The country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the second quarter of this year was revised upward to 12 percent from the earlier 11.8 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Monday.

"Major contributors to the revision were the growth rates in education, from 10.0 percent to 12.6 percent; financial and insurance activities, from 4.2 percent to 5.2 percent; and construction, from 25.7 percent to 27.1 percent," National Statistician and Civil Registrar Dennis Mapa said in a report.

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