K+12 THE DEPED VOUCHER

Outline

• Background

• DepEd’s Voucher Program

• Conditions for Beneficiaries

Republic Act No. 10533

The Enhanced Basic Education

Act of 2013

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

RA 10533: Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013

Basic education has 2 more years (SHS)

beginning SY 2016-2017

Provides financial assistance to qualified

Grade 10 completers pursuing SHS

Legal Bases (DEPED Orders):

DO 11, s2015 - Introduces SHS Voucher

Program (SHS VP)

DO 46, s2015 - Detailed Guidelines on the

Implementation of SHS VP

DO 1, s. 2016 – Clarifications on the SHS VP

Student Eligibility for SHS Vouchers

• Automatic Entitlement

G10 Completers of SY 2015-‐2016 now

in SHS

• Public Junior High Schools (JHSs) -

DepEd, SUCs/LUCs

• ESC Grantees of Private JHSs

• Approved Applicants from Private

JHSs

Applicability

• Vouchers are applicable only in

Non-DepEd SHS Providers

Private SHS Providers w/ DepEd

Permit

SUCs/LUCs offering SHS

Where are the vouchers?

• There are no physical vouchers to be

distributed or awarded to the beneficiaries.

• Payment of the voucher value will be given

directly to the school.

How does the SHS Voucher Program work?

• All automatically-qualified

beneficiaries’ names are in a SHS -

Voucher Management System

(SHS-VMS).

• Successful voucher applicants are

added to the SHS-VMS.

• All successful applicants have ID

numbers.

How Does the Voucher Program Work?

• All Non‐DepEd SHS Providers are

in the SHS‐VMS

Online account in the SHS-VMS

Passwords to the accounts will be released

to schools

School online account will be the means by

which school inputs SHS Voucher

Beneficiaries for “clearing” by the SHS-VMS

before inclusion in the school’s billing

statement.

QVRs are required to submit:

• PSA Certified Birth Certificate

• Photocopy of G10 Report Card (with Learner

Reference Number, if a Public Junior High

School Student)

• Certificate of Junior High School Completion

• Certificate of Good Moral Character

• ESC Grantees Only: ESC Certification Letter

from Junior High School Principal (format is

available through the ESC IMS)

• Qualified Voucher Applicants Only: QVR

Certificate

How is payment done?

• Voucher Payment is split into two payments

within a year

Two (2) Billing Statements in a year

Deadline for creating and submitting

billing statements shall be within two

months after the opening of classes.

• Payment can only be made through a

Land Bank (LBP) account in the name of

the school.

Updating of Status

• SHS VP participating schools are required to

update the previous semester status and

current enrolment status of the VPBs in the

SHS VMS

VPBs is to report students currently enrolled in

the SHS VP participating school and to declare

dropouts, leavers, and transfer outs of the SHS

VP participating school.

in preparation for creating billing statements for

the current semester of the school year.

Requirements for Continued Participation

• A VPB shall continue to be a participant of the

SHS VP if they are promoted to the next grade

level and is enrolled in a Non-DepEd SHS

Provider.

• No maintaining grade is required for a VPB to

continue to participate in the SHS VP.

Reasons for Disqualifications

• Drops out in the middle of the school year;

• Does not re-enroll the following school year;

• Retained in the same grade level;

• Transfers to another SHS Provider within the

school year; or

• Transfers to a DepEd SHS Provider.

Transfers to Non-DEPED SHS

• Allowed

• After the school year, the VPB may continue to

participate in the SHS VP in the accepting Non-

DepEd SHS Provider.

• Transferring VPBs are required to submit the

following documents to the accepting Non-

DepEd SHS Provider:

G11 Report Card

Certificate of Good Moral Character

Certificate of Release of VPB

Transfers

• From one voucher tier location to another is

allowed.

• However, the voucher amount to be received by

the VPB in the accepting school shall be the

voucher amount of the accepting school or the

voucher amount from the releasing school,

whichever is lower.

• VPB transfers shall be reported by both the

releasing school and accepting school in the

SHS VMS.

Shifting to another track or strand

• Allowed under the following scenarios:

After the 1st Semester of G 11 (within the same

school)

After Grade 11

• To successfully shift from one track and strand

to another, the Non-DepEd SHS Provider shall

ensure that the VPB meets the required

competencies of the track and strand to which

they are shifting.

• Schools are required to report in the SHS VMS

the VPBs who shift track and strands.

Leavers

• VPBs who passed G 11 but did not enroll for G

12 the succeeding school year are considered

leavers.

Leavers are disqualified from further participation

in the SHS VP, unless the reason for leaving

school is due to health reasons and provided

further that the period of medical leave is not

more than one (1) school year.

Leavers due to medical reasons may continue

to participate in the SHS VP, however they are

required to submit a medical certificate issued by

a duly licensed medical doctor.

THANK YOU.