The country education profiles (CEPs) are a guide to the education systems of over 115 countries and their comparability with Australian qualifications.
The Philippines is one of these countries included in this important publication. The CEP of the Philippines is used to also identify which of these educational intuitions qualify to commence the Points test for migration to Australia.
CEPs of the Philippines contains information about the structure and qualifications of all sectors of a country’s education system, including key points of comparison for assessment purposes i.e. quality indicators, and assessment guidelines for comparing qualifications from the Philippines with qualifications on the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).
The CEP of the Philippines is used to inform decisions for a wide variety of purposes including admission to an educational institution such as a university; employment; registration with a professional or regulatory body and migration to Australia from the Philippines.
CEP of The Philippines is widely used by education institutions, professional bodies, government departments, state, and territory Overseas Qualifications Units (OQUs), migration agents, employers, and individuals both in Australia and overseas.
The information provided is generally structured around three main sections:
(1) Assessment guidelines: what the assessment guidelines mean (contains information that you need to know before using the assessment guidelines); assessment guidelines by sector and their respective institution list; and quality indicators;
(2) List of institutions: consolidated list of recognised institutions for the CEP; links to the relevant assessment guidelines page; and where applicable, lists of institutional directories; and
(3) Education system: description of the education system by sector, including: admission requirements, courses and qualifications, types of institutions, diagram of education system, grading systems, and teacher education.
In the Philippines there is approximately 1503 universities and colleges. However, the CEP of The Philippines points out to only a number of universities that qualify to be comparable to an Australian bachelor degree.
For those graduates from Section 1 universities they include the leading public and private universities as well as institutions that have been granted autonomy. The leading public and private universities were identified from results in the Professional Regulation Commission licensing examinations and from their reputation of quality in graduate studies.
These institutions can be regarded as meeting international standards for universities in generating knowledge and meeting quality teaching standards.
There are only 59 of these universities in the Philippines and a majority of them (38) are on the main island of Luzon
Section 2 institutions are:
- Private institutions listed as having Deregulated status
- All chartered state universities and colleges not listed in Section 1
- Private institutions with at least 1 program accredited at Level 2 by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines.
Some of the programs offered by institutions in this section may lack the rigor and consistency of outcomes of Section 1 institutions. A 4-year Bachelor’s Degree can be assessed taking the average grade achieved into consideration. The Professional Regulation Commission’s licensure examinations can also be used as an independent confirmation of the standard reached by successful candidates.
There are 256 universities in the Philippines and a majority of them i.e. 136 are located on the main island of Luzon.
Know if you’re qualified to Work & Migrate to Australia
If you are thinking of migrating to Australia and you happened to be a professional yourself whether you are single or married to a working professional Filipino partner then contact RESPALL (Migration) Aust. and have yourselves professionally assessed and receive your prospect of success in writing.
There has never been a better time to migrate to Australia from the Philippines than now and RESPALL can pre-assess your potential to migrate to Australia and process your permanent visa application inside the Migration Sweet Spot i.e., more accumulated points for faster processing under the General Migration Program through RESPALL (Migration) Aust.
