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Homeschooling in Philippines

Filipino families typically enrol with a DepEd-recognised provider and supply their own core learning materials. Fayferz is that core: structured, English-medium and priced for a monthly budget.

Department of Education (DepEd)PHPTens of thousands enrolled through DepEd providers

Legal status

Legal through the DepEd Home Education Program, usually via an accredited provider school.

Regulator

Department of Education (DepEd)

School year

August–May

Common curricula

Oxford-aligned, K–12 MATATAG aligned, Charlotte Mason

What to do first in Philippines

Before choosing a curriculum, establish your legal position. It takes about an hour and prevents the single most common source of first-year stress. Legal through the DepEd Home Education Program, usually via an accredited provider school. Contact Department of Education (DepEd) to confirm what applies to your family, write down exactly what you owe and by when, and put the deadlines in a calendar.

  1. 1Confirm the current requirements with Department of Education (DepEd).
  2. 2Write down every deadline and diarise it.
  3. 3Choose two subjects to do properly — maths and English — and leave the rest for term two.
  4. 4Block out the hours you will actually teach, then protect them.
  5. 5Set up record-keeping on day one rather than in the week before a review.

What Fayferz families in Philippines tell us matters

  • Mobile-first lessons work on a phone or tablet with a modest data plan.
  • Quarterly grade summaries slot into provider reporting formats.
  • English-medium instruction supports both DepEd and international pathways.

Homeschooling in Philippines: common questions

Is homeschooling legal in Philippines?

Yes. Legal through the DepEd Home Education Program, usually via an accredited provider school. The body responsible is Department of Education (DepEd). Requirements change from time to time, so confirm the current position with them before you withdraw a child from school or begin teaching at home.

Which curriculum do homeschooling families in Philippines usually follow?

The most common choices are Oxford-aligned, K–12 MATATAG aligned, Charlotte Mason. Fayferz provides an Oxford-aligned sequence for FYP, KG and Grades 1–8, with downloadable mapping documents so you can show how our units correspond to the local scheme.

What records should I keep in Philippines?

Four documents answer almost every request: a dated attendance log, a written learning plan listing subjects and assessment methods, two or three dated work samples per subject per term, and assessment results over time. Fayferz generates all four from your children's course activity and exports them as PDFs.

When does the Philippines school year run?

August–May. Fayferz courses are sequenced by lesson number rather than by calendar date, so you can start at any point in the year and a missed week never leaves you out of step.

This guide is general information for orientation, not legal advice. Confirm your obligations with Department of Education (DepEd) before acting on anything here.

Popular in Philippines

Courses families here start with

Oxford-aligned sequences that transfer cleanly into British-curriculum schools anywhere in the world — useful whether you plan to stay home or return to school later.

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