5. •ADMISSION TO PUBLIC SCHOOL IS AUTOMATIC FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED 6 YEARS OF ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
•SOME PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE COMPETITIVE
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
7. SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL
SCHOOLS
• SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAM (STEM,
FORMERLY CALLED ESEP)
• SPECIAL PROGRAM IN SPORTS (SPS)
•SPECIAL PROGRAM IN THE ARTS (SPA)
•SPECIAL PROGRAM IN JOURNALISM (SPJ)
• SPECIAL PROGRAM IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE (SPFL)
• TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL-LIVELIHOOD PROGRAM (TVL)
8. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
•GRADES 11 AND 12
•INCLUDES CORE CLASSES AND
SPECIALIZATION CLASSES BASED ON STUDENT
CHOICE OF SPECIALIZATION
13. HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES
•IS OFFERED THROUGH VARIOUS DEGREE
PROGRAMS BY A WIDE SELECTION
OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES—ALSO KNOWN AS
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (HEIS).
15. COLLEGE
•TERTIARY INSTITUTION THAT TYPICALLY
OFFERS A NUMBER OF SPECIALIZED COURSES
IN THE SCIENCES, LIBERAL ARTS, OR IN
SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL AREAS
16. UNIVERSITY
REQUIREMENTS:
•OPERATE AT LEAST EIGHT DIFFERENT DEGREE PROGRAMS; INCLUDING AT LEAST SIX
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES, SPECIFICALLY
•A FOUR-YEAR COURSE IN LIBERAL ARTS,
•A FOUR-YEAR COURSE IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS,
•A FOUR-YEAR COURSE IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND
•A MINIMUM OF THREE OTHER ACTIVE AND RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL COURSES LEADING TO
GOVERNMENT LICENSURES; AND
•AT LEAST TWO GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSES LEADING TO DOCTORAL DEGREES.
18. STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
•REFERS TO ANY PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF
HIGHER LEARNING THAT WAS CREATED BY
AN ACT PASSED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
19. •LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE RUN
BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS
20. PRIVATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
•MAY EITHER BE SECTARIAN OR NON-
SECTARIAN ENTITIES. INSTITUTIONS MAY
EITHER BE NON-PROFIT OR PROFIT-
ORIENTED.