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When the Bureau of Public Works was created in 1901, the Americans found that there were no competent Filipino ______, and American engineers had to be imported.
engineers
A special effort was made to attract Filipinos to pursue advanced studies leading to careers as ______.
engineers
Government financial assistance was provided to enable Filipinos to complete their professional studies in the ______.
United States
Upon achieving their professional qualifications they were employed as junior ______ in the Bureau of Public Works.
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In 1913, there were only 18 Filipino engineers out of a total of 145 engineers in the Bureau of Public Works, the rest being ______.
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By the end of 1925, out of 190 engineers in the Bureau, only 16 were Americans and 174 were ______.
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The Spaniards utilized Filipino expertise in boat-building and seamanship to fight the raiding Dutch, Portuguese, Muslims, and the Chinese pirate Limahong as well as to build and man the galleons that sailed to ________.
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By the tenth century A.D., the inhabitants of Butuan were trading with ________ (Vietnam).
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The Chinese records indicate that regular trade relations between China and the Philippines had been well established during the tenth to the fifteenth centuries, as supported by archaeological findings of Chinese porcelains in various parts of the ________.
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From the Sung and Yuan Dynasties, there are descriptions of trade with the Philippines, and from the Sung and Ming Dynasties, there are notices of Filipino missions to ________.
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The most frequently cited Chinese account in Philippine history textbooks is that of Chao Ju-Kua in 1225. He described the communities and trading activities in the islands of Ma-i (Mindoro) and San-hsu (literally three islands which present-day historians think refer to the group of Palawan and Calamian Islands). The people of Ma-i and San-hsu traded beeswax, cotton, true pearls, tortoise shell, medicinal betelnuts, yu-ta cloth, and coconut heart mats for Chinese porcelain, iron pots, and ________.
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The Filipinos traded various goods with the Chinese, including beeswax, cotton, true pearls, tortoise shell, medicinal betelnuts, yu-ta cloth, and coconut heart mats in exchange for Chinese porcelain, iron pots, and ________.
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Over the centuries, this population movement would greatly contribute to the congestion of Manila and its suburbs. The ______ orders likewise played a major role in the establishment of the colonial educational system in the Philippines.
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They also influenced the development of technology and promotion of ______ research.
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Various decrees were issued in Spain calling for the establishment of a ______ system in the colony but these were not effectively carried out.
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Higher education was provided by schools set up by the different religious orders in the ______ centers.
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For example, the Jesuits founded in Cebu City the Colegio de San Ildefonso (1595) and in Manila, the Colegio de San Ignacio (1595), the Colegio de San Jose (1601) and the Ateneo de Manila (1859).The Dominicans had the Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1640) in Manila.Access to these schools was, however, limited to the ______ of the colonial society -- the European-born and local Spaniards, the mestizos and a few native Filipinos.
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Courses leading to the B.A. were offered by the ______ schools in the Philippines.
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The underlying pattern of education and training of scientists, engineers and physicians established during the America regime, as well as the direction of government support for scientific research and development, has basically remained unchanged since ______ in 1946.
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State support for education continues to be concentrated at the elementary school level; private colleges and universities provide education for the majority of the collegiate ______.
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The number of state universities and colleges has been increasing since ______.
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Partisan political considerations often determined the creation, location and staffing of these ______.
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Hence, many of them were ill-equipped and ill-prepared to provide quality higher education particularly in the sciences and ______.
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The University of the Philippines System remains the most developed with extensive graduate and undergraduate degree programs in the sciences and ______.
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Most non-sectarian universities and colleges are organized and managed like ______ enterprises
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To operate profitably, they tend to concentrate on low-cost courses like ______ administration
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Sectarian universities and college tend to be financially better ______
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Hence, they have been able to impose selective ______
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The number of college students and graduates from public and private universities and colleges has shown tremendous increases since ______
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Most students (and graduates) in agriculture come from ______ institutions
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