3. The Commonwealth era is the 10 year
transitional period in Philippine history from
1935 to 1945 in preparation for independence
from the United States as provided for under
the Philippine Independence Act or more
popularly known as the Tydings-McDuffie Law.
Commonwealth
13. The committee on higher education
made very strict recommendations
on the withdrawal of recognition of
private colleges and universities or
closing of state and colleges
universities whose graduates fail in
government examination.
14. The committee on vocational
education recommended a three -
year vocational curriculum for high
schools after seven years of
elementary for a total of ten years.
15. The recommendation was never
carried out. Most of the
recommendations, however, were
implemented.
