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Schools, Colleges and
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Philippine Education Overview |
Secondary Education
Structure:
Secondary
education is offered as either general or vocational/technical
secondary.
Secondary education is primarily conducted in public
institutions, which almost always include �high school� in their
names.
Secondary education is tuition free for graduates of elementary
school, but it is not compulsory and despite substantial enrollment
figures nationwide, the overall ten-year elementary through secondary
school completion rate is low; about 46% of the students who start Grade
1 finish Grade 10.
The
National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), which was formerly
administered to all secondary students during their fourth year, was
abolished in 1994. Most colleges and universities have their own
entrance examinations which students take instead.
High school students now take the National Secondary Achievement
Test (NSAT) but this test is not supposed to be used to determine
college admissibility.
Age
of Admission:
Age
13
Length:
Four
years
Programme
of Study:
- Subject
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- Number
of units per subject per year
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- I
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- II
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- III
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- IV
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- Filipino
Language and Literature
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- Social
Studies*
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- Physical
Education, Health, and Music
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- Values
Education
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- English
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- Science
and Technology
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- 1.5
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- 1.5
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- 1
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- 1
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- Mathematics
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- 1
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- Technology
and Home Economics
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- 1.5
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- 1.5
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- 2
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- 2
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- Total
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- 9
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- 9
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- 9
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- 9
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*
including geography, history, government, economics, and civilization
Note:
Each of the eight subject areas is taught every day, five days a week,
in classes of 40 minutes each. In years three and four, students are
required to complete an additional half unit course per year.
Assessment
and Promotion:
Students
are rated four times per year in each subject.
If a student fails in a particular subject, the student repeats
the subject in the next year, but is nevertheless promoted to the next
higher year.
Upon completion of secondary school students are issued a diploma.
Grading
Scale:
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Percentage
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Alpha
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WES
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95
� 100
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A
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A
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90
� 94
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B+
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B+
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85
� 89
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B
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B
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80
� 84
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B-
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B-
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75
� 79
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C
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C
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74
or less
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F
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F
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Source: World Education
Services.
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