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The fundamental framework of the Philippine education is 6-4-4. Among those only elementary education is compulsory education. Right after the war, taking shape of the nationalism and pointing to the community are found in the elementary education. But in 1970's because of the regular man power training project learning of basck skills, bilingual policy (English and Filipino) and so forth were carried out in the elementary education. To prevent leaving school without completing the course, the effort to highten the rate of distribution of text books (a book per five students in the status quo) is made. For the secondary education, one time the vocational education was put emphasis on it, but on the whole the general education is considered as important. But the conflict is found between the national man power training policy and the people's pointing to go on to the next stage of education. The rate of students who take higher education comparing to the whole population is high as the second in the world. "Humanities, Business, Management" concentrate popularity and "agriculture" and so forth are tend to reduce, but through the "National College Entering Exam (NCEE)" beginning in 1973, the number of students of engineering and agriculture expands though humanities and social studies tend to reduce.

In the elementary education, to do education efficiently, in 1957, three languages, Englixh, Filipino, and adopting regional dialects as teaching vocabulary for the lower classes, but it caused the students leave school without completing courses and decrease the quality of education, so it was abolished in 1974. But aftermath the students who are low at literacy appeared one after another and in 1979 it was permitted again. THe regional dialects still now stays in unstable status.

• Philippines Schools
• De La Salle University
• Ateneo de Manila University
• Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology
• St. Louis University, Baguio
• University of San Carlos (Cebu)
• University of the Philippines, Diliman
• University of the Philippines, Los Baños
• Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro)

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