Education in the Philippines

Education in the Philippines
Department of Education (DepEd); Commission on Higher Education (CHED); Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA);
Secretary of Education	Sara Duterte
Chairperson of CHED	Prospero de Vera
Director-General of TESDA	Suharto Mangudadatu
National education budget (2023)
Budget	₱852.8 billion (DepEd + CHED + TESDA + SUCs)
General details
Primary languages	Filipino; English; Philippine regional languages
System type	National
Literacy (2019)
Total	98.4%
Male	97.9%
Female	98.9%
Enrollment (2021–2022)
Total	27.56 million (public schools) + 1.44 million (private schools)
Primary	2.18 million (public kindergarten schools) + 12.79 million (public elementary schools)
Secondary	8.75 million (public junior high schools) + 3.82 million (public senior high schools)
Post secondary	5.6 million
Attainment (2010)
Secondary diploma	19.1%
Post-secondary diploma	12.8%1
	1 Figures include post-baccalaureate data.

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.

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).

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