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Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS VP)
The Department of Education's (DepEd) Senior High School (SHS) Voucher Program in the Philippines is designed to provide financial assistance to qualified Grade 10 completers who wish to pursue their Senior High School education in private schools partnership Academia de San Bartolome de Taguig.
Our Senior High School program is a DepEd voucher-participating school.
The Senior High School curriculum at our institution features the Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) strands.
Program Description
Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS VP) is a program of financial assistance wherein subsidies in the form of vouchers are provided to qualified SHS learners in VP-participating SHS like ASBT.
ELIGIBLE FOR SHS VP
The following learners are eligible for the SHS VP:
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Learners who completed JHS in public schools operated by DepEd, or in public and private educational institutions not directly operated by DepEd but granted by DepEd with a permit or government recognition to operate, excluding homeschooling and Philippine Schools Overseas (PSOs).
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Learners who completed Grade 10 as passers of the Alternative Learning System Accreditation and Equivalency (ALS A&E) Test or as passers of the Presentation Portfolio Assessment.
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Learners who completed Grade 10 as passers of the Philippine Education Placement Test (PEPI').
1. Automatically Qualified Learners
Only Grade 10 completers who fall under the categories below automatically qualify for vouchers and are considered Qualified Voucher Recipients (QVRs), thus, do not need to apply for vouchers:
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Category A: All Grade 10 completers from the preceding SY in Public Schools
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Category B: All Grade 10 completers from the preceding SY in Private Schools who are ESC grantees
2. Voucher Applicants
The learners in the categories below need to apply for vouchers and shall be referred to as Voucher Applicants (VAs) whose application shall be evaluated using set parameters, and subject to the availability of funds:
Category C: All Grade 10 completers from the preceding SY in Private Schools
who are not ESC grantees
Category D: All Grade 10 completers who completed Grade 10 prior to the
previous SYs but not earlier than 2016 and had not previously enrolled for Grade 11
Category E: Learners who had passed the ALS A&E Test for Grade 10 not
earlier than 2018 and had not previously enrolled for Grade 11, or ALS learners who passed the Portfolio Assessment for Grade 10
Category F: Learners who passed the PEPI' for Grade 10 not earlier than 2016
and had not previously enrolled for Grade 11, or learners who will take the PEPI' for Grade 10 in the upcoming SY DepEd may give additional vouchers subject to the availability of funds and criteria set by the GAS Composite Team through a Resolution.
Learners that fall under the following circumstances are not eligible for the SHS VP:
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Learners who graduated from High School in 2015 or earlier
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Incoming Grade 12 learners who were not part of SHS VP in Grade 11. However, DepEd may consider/ allow them in exceptional cases through a Resolution by the GAS CT
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Non-Filipino learners