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It was the year where the first Philippine newspaper established. This newspaper called "Del Superior Govierno" was published with Spanish Governor General himself as an editor on August 8, 1811.

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According to Jesus Valenzuela in the History of Journalism in the Philippine Island (1933) and John Lent in the Philippine Mass Communication (1964) the history of Campus Journalism in the Philippines started when the University of Santo Tomas published El Liliputiense in 1890.

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The oldest officially recorded student publication in the Philippines is still The Coconut by Manila High School (now Araullo High School) published in mimeographed student paper in School Year 1911-1912.

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After 11 years La Union High School published the first printed and regularly issued student publication in the country, The La Union Tab (1923). After the publication of this campus paper, pioneer papers came out one after the other.

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By 1931 high schools in the Philippines reached a considerable number, 106. Since then, high schools felt the necessity of putting up their own school papers and paper organization though no memoranda or circulars were issued.

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It became 169, by 1954, 253, by 1975, 500 and by 1986 (the rebirth of freedom), it became more than 900 secondary school publications in Filipino and English.

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Circular Letter no. 34 s. 1925 was the first noted regulation to support school papers in the country by standardizing it. It was issued by the Bureau of Education (which became Department of Education, Culture and Sports and now, Department of Education). The Circular Letter was signed by the then Director Luther B. Bewley.