A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

326 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES

TABLE 29.-PERCENTAGES OF PUPILS FROM EACH OCCUPATIONAL GROUP IN CERTAIN
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. FACTS SECURED FROM FRESHMEN AND
SENIORS IN SCHOOLS OF CEBU AND FROM SENIORS ONLY IN SCHOOLS OF MANILA.
Cebu Manila
Parental occupation Seventeen
Parental occupation Public high Three private Three public pivatehigh
schools high schools high schools schools
Merchants and proprietors of business...... 18.2 23.2 26.5 32.1
Professional service..................... 3.4 3.2 11.6 9.6
Managers and officials.................... 5.4 6.2 10.0 5.9
Clerical and commercial service............ 6.1 6.2 18.6 5.6
Farm owners......................... 50.0 53.9 11.4 36.4
Farm tenants.......................... 2.1.6.7 1.4
Fishermen....................... 3.5 2.9.5 1.8
Artisans and skilled laborers............. 8.4 2.6 15.7 4.5
Common laborers..................... 1.9.3 1.5.8
Unclassified............................. 1.0.9 3.5 1.9
Total..................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of cases......................... )31 340 543 977
pupil population in the two types of schools. In both Cebu and Manila the merchant class is somewhat better represented in the private
than in the public schools, while the laboring classes have a better
representation in the public institutions. Perhaps, however, the surprising fact is that the differences are not greater. After all, it would seem
that the two types of institutions draw their pupils from approximately
the same classes in the population.
TABLE 30.-PERCENTAGES OF PUPILS FROM EACH OCCUPATIONAL GROUP IN THE
SENIOR CLASSES OF THE THREE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS, FIVE PRIVATE-ADVENTURE
HIGH SCHOOLS, AND TWELVE SECTARIAN HIGH SCHOOLS IN MANILA.
Three public Five private- Twelve secParental occupation high schools adventure tarian high
high schools schools
Merchants and proprietors of business................. 26.5 31.7 33.3
Professional service.................................. 11.6 5.8 17.0
Managers and officials................................ 10.0 5.8 6.2
Clerical and commercial service....................... 18.6 5.1 6.5
Farm owners...................................... 11.4 39.2 31.6
Farm tenants.........................................7 1.9 0
Fisherm en............................................5 2.7 0
Artisans and skilled laborers.......................... 15.7 5.9 1.8
Common laborers................................... 1.5.9.3
Unclassified....................................... 3.5 1.0 3.3
T otal.......................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of cases.................................... 543 641 336