Southeast Asia · country & exam lens
AI learning in Philippines
An English-medium K-12 system where the defining exam-prep pattern is the offline review centre — and where global imports compete directly because the content travels.
Note: Philippines’s exam system is mid-reform — dates below reflect the state as of 2026.
Exam systems
- DepEd K-12 — 13 years including Senior High School (Grades 11–12). The SHS academic strands (STEM, ABM, HUMSS, GAS) are being phased out from SY 2026–27.
- UPCAT / ACET / DCAT / USTET — University entrance exams; UPCAT (University of the Philippines) is the flagship, weighting the test 60% and high-school grades 40%.
Languages of the classroom
English and Filipino are the twin media. The mother-tongue mandate for K-3 was repealed (RA 12027, 2025), shifting to Filipino and English.
Price points
Entrance-exam review-centre season programmes: AHEAD UPCAT ~₱20,000–32,000; MSA ~₱15,000–25,000. Public-school Quipper School is free via DepEd.
How students reach it (delivery channel)
Mobile- and Facebook-heavy, on prepaid data; a growing online high-dosage tutoring layer.
How it’s used
Entrance-exam review-centre culture (AHEAD, MSA, Brain Train) is the defining pattern.
Built for this exam
Quipper School — DepEd-aligned K-12 LMS, free to public schools via a DepEd partnership.
Edukasyon.ph / Edge Tutor — A discovery/guidance platform plus online high-dosage tutoring. (not yet profiled on the map)
AHEAD / MSA / Brain Train — The incumbent offline entrance-exam review centres — the exam-prep culture itself. (not yet profiled on the map)