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Women and Men in Bicol
Region
Education
Education is the
foundation for the emerging knowledge-based economy. Educated people are
better prepared to make informed decisions both in their personal and
professional lives making them more capable contributors to economic and
community development. Education likewise ensures more competitive and
productive labor force necessary to sustain economic gains. For women,
education provides the vehicle for making choices for themselves beyond the
confines of marriage and motherhood.
Gender equality in
educational opportunities is among the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
In the Bicol Region, indications point to the achievement of this goal.
Women in the Bicol Region are more literate (in simple and functional
terms), avail of educational services more than men and achieve higher
educational levels. Women likewise, dominate the faculty of instruction of
the different educational institutions in the region.
Data for this
section were provided by the National Statistics Office, the Department of
Education, the Commission on Higher Education and the Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority.
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