Senior High School Support Program: Philippines
Asian Development Bank | June 2016
Abstract
Education is the government’s central strategy for achieving inclusive economic growth by investing in human capital development to reduce poverty and build national competitiveness. The government’s Philippine Development Plan, 2011– 2016 sets out broad strategies to achieve inclusive growth, including providing quality basic education.
However, Philippine education faces significant challenges, particularly at the secondary level. The secondary net enrollment rate in school year 2012/13 was low. Significant disparities in access between regions, urban and rural populations, and income classes also exist. On average, the country’s 18–24-year-olds had only 8 years of schooling. The quality of education is diminished by large class sizes; a crowded basic education curriculum; insufficient teaching resources; and a lack of specialist teachers, particularly in mathematics and science.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2016. Senior High School Support Program: Philippines. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7636. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Higher education
Education
Secondary education
Higher education institutions
Educational aspects
Economics of education
Educational development
Public Administration
Institutional Framework
Higher Education Costs
Levels Of Education
Educational Reform
Governance
Educational Policies
Educational Quality
Educational Programs
Governance Approach
Corporate Governance Framework
Distributive education
Communication in technical education
College preparation programs
Community and college
Public universities and colleges
Private universities and colleges
College dropouts
Communication in higher education
Higher education and state
State departments of education
Government
Political obligation
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