There have been many posts or comments on how Good, or Bad, the quality of Philippines Education is.
Some locals say it is good, some expats say it is bad.
An International Organisation does Tests every few years around the world, and provides realistic comparisons.
Many US, UK and Australians will have seen the TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) results when moving between those countries.
The Philippines has not been included in this testing since 2003, but some of the results for that year are shown below:
TIMSS 2003 Tables (Top and Bottom 5 countries + USA and Aus)
Average mathematics scale scores of eighth-grade students, by country: 2003
Rank Average Country
1 605 Singapore
2 589 Korea, Republic of
3 586 Hong Kong SAR
4 585 Chinese Taipei
5 570 Japan
-- 466 International average
41 378 Philippines
42 366 Botswana
43 332 Saudi Arabia
44 276 Ghana
45 264 South Africa
14 505 Australia
15 504 United States
Full Report
http://nces.ed.gov/timss/TIMSS03Tables. … p;Figure=5