Department of Education

Updates on the Senior HS Voucher Program

Undersecretary Francisco M. Varela

January 29, 2014

Latest on the SHS Voucher Program

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

• Approval in principle from oversight agencies on: – Greater private participation in SHS provision

through a voucher program

– Voucher amounts aligned to public cost of provision

– Vouchers to be distributed to all public and ESC Grade 10 graduates, including eligible private, non-ESC Grade 10 graduates

– Voucher as a long term program of the DepEd

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Rationale for Greater Private Participation in SHS Provision

Pragmatic Fundamental

Senior High School Voucher

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

• Republic Act No. 10533, enacted in 2013, provides for the expansion of the GASTPE program to SHS, including the implementation of a voucher program

• Voucher: expands student choice – Is easily scalable and administratively feasible

– Minimizes discretion and conflict of interest

– Has built-in accountability mechanisms that leads to improvements in quality

Agreements on SHS Voucher Recipients

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Eligibility

All public Grade 10 graduates

All ESC Grade 10 graduates

Other private

Grade 10 graduates (subject to

application)

• A voucher management system will include a database of eligible grantees generated from DepEd LIS and FAPE ESC system.

• Grade 10 students are notified of their eligibility in the 3rd quarter of 2015 to give them enough time to decide on their plans for SHS.

• Early enrollment will be conducted in 2016 to determine indicative take-up prior to June 2016.

SHS Voucher Eligibility Process

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Grade 10 Students are identified

through DepEd LIS and FAPE ESC

system.

Grade 10 Students are notified.

Early Registration is conducted for SHS.

Grade 10 students graduate: final list

of eligible recipients.

Students enroll in public and non-

DepEd SHS.

June 2015

August 2015 January 2016

March 2016 June 2016

Agreements on SHS Providers

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

• All licensed SHS providers are allowed to participate.

• Voucher amounts will vary for SUCs and LUCs.

• Private schools are encouraged to minimize or to provide additional subsidies to cover top-up fees.

• A rider amount is being considered for selected tracks and electives. Accreditation of programs may be required for the rider program.

• Joint delivery of programs will be allowed. – DepEd/Non-DepEd school offers

core curriculum while TVI offers tech-voc curriculum strand.

• Reports on attendance or grades of voucher students may be required on a periodic basis.

Licensed SHS

Providers

Private HS

Private HEIs

SUCs LUCs

TVIs

SHS Voucher Redemption Process

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Students enroll in public and in licensed (and accredited, for

rider)non-DepEd SHS. Some students may

enroll with vouchers.

Non-DepEd schools submit the list of voucher

recipients/billing statement through the voucher management system.

Checks are made in the system to ensure there are

no errors in the billing statement (on names and

rider amounts, etc).

Periodic reports on attendance may be

required.

Payments are made directly to non-DepEd

schools’ accounts.

Grade 11 completers are promoted to Grade 12. Same process follows

for new batch of students.

June 2016

July/August 2016

March 2016

Agreements on Voucher Tiering

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Cluster 1

• Full value: P15,000

• 80% value: P12,000

• 70% value: P10,000

Cluster 2

• Full value: P17,500

• 80% value: P14,000

• 70% value: P12,225

Cluster 3

• Full value: P20,000

• 80% value: P16,000

• 70% value: P14,000

Cluster 4

• Full value: P22,500

• 80% value: P18,000

• 70% value: P15,570

• Voucher amount approximates public cost of provision – Tier 1: based on regional clusters (3-4 groupings) – Tier 2: based on income background where students in income Deciles 1-7

receive full value and those in Deciles 8-10 receive 80% value – ESC voucher: equal to 70% of full value

• Voucher amount is determined by the location of the school where an SHS student is enrolled in.

SHS Voucher Implementation

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

• Jan: Issuance of policy on non-DepEd participation in SHS

• Apr: Issuance of provisional SHS licenses; start development of Voucher Management System

• Second Quarter: Resolve tiering and rider policy issues; joint delivery of prorams.

• Third Quarter: Finalize SHS voucher policy and incorporate in 2016 budget.

2014

• First Quarter: announce policy on application for vouchers for non-public, non-ESC students

• Second Quarter: Voucher Management System in place

• Third Quarter: announce eligibility of beneficiaries and SHS providers database uploaded online

2015 • First Quarter: Early enrollment for SHS

• June 2016: SHS Implementation

2016

Recap: SHS Policy Agreements

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Beneficiaries

Vouchers given to all eligible students.

Eligible recipients will be notified as early as August

2015.

Early registration will be conducted in Jan 2016.

Providers

Provisional SHS licenses will be issued starting

2014.

A rider amount may be included for special tracks

but this will entail accreditation.

Joint delivery of programs will be allowed.

Voucher Tiering

Tiered on a regional basis and by income

background.

Voucher values redeemed based on location of SHS

provider.

A SHS Voucher Management System will be developed to facilitate registration and redemption of vouchers, processing of payment and reporting and monitoring of performance of students.

Suggested Next Steps

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

• Refine and finalize school’s business plan for SHS

• Pursue application/processing of SHS provisional license

• Coordinate closely with Schools Division Office and other key stakeholders