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Article IV. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM 

 

Section 1.  General Questions

 

1. What is the SHS Voucher Program?

The Voucher Program is intended for Grade 10 (Junior High School) completers who wish to pursue Senior High School (SHS) education in non-DepEd Schools such as Private High Schools, Colleges, and Universities; Local Universities and Colleges (LUC); State Universities and Colleges (SUCs); and Technical and Vocational Schools, starting SY 2016-2017.

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Through the Voucher Program, students and their families are able to exercise greater choice in deciding the Senior High School program that is most relevant to their needs and career goals.

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The voucher enables students to claim a “discount” or a deduction from the cost of tuition and other fees charged by a non-DepEd SHS where he or she will enroll. The voucher subsidy is not given to students directly in the form of cash but will be disbursed by DepEd to the non-DepEd SHS where he or she enrolls.

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2. Who are the recipients of SHS Voucher Program?

Public Grade 10 completers and Grade 10 completers who are Education Service Contracting (ESC) grantees in private JHS are automatically qualified voucher recipients and need not apply for an SHS Voucher. 

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Automatically qualified voucher recipients:

• Public JHS students – will receive 100% of the voucher amount

• ESC JHS students – will receive 80% of the voucher amount

 

Note: These students have been pre-identified through the Learner Information System (LIS), which is linked to the SHS Voucher Management System. Therefore, these students need not present a voucher certificate when they enroll in a non-DepEd SHS. Instead, their names will be automatically recognized by the SHS Voucher Management System as voucher recipients. The SHS Voucher Management System is an online system accessed only by DepEd and non-DepEd SHS to facilitate enrollment, billing and submission of reports pertaining to the Voucher Program.

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3. How much is the value of the SHS Voucher?

Voucher recipients from public/DepEd JHS who will enroll in a non-DepEd SHS located in cities and municipalities outside NCR and that are not HUCs will receive a full voucher amount of P17,500. Voucher recipients from private JHS will receive 80% or P14,000 while those enrolling in SUCs/LUCs, regardless if they completed JHS in a public or private school, will receive 50% or P8,750.

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Note: Cash is NOT given to the student directly instead the subsidy is remitted to the Senior High School where he/she will enroll.

 

Section 2: Disqualification of SHS Voucher

The voucher must be used in the school year immediately following the year of JHS completion. A voucher program beneficiary (VPB) may only be able to avail of the voucher subsidy for two (2) successive years.

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A VPB who passed Grade 11 but was not able to enroll the next school year because of medical reasons will still be able to avail the Voucher Program, provided that the medical period is not more than one school year.

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A VPB shall be disqualified from further participation in the SHS Voucher Program for any of the following reasons:

• VPB drops out in the middle of the school year

• VPB does not re-enroll the following school year

• VPB is retained in the same grade level due to having three (3) subjects with failing grade

• VPB transfers to another SHS provider within the school year

• VPB transfers to a DepEd SHS provider 

 

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