Education statistics: Philippines UNICEF, Division of Policy and Practice, Statistics and Monitoring Section, www.childinfo.

org, May 2008

Philippines: Pre-primary enrollment
100

80

NER or GER (%)

60

40

20

0 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 UIS male GER UIS male NER UIS female GER UIS female NER EFA male GER EFA female GER

UIS GER 2005: male 39.3, female 40.7, GPI 1.04. EFA GER 1998: male 13.5, female 14.6, GPI 1.08. UIS NER 2005: male 32.2, female 31.3, GPI 0.97.

Philippines: Primary attendance/enrollment

100

80

NER or NAR (%)

60

40

20

0 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 UIS male NER DHS male NAR UIS female NER DHS female NAR EFA male NER MICS male NAR EFA female NER MICS female NAR

UIS NER 2005: male 91.9, female 94.0, GPI 1.02. EFA NER 1998: male 98.4, female 93.0, GPI 0.95. DHS NAR 2003: male 87.5, female 88.9, GPI 1.02. MICS NAR 1999: male 90.8, female 93.2, GPI 1.03.

Philippines: Secondary attendance/enrollment

100

80

NER or NAR (%)

60

40

20

0 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 UIS male NER MICS male NAR UIS female NER MICS female NAR DHS male NAR DHS female NAR

UIS NER 2005: male 54.7, female 65.9, GPI 1.20. DHS NAR 2003: male 55.1, female 70.0, GPI 1.27. MICS NAR 1999: male 64.1, female 72.5, GPI 1.13.

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Philippines: Survival to last grade

100

Survival rate to last grade (%)

80

60

40

20

0 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 UIS male MICS male UIS female MICS female DHS male DHS female

UIS 2004: male 66.3, female 77.4, GPI 1.17. DHS 2003: male 87.0, female 93.1, GPI 1.07. MICS 1999: male 82.2, female 87.2, GPI 1.06.

Philippines: Pupil/teacher ratio

40

30

Pupil/teacher ratio

20

10

0 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 Primary education, UIS Primary education, EFA Secondary education, UIS

Primary ed., UIS 2005: 35. Primary ed., EFA 1998: 35. Secondary ed., UIS 2005: 38.

Philippines: Education expenditures

20

15

Percent

10

0 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006

Education exp. as % of GDP

Education exp. as % of total govt. exp.

Education exp. as % of GDP 2004: 2.7. Education exp. as % of total govt. exp. 2004: 16.4.

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Administrative data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics Philippines

Population (1,000) Total Male Female Preschool age, 2006 2045 1046 999 Primary school age, 2006 11877 6069 5808 Secondary school age, 2006 7582 3868 3714 Total population, all ages, 2007 87960 44292 43668 Official school age (years) Entrance age Graduation age Duration Preschool, 2005 5 5 1 Primary school, 2005 6 11 6 Secondary school, 2005 12 15 4 Compulsory education, 2005 6 12 7 Net enrolment ratio (%) Total Male Female Preschool NER, 2005 31.8 32.2 31.3 Primary school NER, 2005 92.9 91.9 94.0 Secondary school NER, 2005 60.2 54.7 65.9 Gross enrolment ratio (%) Total Male Female Preschool GER, 2005 40.0 39.3 40.7 Primary school GER, 2005 111.2 111.9 110.5 Secondary school GER, 2005 84.8 80.3 89.5 Entrance and transition (%) Total Male Female Primary net intake rate, 2005 48.6 45.8 51.6 Primary gross intake rate, 2005 132.3 136.6 127.8 Primary entrants with ECCE, 2005 62.9 62.6 63.2 Transition rate primary-secondary, 2004 91.8 91.3 92.4 Repetition and completion Total Male Female Primary repetition rate (%), 2005 2.2 2.9 1.6 Secondary repetition rate (%), 2005 1.8 2.7 0.9 Survival rate to grade 5 (%), 2004 74.9 70.6 79.8 Survival rate to last primary grade (%), 2004 71.5 66.3 77.4 Primary completion rate (%), 2005 95.9 92.3 99.7 School life expectancy (years), 2005 10.2 10.0 10.3 Teaching staff Pupil/teacher ratio % trained teachers % female teachers Preschool, 2005 33.6 100.0 97.0 Primary school, 2005 35.1 100.0 87.3 Secondary school, 2005 37.9 100.0 76.4 Public expenditure per student as % of GDP per capita Primary school, 2004 9.2 Secondary school, 2004 9.0 Total public expenditure on education As % of GDP, 2004 2.7 As % of total government expenditure, 2004 16.4 Data sources: Population: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision, March 2007. Education: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Data Centre, http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx, January 2008.

