00:00In an investigation of many ghost beneficiaries in the Senior High School Voucher Program,
00:05their students were cut off from the camera and enrolled in more than one school,
00:10said a group of private school administrators.
00:13They were forced to do so, but their system was not properly managed.
00:18Tina Panganiban-Perez will tell us more about this.
00:23It is important for the government to be aware of who are the Senior High Students
00:30who are being paid tuition in private schools as part of the Senior High School Voucher Program.
00:36The program is being conducted due to the lack of facilities in public senior high schools.
00:42To monitor, all beneficiaries have a Learner's Reference Number.
00:47But the DepEds saw something in this investigation, that they were cut off from the camera.
00:53Along with the questionable discoveries in the Senior High School Voucher Program,
00:57some students had more than one Learner's Reference Number.
01:03In 2016, some students had several Learner's Reference Numbers, even if it was just one child.
01:10There was also a chance that not only in one school, a child was enrolled.
01:15This was reported to the Private Education Assistance Committee, which is a partner of DepEd.
01:34A group of private school administrators said,
01:37the schools are strict.
01:39DepEd's system is the problem.
01:46You know, the birth certificate and all of that.
01:49And unfortunately, sometimes it takes so long for them.
01:53So we keep on telling them, you know, this student is already with us one or two years.
01:58You have not fixed the system yet.
02:01But there are only 50 studies about DepEd, where the claims or objections to DepEd are questionable.
02:08That's why they were removed from the Senior High School Voucher Program.
02:11Most are in Metro Manila and Calabarzon.
02:14Where there are a lot of private schools.
02:16The program will continue to raise P27 billion for the next school year.
02:22But the system is getting better and better according to DepEd.
02:27They are now already check and block.
02:29I think we'll have to check with the system owners, program owners of the information system,
02:35which is Planning Service and the Information Communication Technology Service.
02:40DepEd is also studying the filing of complaints in some private schools.
02:45For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, NAKA TUTOK, 24 Hours.
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