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Do not fill this in! === Education === {{Main|Education in the Philippines}} {{Further|Higher education in the Philippines}} [[File:Main Bulding of the University of Santo Tomas.jpg|thumb|alt=Front of a very old building|Founded in 1611, the [[University of Santo Tomas]] is Asia's oldest extant university.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |editor-last1=Kent |editor-first1=Allen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_faTic0w7sMC |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science |volume=42 – Supplement 7: The Albert I Royal Library to The United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS) |edition=1st |date=February 26, 1987 |title=Asia, Libraries in |publisher=[[Marcel Dekker]] |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=978-0-8247-2042-1 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=_faTic0w7sMC&pg=PA74 74] |language=en}}</ref>]] Primary and secondary schooling in the Philippines consists of six years of elementary period, four years of junior high school, and two years of senior high school.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=San Pedro |first=Dexter |date=May 15, 2013 |title=Aquino signs K–12 enhanced basic education law |work=[[InterAksyon]] |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/article/61826/aquino-signs-k-12-enhanced-basic-education-law |access-date=September 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614003442/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/61826/aquino-signs-k-12-enhanced-basic-education-law |archive-date=June 14, 2013}}</ref> Public education, provided by the government, is free at the elementary and secondary levels and at [[Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act|most public higher-education institutions]].<ref name="OECD-2017May">{{cite book|last1=OECD |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WSQDwAAQBAJ |title=Interrelations between Public Policies, Migration and Development in the Philippines |series=OECD Development Pathways |last2=Scalabrini Migration Center |date=2017 |publisher=[[OECD Publishing]] |location=Paris, France |isbn=978-92-64-27228-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=_WSQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138 138–139] |language=en |author-link=OECD}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Corrales |first=Nestor |date=August 4, 2017 |title=Duterte signs into law bill granting free tuition in SUCs |language=en |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/920306/breaking-duterte-signs-law-granting-free-tuition-in-sucs |access-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804035732/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/920306/breaking-duterte-signs-law-granting-free-tuition-in-sucs |archive-date=August 4, 2017}}</ref> [[Philippine Science High School System|Science high schools]] for talented students were established in 1963.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Nagao |editor-first1=Masafumi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TqpGsyqHez4C |title=Mathematics and Science Education in Developing Countries: Issues, Experiences, and Cooperation Prospects |editor-last2=Rogan |editor-first2=John M. |editor-last3=Magno |editor-first3=Marcelita Coronel |date=2007 |publisher=[[University of the Philippines Press]] |location=Quezon City, Philippines |isbn=978-971-542-533-9 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=TqpGsyqHez4C&pg=PA31 31] |language=en}}</ref> The government provides technical-vocational training and development through the [[Technical Education and Skills Development Authority]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wu |first1=Qiuchen |last2=Bai |first2=Bin |last3=Zhu |first3=Xiaolin |title=Vocational Education and Training in ASEAN Member States |editor-last1=Bai |editor-first1=Bin |editor-last2=Paryono |series=Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education |date=April 2019 |chapter=Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Philippines: Development and Status Quo |pages=155, 158 |publisher=[[Springer Nature]] |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-13-6616-1 |doi=10.1007/978-981-13-6617-8_7 |s2cid=159328746 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332405242 |access-date=May 10, 2023 |via=[[ResearchGate]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230510100846/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332405242_Technical_and_Vocational_Education_and_Training_in_the_Philippines_Development_and_Status_Quo |archive-date=May 10, 2023}}</ref> In 2004, the government began offering [[Alternative Learning System (Philippines)|alternative education]] to out-of-school children, youth, and adults to improve literacy;<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Mooney |editor-first1=Thomas Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQNAAAAAQBAJ |title=Aquinas, Education and the East |series=Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures |editor-last2=Nowacki |editor-first2=Mark |date= 2013 |publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]] |location=Dordrecht, Netherlands |isbn=978-94-007-5261-0 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=HQNAAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA185 185] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |date=June 9, 2022 |title=DepEd, UNICEF strengthen Alternative Learning System toward quality, relevant second chance basic education |language=en |work=[[UNICEF]] |url=https://www.unicef.org/philippines/press-releases/deped-unicef-strengthen-alternative-learning-system-toward-quality-relevant-second |access-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230222171030/https://www.unicef.org/philippines/press-releases/deped-unicef-strengthen-alternative-learning-system-toward-quality-relevant-second |archive-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref> [[madrasa|madaris]] were mainstreamed in 16 regions that year, primarily in Mindanao Muslim areas under the [[Department of Education (Philippines)|Department of Education]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Esplanada |first=Jerry E. |date=July 20, 2009 |title=Mainstreaming Madrasa |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/learning/view/20090720-216304/Mainstreaming-Madrasa |access-date=September 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724102132/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/learning/view/20090720-216304/Mainstreaming-Madrasa |archive-date=July 24, 2014}}</ref> [[List of Catholic universities and colleges in the Philippines|Catholic schools]], which number more than 1,500,<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.ceap.org.ph/who-we-are/about-ceap |website=Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines |access-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203064402/https://www.ceap.org.ph/who-we-are/about-ceap |archive-date=December 3, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> and higher education institutions are an integral part of the educational system.