READ: Complete list of LTO-accredited driving schools for first-time driver's license applicants

Reasons you need a driver's license; you’re an eager 16 year old (if not older) wanting to independently drive yourself, or you want to start driving for e-hailing car and motorbike companies like Grab, Angkas or Food Panda.

Before you signup with the Land Transportation Office (LTO), this article will help you find the agency's accredited driving schools authorized to conduct driving seminars.

Starting August 3, 2020, the LTO requires applicants of new student permits, new driver’s licenses, and those who wish to change or add a restriction code to their existing license to undergo driving seminar courses, prior to application. The driving schools must be one of those accredited by the LTO because these seminar certificates will not be physical copies, instead, are digital data electronically transmitted by the accredited driving school to the LTO-Information Technology system.

This is in line with Republic Act 10930 or the “Act Rationalizing and strengthening the policy regarding driver's license by extending the validity period of driver's licenses, and penalizing acts in violation of its issuance and application, amending for those purposes Section 23 of Republic Act 4136, as amended by Batas Pambansa Blg. 398 and Executive Order No. 1011, otherwise known as the Land Transportation and Traffic Code.”



A student permit is the very first licence you will receive once you register with a driving school. Student permit holders are only permitted to drive a car when accompanied by a driving instructor or someone who holds a professional driver's license.

Student permit applicants must have attended a minimum of 15 hours of theoretical driving classroom seminars from LTO-accredited driving schools or the LTO itself.



Meanwhile, a non-professional driver's license is the full-fledged driving licence that you can obtain after your student permit period is over.

For driver's license applicants, he/she must have completed 8 hours of hands-on driving lessons from an LTO-accredited instructor from an LTO-accredited driving school or the LTO itself. Written and practical exams must be a part of this curriculum.

Once completed, these accredited schools will electronically transmit results and certificates of completion to the LTO. These records will then by accessed by the agency when the applicant applies for a student permit, license, or renewal.

Below is a list of LTO-accredited driving schools:



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