Cebu's Education and Media

Education

Educational Institutions:
Over 1,000 private and public elementary schools
200 secondary (high) schools
9 universities
29 colleges
10 manpower training centers
Average annual population of 130,000 college students.

The elementary school is from grade 1-6. The high school program takes four years to finish; commonly taken after graduating from elementary school.
Cebu is the main educational hub in the central region of the country. It has nine large universities each with a number of campus branches throughout the metro, and more than a dozen other schools and colleges specializing in various courses such as Medicine, Engineering, Nautical courses, Nursing, Law, Computer and IT, etc.

The most prominent of these universities are the University of San Carlos (USC), University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R), University of the Philippines Cebu (U.P. Cebu), Cebu Institute of Technology (CIT), University of Cebu (UC), Southwestern University (SWU), University of the Visayas (UV), Cebu Normal University (CNU), and the Cebu Institute of Medicine (CIM).
UP Cebu is a branch of the renowned University of the Philippines System. The first university in Cebu is the University of the Visayas. It is located along Colon Street, the oldest street in the country. Cebu Normal University established in 1915 as a provincial normal school, a branch of the Philippine Normal School. It became an independent institution in 1924, a chartered college in 1976, and a university in 1998. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in Cebu, with the enviable reputation of having produced a great many outstanding educators and public figures.
Its newest university, Cebu Doctors' University (formerly Cebu Doctors' College) was elevated to university status on November 2004. It is located in the Cebu Boardwalk in nearby Mandaue City.

Cebu's first film school, The International Academy of Film and Television was founded on Mactan island in 2004.

Iranians and Koreans have the two largest foreign groups who study elsewhere in Metro Cebu.

Media

Media Facilities:
7 local television channels
3 cable TV stations
20 FM & 13 AM radio stations
A variety of local, national and international papers

Cebu has 3 local stations namely: Cebu! Television Channel 28, Real Cebu Television (RCTV - 36), and the Cebu Catholic Television Network (CCTN 47) (a religious station partly owned and endorsed by the Archdiocese of Cebu). Cebu! Television Channel 28 and the Real Cebu Television (RCTV - 36) are only seen on cable television and CCTN operates an UHF frequency on channel 47 on free TV. It can also be accessed through Skycable's channel 56.
Despite having these local stations, Cebuanos still prefer to watch the country's two dominant television networks namely: ABS-CBN Broadcasting and GMA Network.
While national newspapers have presence in the island, Cebu has three English-language local newspapers: The Freeman, Sun-Star - Cebu and Cebu Daily News whilst there are also Cebuano-language newspapers, SunStar SuperBalita owned by Sun Star and Banat News owned by the Freeman. As of 2005, each of the local dailies sell for P10 a copy, which is much cheaper than their national counterparts.