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Education in the Philippines

Education in the Philippines is compulsory at the basic education level, composed of kindergarten, elementary school (grades 1–6), junior high school (grades 7–10), and senior high school (grades 11–12).[5] The educational system is managed by three government agencies by level of education: the Department of Education (DepEd) for basic education; the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for higher education; and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for technical and vocational education. Public education is funded by the national government.

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Prospero de Vera

Suharto Mangudadatu

₱852.8 billion[1] (DepEd + CHED + TESDA + SUCs)

Filipino
English
Philippine regional languages

National

98.4%

97.9%

98.9%

27.56 million (public schools) + 1.44 million (private schools)

2.18 million (public kindergarten schools) + 12.79 million (public elementary schools)

8.75 million (public junior high schools) + 3.82 million (public senior high schools)

5.6 million

19.1%

12.8%1

Private schools are generally free to determine their curriculum in accordance with existing laws and regulations. Institutions of higher education are classified as public or private; public institutions are subdivided into state universities and colleges (SUCs) and local colleges and universities (LCUs).

Accountancy and Business Management (ABM) will prepare students for college courses in business-related careers such as accountancy, business management, business administration, office management, economics, or entrepreneurship.

Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) will prepare students for college courses in humanities like languages, mass communication and journalism, literature, philosophy, history, education, liberal arts, and the rest of the humanities and social sciences.

Science and Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) will prepare students for college courses in basic and applied sciences, biological sciences, physical sciences, laboratory sciences, nutrition and allied medicine, mathematics, and engineering.

General Academic (GA) is a generic strand for students still deciding what to study in college or what track and strand to take, with the freedom to choose electives from any track or strand offered by the school.

The new Pre-Baccalaureate Maritime Strand is an academic maritime field preparatory strand with pre-engineering courses like pre-calculus, calculus, and physics, as well as one chemistry and introductory maritime course, preparing students who wish to pursue higher education in a maritime-related field.

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Students[edit]

More than 27.2 million students are enrolled in 2021, 23.9 million of whom are in public schools.[116] An estimated 2 million students aged 16 to 18 were not attending schools as of 2023.[117]

Factora, Agapito Quevedo. "A critical examination of the American school system in the Philippine Islands" (PhD dissertation, University of Southern California; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1940. DP23453).

Department of Education

Archived 2022-05-04 at the Wayback Machine

Commission on Higher Education

Technical Education And Skills Development Authority

Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine – overview of the education system

World Data on Education, UNESCO-IBE (2011)

– overview of the technical and vocational education system

TVET in the Philippines, UNESCO-UNEVOC (2014)

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Scholarship