4.4 million school-aged Filipinos currently not enrolled -- SWS poll

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Thirteen percent or an estimated 4.4 million school-aged Filipinos are currently not enrolled in school, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Wednesday, Feb. 24. READ:

In the nationwide survey conducted among 1,500 respondents on Nov. 21-25, 2020, SWS found 87 percent of five- to 20-year-old Filipinos are currently enrolled in school, while 13 percent are not enrolled at the time of the survey.

It dipped to three percent and four percent among seven to 11 years old and 12 to 15 years old, respectively, but rose to 13 percent among 16 to 17 years old.SWS said the percentage of currently enrolled school-aged Filipinos is 88 percent in the Visayas, 87 percent in balance Luzon, and 86 percent each in Mindanao and Metro Manila.

SWS said the percentage of currently enrolled household members ranged from 28 percent to 30 percent in junior high school, 11 percent to 14 percent in senior high school, five percent to 10 percent in college, and six percent to nine percent in pre-primary. Meanwhile, participation in purely ODL is highest among college students , followed by senior high school students , junior high school students , and elementary and pre-primary students .

 

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