Seven key regions of the nation depend mostly on Private HEIs for access to higher education, including NCR 64%; CAR, 78%; Region 3, 50%, Region 4, 58%; Region 10, 54%; Region 11, 66%; and Region 12, 58%.

Monthly Observances:

March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth

Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week

Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work