DepED AT CHED, tiniyak na tuloy pa rin ang Senior High School Program

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00:00 The Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education

00:03 have confirmed that the Senior High School Program in the country is still ongoing.

00:06 This was explained by the two agencies in the hearing of the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture.

00:12 They admitted that there was a confusion after the memorandum of the CHED

00:17 until the transition period of the SHS Program in the state and local universities and colleges.

00:24 CHED Chair Devera said that the memorandum was just a farce. Higher education institutions

00:30 were asked to discuss the program with their board.

00:34 As for the judges, the message of each agency should be clear so that it will not cause any concern.

00:41 The Vice President has already given out instructions that DEPED,

00:47 because of the situation of having 17,751 learners in grade 11,

00:53 DEPED will again be extending our voucher program to the grade 11 learners in SUCs and LUCs for this current school year.

01:06 And DEPED will again extend the voucher program when they enter grade 12 next year,

01:14 provided that a memorandum of agreement is executed between DEPED and CHED to provide a clear timeline.

01:22 So I guess with that, Sir, I think that is our brief summary of the matter and what we plan to do.

01:27 But aside from that, we'd like to inform the committee that we've already instructed our team to also plot out

01:34 where our SUCs and LUCs are located, how many learners per region are affected, which is the 17,751,

01:45 and to determine how many DEPED schools that are offered by senior high schools and also private schools

01:53 that are offered by senior high schools are located within the area.