Note 5

According to the UNESCO, there exists three types of secondary schools in the Philippines. These are public, private and special/laboratory secondary schools. Public high schools are under the administration and supervision of the Department of Education. it is being financially supported by the Philippine government. On the other hand, private high schools are usually owned by religious groups, others are by organizations or individuals. Private schools still need to follow the rules and legal guidelines and requirements as set by the Department of Education as a secondary school. Private school admission usually costs certain amount compared to public schools which is intended to be generally free for everybody. Meanwhile, special/laboratory schools are under or attached to the State University and Colleges. Its purpose is to serve as the laboratory classes for the students taking education program. Laboratory schools usually share the resources of their respective State University and Colleges.

Reference

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations. 2009. Secondary Education
            Information Base: Country Profile(Philippines). D. Calderbank and E. Aoyama(Eds.).
            Retrieved from http://www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/253_254/Philippines.pdf