Education System

Official school ages by level of education

Pre-primary - Primary - Secondary - Tertiary

5-5 6-11 12-17 18-22

School-age population by education level

Pre-primary 2,272,629

Primary 13,173,521

Secondary 12,567,587

Tertiary 10,118,217

 Compulsory education lasts 13 years from age 5 to age 17

 For primary to post-secondary education, the academic year begins in June and
ends in March

Participation in Education

2 0 09 2 0 10 2 0 11 2 0 12 2 0 13 2 0 14 2 0 15 2 0 16 2 0 17 2 0 18

Out-of-school children

Total 992,346 ... ... ... ... 333,178 364,140 429,607 424,228 ...

Female 397,173 ... ... ... ... 107,444 148,709 197,113 215,049 ...

Male 595,173 ... ... ... ... 225,734 215,431 232,494 209,179 ...

Out-of-school adolescents

Total 375,275 ... ... ... ... 379,114 418,490 505,669 893,558 ...

Female 151,174 ... ... ... ... 115,106 137,652 177,793 305,001 ...

Male 224,101 ... ... ... ... 264,008 280,838 327,876 588,557 ...
 P RE -P RI MA RY
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
E DUCA T I O N

Gross enrolment ratio (%)

Total 53.49 ... ... ... ... ... 100.05 95.17 80.69 ...

Female 54.37 ... ... ... ... ... 99.77 94.73 78.97 ...

Male 52.67 ... ... ... ... ... 100.32 95.6 82.34 ...

Net enrolment rate (%)

Total 40.24 ... ... ... ... ... 80.02 75.5 64.54 ...

Female 40.65 ... ... ... ... ... 80.51 76.26 64.07 ...

Male 39.85 ... ... ... ... ... 79.55 74.77 64.98 ...

P RI MA RY E DUCA TI O N 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Gross enrolment ratio (%)

Total 107.76 ... ... ... ... 113.05 112.25 110.17 107.51 ...

Female 107.14 ... ... ... ... 111.85 110.5 108.26 105.52 ...

Male 108.35 ... ... ... ... 114.18 113.9 111.99 109.41 ...

Net enrolment rate (%)

Total 89.89 ... ... ... ... 95.36 95.08 94.37 93.78 ...

Female 91.14 ... ... ... ... 96.18 95.65 94.72 93.69 ...

Male 88.7 ... ... ... ... 94.6 94.54 94.03 93.86 ...

S E CO NDA RY
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
E DUCA T I O N

Gross enrolment ratio (%)

Total 84.12 ... ... ... ... 86.97 87.85 88.46 86.16 ...

Female 87.48 ... ... ... ... 90.87 91.5 92.52 90.65 ...

Male 80.89 ... ... ... ... 83.3 84.44 84.66 81.97 ...

Net enrolment rate (%)

Total 61.05 ... ... ... ... 66.36 65.56 ... ... ...

Female 66.32 ... ... ... ... 72.1 71.33 ... ... ...

Male 55.99 ... ... ... ... 60.97 60.16 ... ... ...
 T E RT I A RY
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
E DUCA T I O N

Gross enrolment ratio (%)

Total 28.49 29.56 30.8 31.21 33.52 35.63 ... ... 35.48 ...

Female 31.54 32.91 34.13 34.46 37.47 40.11 ... ... 40.42 ...

Male 25.55 26.33 27.57 28.07 29.73 31.33 ... ... 30.78 ...

Illiterate Population

MA LE F E MA LE
TOTAL

Illiterate population

15-24 years 182,462 111,245 71,217 (2015)

15 years and older 1,256,639 646,584 610,055 (2015)

Literacy Rate

TOTAL F E MA LE
MA LE

Literacy rate (%)

15-24 years 99.08 98.9 99.27 (2015)

15 years and older 98.18 98.12 98.24 (2015)

65 years and older 94.32 94.6 94.12 (2015)

Source: http://uis.unesco.org/en/country/ph#slideoutmenu