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This study aims at examining gender equality as a manifested issue in educational institutions. The Polytechnic University of the Philippines, the largest state university in the country in terms of a student, is considered the case study. Descriptive statistics are taken as the research method, by which a survey is conducted to get the perceptions of future educators, particularly among students currently pursuing the Bachelor in Business Teachers Education (BBTE) degree. A custom-made questionnaire is taken to gather data. The required data include the perceptions of BBTE students on academic practices related to gender equality in terms of learning materials, methods and strategies, subject matter, and evaluation. The study reveals that respondents strongly agree that gender equality has been currently manifested in all these factors. Besides, this research discovers no significant difference between the perceptions of male and female respondents on the equality issue. The findings imply that teachers should be aware of gender equality within classes.