Editing Metro Manila (section)

===Education===
{{See also|List of universities and colleges in Metro Manila}}
[[File:Quezon Hall and the Oblation - Flickr.jpg|thumb|left|[[University of the Philippines Diliman]] is the flagship university of the [[University of the Philippines ]]System since 1949.]]
[[File:Ateneo campus academic buildings (Katipunan, Quezon City; 05-13-2022).jpg|thumb|The [[Ateneo de Manila]] campus in Katipunan, Quezon City.]]

Since the Spanish colonial period, Manila has been the center of education. The country's top ranked universities, colloquially known as the "[[Big Four (universities)|Big Four]]", located in Metro Manila, are widely known to be as follows, [[University of the Philippines|University of the Philippines System]], [[Ateneo de Manila University]], [[De La Salle University]], and [[University of Santo Tomas]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=QS Asia University Rankings 2020 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2020 |website=QS World University Rankings |access-date=May 4, 2020 |archive-date=May 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504230203/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=World University Rankings 2020 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/locations/PH/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats |website=Times Higher Education World University Rankings |access-date=May 4, 2020 |archive-date=September 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918163456/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/locations/PH/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[University of Santo Tomas]] (1611), [[Colegio de San Juan de Letran]] (1620) and [[Ateneo de Manila University]] (1859) are some of the oldest educational institutions that was established during the colonial period. The [[University of the Philippines]], along with seven other [[State university and college (Philippines)|State Universities and Colleges]] (SUC), namely the [[Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology]], [[Marikina Polytechnic College]], [[Philippine Normal University]], [[Philippine State College of Aeronautics]], [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]], [[Rizal Technological University]] and the [[Technological University of the Philippines]], are based in Metro Manila. Manila's [[University Belt]] form the largest concentration of higher education institutes in the Philippines, making Manila the center for [[Higher education in the Philippines|higher learning]] in the country.

[[File:De La Salle University Manila La Salle Hall Night Skyline Taft Avenue.jpg|thumb|[[De La Salle University|De La Salle University (DLSU)]]|alt=|left]]

Notable secondary schools in Metro Manila include the [[Philippine Science High School]] in [[Diliman, Quezon City]], the national [[science education|science school]] of the Philippines, [[St. Lino Science High School]], and the [[Manila Science High School]] in [[Ermita]], the forerunner of all the science schools in the country. Primary and secondary education is in the region is governed by the Department of Education-National Capital Region (DepEd-NCR). Meanwhile, the higher educational institutions are under the [[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|CHED]]-National Capital Region.

The region has the highest literacy rate among all the regions of the Philippines, with 99.2% in 2008. Literacy rate for males is at 99.0% while literacy rate for females is at 99.4%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Education |url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/secstat/d_educ.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315001515/http://nscb.gov.ph/secstat/d_educ.asp |archive-date=March 15, 2015 |access-date=March 6, 2015 |publisher=National Statistics Coordination Board}}</ref> For the school year of 2008–2009, Metro Manila has 511 public elementary schools and 220 public secondary schools. There are 309 tertiary (public and private) institutions as of the year-end of 2009. For the said school year, enrollment in public elementary schools is at 1,219,333, public secondary schools at 661,019 and 687,096 for tertiary (public and private) institutions.<ref name="NCR Statwatch">{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2012 |title=Statwatch – National Capital Region |url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/statwatch_ncr.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317182735/http://nscb.gov.ph/stats/statwatch_ncr.asp |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=March 5, 2015 |publisher=National Statistical Coordination Board}}</ref>