The Philippine tutorial system is formed up of 6 years of primary school, 4 years of secondary college, and further education. Kids are required to attend the 1st 4 years of junior school. Roughly 88 % of those over fifteen years old are literate.
A couple of schools are based in Metro Manila. The Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon Town offers elementary, secondary and undergraduate education along with graduate faculties of humanities and science, law, and business. The College of the Philippines Manila ( UPM ) contains universities of medication, nursing, public health, chemist, and dentistry, and supports institutes of ophthalmology and socio-biomedical research. Philippine General Surgery is the coaching hospice for the UPM varsities. Set up in 1611, the College of Santo Tomas is Asia’s oldest school. Originally found in the walled town of Intramuros and reserved for the education of monks, it has moved to bigger quarters in Sampaloc, and now offers a large range of courses, including music, architecture, engineering, business administration, and education. Other institutes of further education in Metro Manila include the School of the Philippines ( in Quezon Town ), De LaSalle Varsity , the University of the East ( UE Manila ), Mapua Institute of Technology ( MIT ), and Pacific Rim Pacific School.
