinations, he obtained the primary course in March 1906 and the intermediate course certificate in June 1906.
As a government pensionado in RP and USA:
Diploma for Normal Course (Phil. Normal School, Manila, 1908-1912, Class Valedictorian)
BSE - Western Illinois State Teachers College, 1920
M. A. - Columbia University, NYC, 1921
Ph.D. - University of Chicago, Illinois, 1937 (dissertation conducted in RP, degree awarded in absentia)
Intelligence Quotient: 138 (Very Superior Adult) (Otis Intelligence Scale Test)
CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITIES:
Junior Teacher (1910)
Senior Teacher (1914)
Superintendent of Schools (1922)
WRITING EXPERIENCE:
First Prize, Composition Writing Contest on "The Province of Bohol" held on Nov. 28, 1904 (prize of P5 from Judge Charles Buritt and P2 from Bohol Governor Salustiano Borja)
First Prize, Folklore Writing Contest conducted by the Philippine Education Company in 1910 (prize: any course offered by the Int'l. Correspondence School based in USA)
Editor,"Visayan Planters", UP College of Agriculture, 1915
Editor,"Western Courier", Western Illinois State Teachers College, 1919
Author, "Bohol and Its People" (Manila, 1965)
Co-Author with Lydia Abad-Santos, "Phil. Community Life for First Year High School" (G. Miranda & Sons, 1963)
Co-Author with C. de la Pena and I. Fajardo, "Livingin Our Country, Grade 5" and "Living in Our World, Grade 6" (Bookman,Inc., 1964 & 1968)
Editorials in the "Filipino Teacher" (1956-1961)
Writer of various articles and speeches on education, boy scout movement, and related topics
GOVERNMENT SERVICE (From Classroom Teacher to Secretary of Education)
1904-06 Municipal Teacher in Tagbilaran, Bohol at age 13, with monthly salary of P10, later raised to P15
1906-07 Teacher in Tagbilaran (a.m.) and in Baclayon (p.m.), making the trips on horseback (annual salary: P360)
1907-08 Principal of Baclayon Central School (annual salary: P300)
1912-14 Principal of Dimiao Intermediate School (annual salary: P600, raised to P720)
1914-15 Resigned to work at the UP College of Agriculture as student assistant in Botany, with the privilege of studying there; but returned to Bohol after a year due to malaria attack
1915-17 Reinstated in the Bureau of Education and assigned as Teacher in the Bohol High School (English Composition and Biology), aside from basketball coaching, schoolground improvement and chorus training as his extracurricular duties (P960 to P1200 p.a.)
1917-18 Resigned to work as Clerk (Examiner) at the Bureau of Civil Service, Manila (P960 to P1020 p.a.); after office hours, he was a freshman at the UP College of Law where he was elected class president
1918-21 Resigned to accept the offer of Bureau of Education Director W.W. Marquardt to study as a government pensionado in the US
1921-22 Assigned by the Bureau of Education as Academic Supervisor in Iloilo (P 2200 p.a.)
1922-24 High School Principal in Abra and La Union (P 3000 to P 3600)
1924-26 Appointed as Superintendent of Schools in Romblon (P 4000 p.a.)
1926-27 Superintendent of Schools in Abra (P 4200 to P 4500 p.a.)
1929-30 Superintendent of Schools in Leyte (P 4500 p.a.)
1930-32 Superintendent of Schools in Agusan (P 4500 to P4675 p.a.)
1932-38 Chief of the Curriculum Dept., Academic Division in the Bureau of Education and assigned on two occasions concurrently as division superintendent in Tarlac and Pangasinan
1938-45 Appointed by President Manuel L. Quezon as Superintendent of Schools in the City of Manila (P5520 to P 6000 p.a.);
During the Japanese Occupation, he occupied the same position, (at a reduced salary of P3120 p.a.) from January 23, 1942 until he and his family had to evacuate to the province of Bulacan due to the Battle of Manila (between the Japanese and American armed forces in 1944-45)
1945-46 Reinstated as Superintendent of Schools in the Department of Instruction and Information (P 5100 p.a. and restored to P 6000 effective June 1, 1945)
1946-48 Chief of Elementary Education (P 6000 p.a.)
1948-49 Assistant Director of Public Schools (P 6000 p.a.)
1949-51 Director of Public Schools (P 7200 p.a.)
1951-52 Undersecretary of Education (P 9000 p.a.)
1952-53 Secretary of Education (P 12000 p.a.) during President Elpidio Quirino's term until retirement
OTHER IMPORTANT POSITIONS HELD
National Executive Board Member, Boy Scoutsof the Philippines (1932 to 1954) and Chairman of its Editorial Board
Philippine Delegate to the Pan Pacific New Education Conference in Tokyo, Japan (1935)
UNESCO Fellow (April 29 to May 22, 1950), observing educational practices and trends in Europe, Mexico and the USA
Philippine Delegate to the Fifth UNESCO Conference in Florence, Italy (May 1950)
Chairman, UP Board of Regents;Chairman, Philippine Normal College Board of Trustees; Chairman, Central Luzon Agricultural College Board of Trustees (1952-53)
Philippine Representative to the 16th International Conference on Public Education in Geneva, Switzerland, co-sponsored by the UNESCO and the Int'l. Bureau of Education (1953), followed by a visit to universities in Belgium, England, the Netherlands and the USA, the Ministries of Education in France and Norway, and the UNESCO Office in Paris
Philippine Delegate to the Asamblea de Universidades Hispanicas in Madrid, Spain (Sept. 30-Oct. 17, 1953) and Phil. reprsentative to the 7th Centennial of the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain (Oct., 1953)
Vice-President, Francisco College, Manila (1954-62)
Editor, "Filipino Teacher" (1956-61)
President, UNESCO Fellows Association of the Philippines (1953)
President, University of Chicago Alumni Association, Phils. (1959)
Vice-President for Private Schools, Phlippine Association for Curriculum Development (1960-61)
Consultant on Academic Status at a Meeting of Experts held in New Delhi, India (May 30 to June 5, 1963), discussing"The Status of Teachers in Asia", sponsored by the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession
Former Professorial Lecturer, UP Graduate School of Education
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Rizal "Pro Patria" Award for Education in Nationalism - given by President Carlos P. Garcia during the first centenary of Dr. Jose Rizal's birthday (June 19, 1961)
Bestowed the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, by the University of Bohol (May 15, 1975)
Citation as Outstanding Alumnus of the Philippine Normal College (formerly Phil. Normal School) during its Golden Jubilee (Sept.2,1951)
Citation for Faithful and Inspired Service to the Philippine Educational System from Classroom Teacher to Undersecretary of Education, given during its Golden Jubilee on December 16, 1951
Award for Distinguished Service to the Philippine School System, given by the Philippine Association of School Superintendents in 1956
Bronze Usa, Silver Usa and Bronze Tamaraw (various dates); Silver Tamaraw (1954); Gold Medal of Merit (1958); Special Plaque for Distinguished Service (1960); and Certificate of Recognition (1961), all from the Boy Scouts of the Philippines
Certificate of Appreciation from the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission (1961)
Citation for Services Rendered as Ex-Chairman of the Board of Regents, given by the University of the Philippines (1963)
Award of Merit for Outstanding Service in the field of Education, given by the Bohol Association, Inc. in Manila (1959)
Citation as Educator of the Year, given by the Lions Club of Tagbilaran
Those whose lives he touched remember him as a soft-spoken, mild-mannered, clean-living and humble man who dedicated his life to help in the development of the Philippine educational system. He died a poor man because he did not enrich himself while holding public office.
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