NSCB Resolution No. 8
Series of 2008

APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE 2008 PHILIPPINE STANDARD
CLASSIFICATION OF EDUCATION

WHEREAS, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) is the highest policymaking and coordinating body on all statistical matters in the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the NSCB is mandated to develop and prescribe uniform standards and classification systems in the generation of official statistics to ensure comparability and consistency across national and international boundaries;

WHEREAS, a standard educational classification is necessary to facilitate the compilation of the country’s education statistics as basis for educational planning, manpower training, labor market studies, and other related activities;

WHEREAS, the NSCB, through the Technical Committee on Statistical Standards and Classifications (TCSSC), developed the Philippine Standard Classification of Education (PSCED) in 1994;

WHEREAS, the PSCED is patterned after the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) developed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO);

WHEREAS, the 1994 PSCED (based on the 1976 ISCED) was approved and prescribed for adoption by the NSCB Executive Board through Resolution No. 4, series of 1994, while an updated PSCED (still based on the 1976 ISCED) was published in October 1997;

WHEREAS, the UNESCO revised the ISCED in 1997 to take into account the changes in general terminology, definitions, renumbering of levels, new rules and criteria for the allocation of programs to levels, and new specifications in the classification list;

WHEREAS, there is a need to revise the existing PSCED to conform with the revised international standard classification, i.e., 1997 ISCED, but with modifications to suit domestic/local conditions and requirements;

WHEREAS, the NSCB Technical Staff, in coordination with the TCSSC and its Technical Working Group on Education Classification (TWG-EC), has prepared the revisions to the PSCED done in accordance with the approved Policy on the Revision and Amendment of the Philippine Standard Classification Systems and is recommending the same for approval of the NSCB Executive Board;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the NSCB Executive Board approve the 2008 PSCED (based on the 1997 ISCED) for adoption by all concerned government offices, agencies and instrumentalities.

Approved this 10th day of September 2008, in Pasig City.

Attested by:

ROMULO A. VIROLA
Secretary General