MORE than six million young Filipinos are out of school because of the high cost of education, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).
Based on the NSO’s 2010 annual poverty indicators surveys, 16 percent of the estimated 39 million Filipinos aged six to 24 either could not enroll or dropped out of school because of poverty.
Out of school youth are those aged six to 17 who are not attending formal school and those aged 18 to 24 who are currently out of school, not gainfully employed and have not finished college or post-secondary course.
The high cost of education was the leading reason for not attending school (28.9 percent), followed by lack of personal interest, (27.5 percent); marriage, (14 percent) and job hunting (11.2 percent).
Majority of those not studying were women.
The NSO said that one-fifth of the total out of school youth, or OSY, belong to the bottom 10 percent per capita income stratum.
Among the regions, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has the highest percentage of OSY with about 24 percent of its young population not in school, followed by Davao, 19 percent, and Caraga and Central Luzon, with 18 percent each.
Cordillera Administrative Region has the lowest percentage of OSY at 10 percent. –Darwin G. Amojelar, Manila Times
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7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
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