Department of Education(DepEd)

I would like to request information on the share of residents with a high school diploma or greater in the year 2015 [e.g. 56.88% of the entire 2015 population of the city] for each city/municipality in NCR. This data is to be used for a thesis project. Here is a list of the cities/municipalities for your reference. Caloocan City City of San Juan Las Piñas City Makati City Malabon City Mandaluyong City Manila Marikina City Muntinlupa City Navotas Paranaque City Pasay City Pasig City Quezon City Taguig Pateros Valenzuela City Thanks!

Greetings! We are fifth year BS Geodetic Engineering students from the University of the Philippines Diliman, currently in the process of checking possible data sources for our thesis proposal with the working title “Investigating Inequity and Urbanity in Metro Manila, Philippines through GIS-based Opportunity Mapping and Nighttime Light Imagery.” The research shall focus on determining if there is a significant relationship between the socioeconomic opportunities available to citizens and the urbanity of the place they are living in. Such socioeconomic opportunities shall be divided into categories (e.g. social, geographic, institutional, etc.) which shall then be quantified by their own set of indicators (e.g. for the social category, some indicators include the poverty and unemployment rate). All this is to derive a comprehensive opportunity index score assigned to each city in NCR, to be able to determine the level of opportunity (e.g. high, medium, low) experienced by a specific municipality. By conducting this research, we aim to provide a spatial perspective on opportunities and equity with regards to the urbanity of one’s location. We believe that this can be crucial in understanding the inequalities being experienced by Filipinos, and hence, helpful in devising plans and strategies to bridge these gaps. As such, we are humbly requesting for the following data from your good department: 1. Share of residents with a high school diploma or greater in the year 2015 for each city/municipality in NCR Here is a list of the cities/municipalities for your reference. Caloocan City City of San Juan Las Piñas City Makati City Malabon City Mandaluyong City Manila Marikina City Muntinlupa City Navotas Paranaque City Pasay City Pasig City Quezon City Taguig Pateros Valenzuela City We are deeply passionate about this project and would appreciate all the help you can give us. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us using the details indicated below. Thank you very much, and we look forward to hearing from you soon. For equity and social justice, JOSHUA P. TABERNILLA Student, V - BS in Geodetic Engineering University of the Philippines - Diliman Quezon City, Philippines Email: [email protected] MARIYA ALMIRA B. ENSINA Student, V - BS in Geodetic Engineering University of the Philippines - Diliman Quezon City, Philippines Email: [email protected]