Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

December 1, 2023 Dear LOVELY ANN CORNEJO, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Sep 26, 2023 09:14:05 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Latest National and Regional Data of Number of Visually Impaired Students in the Philippines. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In response to your data request, you may refer to our available published data below: Population and Housing: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing Statistical Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/stat-tables https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/index Functional Difficulty in the Philippines: For Household Population Five Years Old and Over (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/168274 Table C. Household Population 5 Years Old and Over by Age Group, Sex, Domain or Type of Functional Difficulty, and Level of Severity: Philippines, 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/2022-12/%2528approved%2529Statistical%2520Tables%2520on%2520Functional%2520Difficulty_PMMJ_CRD.xlsx 2010, you may refer to our Persons with Disability in the Philippines (Results from the 2010 Census): https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2910&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%202010%20census%20of%20population https://library.psa.gov.ph/kohaimages/PSA/ebookreader/viewebook.html?out=1&d=pdf/d2264a0c84cb46d21c27085a4a54b770_2910_PHIILIPPINES_FINAL%20PDF.pdf&speech=1&ref=https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2910&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%202010%20census%20of%20population&biblionumber=2910#book/8 Publication on National Disability Prevalence Survey: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15629&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20National%20Disability%20Prevalence%20Survey For more specific data on this, you may coordinate with the National Council on Disability Affairs: https://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-data/ For data on Visually impaired students, you may refer to our data on National Disability Prevalence Survey: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15629&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20National%20Disability%20Prevalence%20Survey NDPS Publication: 2.1.2 Household Population by Highest Educational Attainment: https://library.psa.gov.ph/kohaimages/PSA/ebookreader/viewebook.html?out=1&d=pdf/dfc003a8cf2d4a4e3b16b8b5df94883a_2016%20NDPS.pdf&speech=1&ref=https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15629&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20National%20Disability%20Prevalence%20Survey&biblionumber=15629#book/ 2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY): Chapter 10: Education and Manpower Development: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook Table 10.1a Enrollment in Public and Private Schools by Level of Education: SY 2000-01 to SY 2020-21: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_1a.xlsx Note: For SY 2014-2015 to SY 2020-2021, enrollment data in elementary and junior high school include learners with disabilities (lwds). For more specific data on this, you may coordinate with the Department of Education: https://www.deped.gov.ph We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Rene C. Mendoza (Assistant National Statistician) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service