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Latest National and Regional Data of Number of Visually Impaired Students in the Philippines

Requested from PSA by L. CORNEJO at 09:14 PM on Sep 26, 2023.
Purpose: Thesis
Date of Coverage: 08/30/2017 - 08/30/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-944451504218

CORNEJO 09:14 PM, Sep 26, 2023 

Good Day! I am taking up Architectural Thesis and I would want to request the following information/data:

-  Latest National (Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao) and Regional Statistics of the Visually Impaired in the Philippines in the years 2017- 2022
-  Region and Province(s) with the most population of persons with Visual Impairment (which includes: totally blind, partially blind, light perception, color blind, etc.)
-  Region and Province(s) with the most Number of Students with Visual Impairment
-  Visually Impaired Attending TESDA

Nisperos 11:57 AM, Dec 01, 2023 

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

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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