Editing Manuel L. Quezon (section)

====Educational reforms====
With his Executive Order No. 19, dated 19 February 1936, Quezon created the National Council of Education. [[Rafael Palma]], former president of the [[University of the Philippines]], was its first chairman.<ref name="Molina, Antonio 1961" /><ref name="GovPH-EO19">{{Cite web |title=Executive Order No. 19, s. 1936 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1936/02/19/executive-order-no-19-s-1936/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325154725/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1936/02/19/executive-order-no-19-s-1936/ |archive-date=25 March 2019 |access-date=25 March 2019 |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|date=19 February 1936 }}</ref> Funds from the early Residence Certificate Law were devoted to maintaining public schools throughout the country and opening many more. There were 6,511 primary schools, 1,039 intermediate schools, 133 secondary and special schools, and five junior colleges by this time. Total enrollment was 1,262,353, with 28,485 teachers. The 1936 appropriation was {{Philippine peso|14,566,850|1936}}.<ref name="Molina, Antonio 1961" /> Private schools taught over 97,000 students, and the Office of Adult Education was created.<ref name="Molina, Antonio 1961" />