AC Education

Ayala Corporation started investing in the education sector in 2012 through AC Education, Inc. (AEI) with a vision of delivering affordable and quality education that leverages an industry based, experiential and technology-enabled approach, to significantly improve the employability of its high school and college graduates. AC Education’s Professional Employment Program (PEP) has significantly increased the employability and starting salaries of its college and senior high graduates. In Basic Education, AEI has built the largest chain of stand-alone, private high schools in the country, APEC (“Affordable Private Education Center”) Schools, with approximately 16,000 students in 23 sites in Metro Manila, Cavite, Rizal and Batangas. In Higher Education, AC Education has invested in the University of Nueva Caceres (“UNC”) located in Naga City, with approximately 8,000 students. It is the oldest and one of the largest private schools in the Bicol region, offering college programs in Engineering and Architecture, Business and Accountancy, Education, Computer Studies, Law, Arts & Sciences, Criminology, Nursing and Graduate Studies.