CEBUANOS
Striving for Excellence

For education – Cebu is the vital center of learning in the South. A sizable score of high school graduates from provinces all over the Visayas and Mindanao form a beeline to the Queen City where the best schools outside Metro manila are located.

In Cebu are six universities, 39 colleges (including medical and technical schools), over 1,000 private and public elementary schools and 203 secondary schools. It is also houses an international schools designed to accommodate foreign curricula for  primary, secondary and tertiary levels.

Cebuanos are keen about formal education, Eighty percent (80%) of the population is literate and participation rate is ninety percent (90%).

Formal education in Cebu normally begins at the age of five. The child goes through a three-tiered educational process. Pursuing elementary school takes up sis to seven years for most children, excluding preparatory school. Secondary education lasts for four years, after which graduates usually aged 16 to 17 take formal college schooling for another four to five years, or vocational schooling for two to three years.

For labor – The human dimension behind the prestigious mark “Made in Cebu” is one of the most significant denominator behind Cebu’s economic growth. The sustained progress of the province therefore depends on the quality of its people’s work attitude and craftsmanship, their commitment to self-reliance and productivity.

More of the population depended on agriculture, while some relied on industry. Majority of cebuano employees in industry and commerce avail of lump-sum earnings from related bonuses such as holiday bonus or 13^th month pay at the end of the year. The counterpart contribution of employers to Social Security and Medicare is determined according to fixed rates based on the employees’ compensation.

Labor productivity in the region is one of the highest in the country.