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Philippines: Lower secondary school starting age

12years · 20250.0% since 2015

Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. Annual figures for Philippines from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
202512
202412
202312
202212
202112
202012
201912
201812
201712
201612
201512
201412
201312
201212
201112
201012
200912
200812
200712
200612
200512
200412
200312
200212
200112
200012
199912
199812
199713
199613
199513
199413
199313
199213
199113
199013
198913
198813
198713
198613
198513
198413
198313
198213
198113
198013
197913
197813
197713
197613
197513
197413
197313
197213
197113
197013

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Lower secondary school starting age. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-lower-secondary-school-starting-age (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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