OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE PHILIPPINES

Eradicating Out-of-School Prevalence Among Filipino Children and Youth

PREVALENCE OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL
CHILDREN AND YOUTH
2013 Out-of-School Children and Youth (%) 2016 Out-of-School Children and Youth (%) ACTIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT
Based on the 2013 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) Based on the 2016 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS)
IN THE PHILIPPINES
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM
Out-of-school children
who are not attending school while out-of-school youth refers
The rate of out-of-school children and youth
(OSCY) was higher among females than
6-11 yo 1.5 SY 2016-2017 ENROLLMENT
to persons aged 15 to 24 years who are not attending school, males and also among those aged 15 to 24
years than among those aged 6 to 14 years . 12-15 yo 3.5
are not working.

13.3 7.9 13.8 5.9 18.7 Basic Literacy Program (BLP)

3.5
Source: 2013 FLEMMS and 2016 APIS, PSA

FEMALE MALE 16-24 yo

10.6% 6-14 yo
2013 FEMALE MALE Bicol Region has
2008 13.7% 15-24 yo 17.5 The proportion of OSCYs was higher among females than males. Also, the rate of OSCY was
higher among those aged 16 to 24 years than among those aged 6 to 15 years . 66,135 13,9 00 enrollees,
Source: 2008 and 2013 FLEMMS, PSA Total BLP enrollees the highest BLP enrollees
Though the prevalence of out-of-school TOP 3 REASONS FOR NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL TOP 3 REASONS FOR NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL among all regions.
children and youth has DECLINED , ONE IN EVERY TEN
22.9 42.3
the prevalence is STILL HIGH compared
with other Asian countries.
4 MILLION
The most common reason for
WAS IN 2016.
Source: 2016 APIS, PSA The most common reason for being OSCY being OSCY was marriage or
Marriage Marriage/Family
was marriage (22.9%).
Matters family matters (42.3%). Accreditation & Equivalency (A&E) Test
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19.2 20.2
CAR
19.1 19.7 119,064 Eastern Visayas has
Ilocos Region
CAR has the
lowest (7.1%) prevalence of
Family Income Lack of personal interest Family Income
Lack of personal interest Total A&E Elementary enrollees 11,795 enrollees,
the highest A&E elementary
Central Luzon out-of-school children
2013 enrollees among all regions.
Prevalence of Out-of-School
and youth in PH.
INDICATORS RELATED TO OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Children and Youth (6-24 years old) NCR
ELEMENTARY LEVEL
509,123
< 5.0%
5.01% - 7.5%
CALABARZON As of August 31, 2016
ELEMENTARY LEVEL CALABARZON has
7.51% - 10.0%
10.01% - 12.5%
Bicol Region
77.8
83.0 83.4
First stage of compulsary and
mandatory formal basic education
which is composed of Kindergarten to
CHILD POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES (%)
(Proportion of children belonging to poor families) Total A&E Secondary enrollees 47,018 enrollees,
12.51% - 15.0%
Not covered due to
71.0 72.7 Grade 6
2006 2009 2012 2015 the highest A&E secondary
MIMAROPA
Typhoon Yolanda SECONDARY LEVEL enrollees among all regions.
Source: 2013 FLEMMS
Eastern Samar Second stage of compulsary basic

Western Visayas
education which consists of six years
of grades 7-12 35.2 35.3 35.2 31.4 Source: 2016 DepEd
6.4 6.2 4.6 3.3 2.7

Central Visayas
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016
Source: Education Management Information System Division, DepEd Although the first target for
Caraga SECONDARY LEVEL
As of August 31, 2016
In 2016, 1.3 MILLION families
ALS are the students who drop
Northern Mindanao
Zamboanga Peninsula 78.8
COMPLETION RATE (%)
were reported to have working out for financial reasons, only
children (5-17 years old) and more
10 percent of potencial ALS
level in accordance with the required
75.7 74.0 number of years of study
Davao Region 74.3 74.8
DROP-OUT RATE (%)
than half of them belong to families
ARMM has the
highest (14.4%) prevalence of
ARMM SOCCSKSARGEN
7.8 8.0
Percentage of leaners who leave
school during the year or fail to enroll
P
in the bottom 30% income group. were in the program.
7.6 6.7 6.7
the following school year Source: 2016 APIS, PSA
out-of-school children Source: Alternative and Inclusive Learning in the Philippines, World Bank
and youth in PH.
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016
Source: Education Management Information System Division, DepEd

Please note that the estimates from the 2013 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) may not be comparable with the result of the 2016 Anual Povery Indicators Survey (APIS).

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