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• Philippines has a GDP-PPP($) ranking of 118th out of 191 countries
• Finland has the world's best education system and is ranked 27th in GDP-PPP($)
• Philippine education system is successful despite economic challenges and history of colonization
• Major concern in the Philippines regarding education is the equality of opportunity
• In 2013, less than half (42%) of children aged 3-4 years were enrolled in day care centers in the Philippines
• In 2015, the net enrolment rate at the primary school level in the Philippines was 91.05% and 68.15% at the secondary school level
• The Philippines has made necessary innovations to improve its education system
• According to the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), the Philippines rose to 49th place in talent competitiveness from 55th place
• The Philippine curriculum is called the "K to 12 Program" and consists of four stages covering 13 years of basic education
• English is regarded as a tool to access, process, and use information in the Philippine curriculum
• One of the competences expected in the Philippine curriculum is the ability to interpret simple written sentences related to immediate needs and specific activities in the community
• Students in the Philippines are expected to summarize information from a text heard as part of the curriculum
• English is the medium of instruction for all subjects except Filipino and social studies in the Philippines
• The second official language of the government in the Philippines is English
• The Tagalog dialect in the Philippines combines English and Filipino
• All legal documentation and laws in the Philippines are in English
• The second official language of the government in the country is English, with the Tagalog dialect also being used
• All legal documentation and laws in the country are in English
• American colonization in the Philippines began during the Spanish colonial period and lasted 48 years


  1565-1898
• The Treaty of Manila of 1946 recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines


  1946
• The Education Act of 1901 authorized the colonial government to recruit American teachers to help establish the new educational system
• 80 former soldiers became teachers, joined by 48 teachers recruited in America and 523 others known as the Thomasites, who taught English
• The EF Epi report ranks countries by their English proficiency, showing a positive correlation between socioeconomic status and education
• Qatar is in 1st place with 134,623 GDP-PPP ($) but ranks 80th in English proficiency, while the Philippines scored 20th place
• From 2012 to 2019, Qatar's ranking in English proficiency descended from 37th to 80th place, whereas the Philippines scored 20th place
• Curriculum, the importance of the English language in the community, country’s history, and attitude towards English are factors needed to execute a successful assessment of English education