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Survey data: Philippines 2003 DHS Philippines

Net attendance rate (%) Total Male Female Urban Primary school NAR 88.1 87.5 88.9 90.1 Secondary school NAR 62.6 55.1 70.0 71.2 Gross attendance rate (%) Total Male Female Urban Primary school GAR 104.4 106.1 102.5 103.2 Secondary school GAR 86.2 81.7 90.8 95.4 Primary age in school (%) Total Male Female Urban Primary school 87.2 86.8 87.5 89.0 Secondary school 1.0 0.7 1.3 1.0 Preschool 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.3 Non-formal education Secondary age in school (%) Total Male Female Urban Secondary school 62.2 54.9 69.4 70.7 Higher education 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.5 Primary school 23.6 27.4 19.9 18.6 Preschool 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 Non-formal education Entrance and transition (%) Total Male Female Urban Primary net intake rate 54.7 54.8 54.5 57.9 Primary gross intake rate 111.6 120.8 102.2 110.3 Primary entrants with ECCE 77.7 76.2 79.5 85.6 Transition rate prim.-sec. 89.8 88.8 90.7 92.3 Repetition and completion (%) Total Male Female Urban Primary repetition rate 2.9 3.7 2.1 2.2 Primary dropout rate 3.0 3.5 2.4 2.1 Secondary repetition rate 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.6 Secondary dropout rate 11.0 13.0 9.1 10.3 Survival rate to grade 5 92.5 91.1 94.1 94.8 Survival rate to last prim. grade 90.0 87.0 93.1 93.6 Primary school NAR: children of primary school age in primary school or higher. Secondary school NAR: children of secondary school age in secondary school or higher. Data source: Philippines 2003 DHS. Rural 86.5 54.6 Rural 105.4 77.8 Rural 85.6 0.9 3.5 Rural 54.4 0.2 28.3 0.2 Rural 51.7 112.9 70.6 87.1 Rural 3.5 3.7 1.6 11.8 90.7 87.0 Richest 91.9 80.8 Richest 101.5 107.2 Richest 90.4 1.5 6.0 Richest 80.0 0.8 13.0 0.0 Richest 58.6 99.6 98.0 94.2 Richest 1.0 1.0 1.3 6.1 99.6 98.5 Poorest 79.0 32.9 Poorest 103.3 49.9 Poorest 78.5 0.4 3.7 Poorest 32.9 0.0 40.4 0.4 Poorest 37.9 114.9 59.7 80.4 Poorest 4.2 5.7 1.4 15.6 84.5 78.9

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Gender disparity in primary school (survey data)

Philippines 2003: Primary NAR by gender
100
87.5 88.9 89.6 90.6 85.7 87.4 92.3 91.5 77.8 80.1

Net attendance rate (%)

80

60

40

20

Total

Urban Male

Rural

Richest Female

Poorest

Primary NAR: Children of primary school age in primary school or higher. Source: Philippines 2003 DHS.

Philippines 2003: Gender disparity, primary

1 Difference male-female NAR (%)
0.8

-1
-1.0 -1.4

-2

-1.7

-2.3

-3 Total Urban Rural Richest Poorest

Primary NAR: Children of primary school age in primary school or higher. Source: Philippines 2003 DHS.

Philippines 2003: GPI, primary

1.02 1.01 1.02 1.03 0.99

1.0 Ratio female/male NAR (%)

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.0

Total

Urban

Rural

Richest

Poorest

Primary NAR: Children of primary school age in primary school or higher. Source: Philippines 2003 DHS.

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Gender disparity in secondary school (survey data)

Philippines 2003: Secondary NAR by gender
100
77.0 70.0 65.0 63.2 79.4 81.8

Net attendance rate (%)

80

60

55.1 46.3 41.5

40
25.5

20

Total

Urban Male

Rural

Richest Female

Poorest

Secondary NAR: Children of secondary school age in secondary school or higher. Source: Philippines 2003 DHS.

Philippines 2003: Gender disparity, secondary

0 Difference male-female NAR (%)
-2.4

-5

-10
-11.9

-15

-14.9 -16.0 -16.9

-20 Total Urban Rural Richest Poorest

Secondary NAR: Children of secondary school age in secondary school or higher. Source: Philippines 2003 DHS.

Philippines 2003: GPI, secondary

1.63

1.5
1.36

Ratio female/male NAR (%)

1.27 1.18 1.03

1.0

0.5

0.0

Total

Urban

Rural

Richest

Poorest

Secondary NAR: Children of secondary school age in secondary school or higher. Source: Philippines 2003 DHS.

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Projections to 2015
Philippines: Predicted primary school NAR
100 Net attendance rate (%) 80 60 40 20 0 2000 2005 Male 2010 Female 2015 Total
87.5 87.0 86.5 89.8 88.9 88.1 91.7 90.6 89.4 93.3 92.0 90.7

Primary NAR: Children of primary school age in primary school or higher. Gender gap (male-female NAR): 2000 -1.0%, 2005 -1.8%, 2010 -2.3%, 2015 -2.6%. Gender parity index (GPI, female/male NAR): 2000 1.01, 2005 1.02, 2010 1.03, 2015 1.03. Source: Philippines 2003 DHS.

Philippines: Predicted secondary school NAR

100
82.6

Net attendance rate (%)

80
66.8

78.1 72.8 69.6 64.7 59.4 52.0 56.6 61.0 73.9 65.2

60 40 20 0

2000

2005 Male

2010 Female

2015 Total

Secondary NAR: Children of secondary school age in secondary school or higher. Gender gap (male-female NAR): 2000 -14.7%, 2005 -16.2%, 2010 -17.1%, 2015 -17.4%. Gender parity index (GPI, female/male NAR): 2000 1.28, 2005 1.29, 2010 1.28, 2015 1.27. Source: Philippines 2003 DHS.

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