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last1=Peters |editor-first1=Michael A. |last1=Aguas |first1=Jove Jim S. |title=Encyclopedia of Teacher Education |date=2019 |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-13-1179-6 |url=https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-13-1179-6_147-1 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |language=en |chapter=Catholic Education in the Philippines |pages=1–7 |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/50848177 |doi=10.1007/978-981-13-1179-6_147-1 |editor-link1=Michael Peters (education academic) |via=[[Academia.edu]]}}</ref> The Philippines has [[List of colleges and universities in the Philippines|1,975 higher education institutions]] {{as of|2019|lc=y}}, of which 246 are public and 1,729 are private.<ref>{{cite report|title=Table 2. Distribution of Higher Education Institutions by Region and Sector: AY 2019–20 |url=https://ched.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Distribution-of-Higher-Education-Institutions-by-Region-and-Sector-AY-2019-20.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728115539/https://ched.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Distribution-of-Higher-Education-Institutions-by-Region-and-Sector-AY-2019-20.pdf |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |publisher=[[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|Commission on Higher Education]]}}</ref> Public universities are non-sectarian, and are primarily classified as [[List of state schools, colleges and universities in the Philippines|state-administered]] or [[Local colleges and universities (Philippines)|local government-funded]].<ref>{{cite report|title=New measures support university and technical students in the Philippines – Asia 2019 |url=https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/reports/philippines/2019-report/economy/working-the-plan-five-years-into-basic-education-reform-programme-rollout-shifts-to-supporting-university-and-technical-school-students |publisher=Oxford Business Group |access-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319071934/https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/reports/philippines/2019-report/economy/working-the-plan-five-years-into-basic-education-reform-programme-rollout-shifts-to-supporting-university-and-technical-school-students |archive-date=March 19, 2023 |at=Sector Structure |date=September 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last1=Ness |editor-first1=Daniel |editor-last2=Lin |editor-first2=Chia-Ling |encyclopedia=International Education: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues and Systems |volume=1–2 |date=March 17, 2015 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=Abingdon, Oxon, England |isbn=978-1-317-46751-9 |title=Philippines |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=F_FnBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA459 459] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_FnBwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> The [[national university]] is the eight-school [[University of the Philippines]] (UP) system.<ref>{{Cite PH act |title=The University of the Philippines Charter of 2008 |chamber=RA |number=9500 |date=April 19, 2008 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2008/04/19/republic-act-no-9500/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830074039/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2008/04/19/republic-act-no-9500/ |archive-date=August 30, 2018 |access-date=February 6, 2023 |publisher=[[Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines]] |location=Metro Manila, Philippines}}</ref> The country's top-ranked universities are the [[UP Diliman]], [[Ateneo de Manila University]], [[De La Salle University]], and [[University of Santo Tomas]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Krishna |editor-first=V. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNguDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT328 |title=Universities in the National Innovation Systems: Experiences from the Asia-Pacific |date=2017 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=London, England |isbn=978-1-351-61900-4 |page=328}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite web||date=2023 |title=QS Asia University Rankings 2023 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/asia-university-rankings/2023 |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=[[QS World University Rankings]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite web||date=2020 |title=World University Rankings 2020 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/locations/PH/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats |website=[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]}}</ref> {{as of|2019|alt=In 2019}}, the Philippines had a basic [[literacy]] rate of 93.8 percent of those five years old or older,<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Hernandez |first=Jobo E. |date=October 29, 2020 |title=Literacy rate estimated at 93.8% among 5 year olds or older — PSA |work=[[BusinessWorld]] |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/economy/2020/10/29/325932/literacy-rate-estimated-at-93-8-among-5-year-olds-or-older-psa/ |access-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111071307/https://www.bworldonline.com/economy/2020/10/29/325932/literacy-rate-estimated-at-93-8-among-5-year-olds-or-older-psa/ |archive-date=November 11, 2022}}</ref> and a [[functional illiteracy|functional literacy]] rate of 91.6 percent of those aged 10 to 64.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Talavera |first=Catherine |date=December 14, 2020 |title=Functional literacy rate improves in 2019 – PSA |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/12/14/2063627/functional-literacy-rate-improves-2019-psa |access-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214020049/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/12/14/2063627/functional-literacy-rate-improves-2019-psa |archive-date=December 14, 2020}}</ref> Education, a significant proportion of the national budget, was allocated {{currency|900.9 billion|PHP|linked=no|passthrough=yes}} from the {{currency|5.268 trillion|PHP|linked=no|passthrough=yes}} 2023 budget.<ref name="OneNews-MarcosSigns2023Budget">{{#invoke:cite news||last=Flores |first=Helen |date=December 17, 2022 |title=Marcos Signs P5.268-Trillion National Budget For 2023 |work=[[One News (TV channel)|OneNews]] |url=https://www.onenews.ph/articles/marcos-signs-p5-268-trillion-national-budget-for-2023 |access-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217155623/https://www.onenews.ph/articles/marcos-signs-p5-268-trillion-national-budget-for-2023 |archive-date=December 17, 2022}}</ref> {{as of|2023}}, the country has 1,640 [[public libraries]] affiliated with the [[National Library of the Philippines]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Statistical Number of Affiliated Public Libraries |url=http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/?q=node/10266 |website=[[National Library of the Philippines]] |access-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230725004228/http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/?q=node/10266 |archive-date=July 25, 2023}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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