.png "Philippines School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross)")
| Data: | School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross) | ||||||||
| Year: | 1960 - 2013 | ||||||||
| Country: | Philippines | ||||||||
| Source: | World Bank (the information in this section is direct quotation from World Bank development data) | ||||||||
| Series Code: | SE.SEC.ENRR.FE | ||||||||
| Topic: | Education: Participation | ||||||||
| Short Definition: | 0 | ||||||||
| Long Definition: | Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers. | ||||||||
| Unit of Measurement: | 0 | ||||||||
| Periodicity: | Annual | ||||||||
| Base Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Reference Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Aggregation method: | Weighted average | ||||||||
| Limitations and exceptions: | 0 | ||||||||
| Notes from original source: | 0 | ||||||||
| General Comments: | Relevance to gender indicator: Education can empower women by providing them with better economic opportunities. Moreover, education is important tool to defeat traditions that are nefarious to girls and women. Enrollment ratio is also an indicator of gender disparity to access to educational services. | ||||||||
| Original Source: | United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics. | ||||||||
| Statistical concept and methodology: | 0 | ||||||||
| Development relevance: | 0 | ||||||||
