STI plans ₱950M campus expansion, targets growth

STI Education Systems Holdings Inc. plans to continue expanding its school network by building new campuses and acquiring other schools to capitalize on its current profitable position.

Chairman Eusebio Tanco stated that their existing units, including STI Education Services Group (STI ESG), STI West Negros University (STI WNU), and iACADEMY, have achieved economies of scale, making any growth directly impact the bottom line.

Tanco highlighted that building more capacity through new campuses is a priority for STI's expansion strategy, with plans to spend ₱950 million on an STI ESG campus in Alabang expected to open next year.

STI recently reported a profit of ₱912.2 million for the first half of its fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, marking a significant increase from ₱517.8 million in the same period last year, with revenues growing by 34 percent to ₱2.63 billion.

The company attributed this growth to a 15 percent increase in student enrollment, reaching 138,060 for school year (SY) 2024-2025 compared to 119,543 in SY 2023-2024.

STI also noted that new students in SY 2024-2025 reached 55,052, nearly matching the number of new enrollees from the previous year.