 All tertiary education matters are outside of the jurisdiction of DepEd, which is in charge of primary and secondary education, but is instead governed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).As of 2013, there are over 2,229 higher education institutions (HEI's) in the country which can be divided into public and private institutions.There are 656 public higher education institutions which account for 28.53% of all HEI's.