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Philippines
Philippines
I. Country Profile
II. Overview of the Philippine Educational
System
III. Sector Performance
IV. Current Initiatives
V. Emerging Challenges and Future
Prospects
I. Country Profile
QUICK GLANCE:
Official Name : Republic of the Philippines
Location : Southeastern Asia, archipelago
between the Philippine Sea and
South China Sea, east of
Vietnam
Islands : 7,107
Capital : Manila
Climate : Tropical Marine/Monsoon
Population : 88.5 Million
Literacy : 92.6%
Basic Ed Cycle : 10 years
Sch.Participation : 85% (2007-2008)
Medium of Inst. : English except for Filipino
Subject
I. Country Profile
II. Overview of Philippine Educational System
Mandate
1987 1994 2001
Mandate
1987 1994 2001
DECS
II. Overview of Philippine Educational System
Mandate
1987 1994 2001
DECS
II. Overview of Philippine Educational System
Cur
school
Students
ols
deployment
Teachers
Science, Math
ri c u
• SBM • Every Child a • NAT
Scho
• Training
• Critical Reader
l um
• Certification • NCAE
learning
resources
Program • Multi-Grade •A&E CHED
• Teachers • Distance and
benefits and alternative Special Education
• Pre-school
Welfare learning College/
• Feeding University
B A S I C E D U C AT I O N
Elementary High School Technical
Grade 1 Vocational
ECE Public Schools NCAE +
Readiness
Private Schools Counselling
Test
Drop-outs TESDA
DSWD
DOH
TPE
LGUs S
GA
Labor Force
Actual Targets
Indicator Level SY SY SY SY SY
05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10
25.00%
20.00%
15.00%
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
2001-2003 2004-2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009
% Increase of 26.24% 19.22% 18.06% 8.94% 15.32%
Nat'l Budget (PB)
% Increase of 12.46% 13.85% 12.97% 8.68% 12.53%
DepED Budget (PB)
25.00%
Ave. share of educ. budget in developing countries is 20%, per WB report
20.00%
15.00%
10.00%
6% International Standard
5.00%
0.00%
2001-2003 2004-2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009
Ave. % share of Nat'l Budget 13.50% 12.90% 12.19% 12.16% 11.87%
% Share Nat'l Budget 17.22% 16.03% 15.10%
(Net of Debt Service)
Average Share of Education Budget Per
Ave. % of GDP 2.53% 2.12% 2.07%
EDCOM Report of 1991
1960’s : 29% 1970’s : 11%
1980’s : 13% 1990’s : 13%
III. Sector Performance
% Improve- % Improve-
SY 2005- SY 2006- ment fr. SY 2007- ment fr.
06 07 Previous 08 Previous
SY SY
Overall 55 60 10% 65 8%
50
40
30
20
10
0
Moving Closely
Average
Low Mastery Towards Approximating Mastered
Mastery
Mastery Mastery
SY 06-07 8.18 49.17 38.72 3.92 0
SY 07-08 3.67 41.7 49.08 5.53 0.01
IV. Current Initiatives
Global Commitment
Regional Cooperation
3. Philippines is hosting 3 strategic Regional Centers as part of
the effort to promote greater ASEAN regional education
collaboration
IV. Current Initiatives
Country Strategy
Country Strategy
Emerging Challenges
Need to substantially increase participation
of all school-aged children
Development of a common educational
framework for ASEAN Region
Need to substantially address language
barriers to achieve ASEAN students global
competitiveness
V. Emerging Challenges and Future Prospects
Emerging Challenges
Need to accelerate the effort of laying down the
ground towards ASEAN Education Integration in
terms of curriculum standards, quality assurance
and assessment, monitoring and evaluation
Need to accelerate initiatives on the use of ICT
in promoting Regional Education Cooperation