Senior High School Voucher

Program (SHS-VP)

Legal Bases

RA No. 10533 – Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 • expanded basic education from 10 yrs. to 12 yrs. beginning

SY 2016-2017• provides financial assistance to qualified grade 10

completers pursuing SHS

o DepEd Order No. 11, s. 2015 - Introduces SHS Voucher Program (SHS-VP)

o DepEd Order No. 46, s. 2015 - Detailed Guidelines on the Implementation of SHS-VP

Student Eligibility for SHS Vouchers

Automatic Entitlement

• Grade 10 Completers of SY 2015-2016 that intend to pursue SHS in SY 2016-2017

o Public Junior High Schools (JHSs) - DepEd, SUCs/LUCs

o ESC Grantees of Private JHSs

• Vouchers are Applicable Only in Non-DepEd SHS Providers

o Private SHS Providers w/ DepEd Permit

o SUCs/LUCs offering SHS

List of providers available in DepEd website: K to 12

Student Eligibility for SHS Vouchers

Not Entitled but may Apply

• Grade 10 Completers of Private JHSs

• Non-ESC grantees of ESC participating schools (regular students)

Voucher Application Form

-1 (Found in DepEd Order No. 46, s. 2015)

Submission w/ Required Documents to

PEAC National Secretariat

Subject to evaluation criteria –

socio-economic status

Results 3rd Friday of

March 2016 in OVAP

Application for SHS Vouchers

Online Application –

Online Voucher Application Portal (OVAP)

at http://ovap.deped.gov.ph•Deadline - 2nd Friday of Feb. 2016•OVAP will be live on November 2, 2015

Manual Application – VAF-1

form downloadable from PEAC website:

http://www.fape.org.ph• Deadline - 3rd Friday of Jan. 2016

Voucher Amounts

Beneficiary TypePublic: JHS Completers of DepEd, SUCs/LUCs

Private: ESC JHS Completers,Non-ESC JHS Completers - applied for and granted a voucher

Location of Non-DepEd

SHS Provider

(Voucher Tier)

NCR

Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs), ex-NCR

Non-Highly Urbanized Cities (Non-HUCs) outside NCR

State

Universities

and Colleges (SUCs)

Local

Universities

and Colleges(LUCs)

Voucher Amounts

Private SHS ProviderSUCs/LUCs SHS

Provider

Voucher TierPublic JHS

Completer

Private JHS

Completer

Public/Private JHS

Completer

NCR 22,500 18,000 11,250

HUCs 20,000 16,000 10,000

Non-HUCs 17,500 14,000 8,750

100% 80% 50%

Voucher Tier – based on location of Non-DepEd SHS Provider

Amounts in Philippine Peso

Vouchers

Where are The Vouchers? There are no physical vouchers to be distributed orawarded the beneficiaries

How does the Voucher Program Work?

Beneficiaries

• All automatically qualified beneficiaries’ names are in

a SHS-Voucher Management System (SHS-VMS)

o Successful voucher applicants to be listed in the OVAP will

be added to the SHS-VMS

• All will have ID numbers

Non-DepEd SHS Providers

• All Non-DepEd SHS Providers (2,300 schools so far) in DepEd’s website are in the SHS-VMSo These schools will be provided an online account in the

SHS-VMSo Passwords to the accounts will be released to schools

during a regional orientation in April or May 2016o School online account - means by which school inputs

SHS Voucher Beneficiaries for “clearing” by the SHS-VMSbefore inclusion in the school’s Billing Statement

How Does the Voucher Program Work?

• Voucher values are for one school year• Payment of vouchers - split into two payments

within a yearo Two (2) Billing Statements in a yearo Deadlines for Billing Statement Submission to PEAC

Regional Secretariat is one month after the start of asemester

• Payment can only be made through Land Bank ofthe Philippines (LBP) account in the name of theschool

Payment of Vouchers

• A Regional Orientation will be conducted inApril or May 2016

• Will explain Guidelines of SHS-VP in muchgreater detail

• Will demonstrate for Non-DepEd SHS Providershow to access and use their SHS-VMS accountso IT proficient officer/staff to attend this portion

GASTPE Orientation on the ESC, TSS

and SHS Voucher Program

Automatic Voucher Beneficiaries –• Search for Non-DepEd SHS Providers of choice (list inDepEd’s website)

• Ask school about total school fees and assess familyfinances re: top-up (amt. beyond voucher value)

• Register/enlist early with chosen school

Interested Applicants for Vouchers• Read DepEd Order No. 46, s. 2015• Go to OVAP and fill-out an online application, attach

doc. requirements and follow instructions or, domanual application with VAF-1

• Wait for results in OVAP by 3rd Friday of March 2016

What to Do Now Until/Before the Orientation

Next Year

All private JHSs w/ Grade 10 completers in SY

2015-2016

• Read DepEd Order No. 46, s. 2015• Inform prospective Grade 10 completers about

SHS Vouchers• Assist interested applicants in the SHS Vouchers

Non-DepEd SHS Providers• Start early registration of interested applicants

whether voucher beneficiaries or not• Make sure to attend Orientation on SHS Voucher

Program Guidelines in April or May next year

• PEAC will send out invitations to the orientation

What to Do Now/Until/Before the Orientation

Next Year

What is PEAC?

MS. MARGARITA R. SONGCONEDA Representative

Deputy Director-General, NEDA

DR. KAREN BELINA F. DE LEONPACU Representative

President, PACU

DR. MIGUEL T. UDTOHANACSCU Representative

President , ACSCU

BR. ARMIN A. LUISTRO, FSCSecretary, Department of Education

Chairperson, PEAC

BR. NARCISO S. ERGUIZA, JR., FSCCEAP Representative

President, CEAP

Private Education Assistance Committee

• Trustee of the Fund for Assistance to Private Education(a perpetual trust fund for private education) E.O. 156 S. 1968and amended by E.O. 150 S. 1994

• It has an auxiliary function allowing it to manage and administercontributions, donations, grants, bequests, gifts and/or loansfrom the Government for programs of assistance to privateeducation

Private Education Assistance Committee -

• Assisting it is a Secretariat – PEAC National Secretariat that extends itself inthe regions by partnering with a leading private educationinstitution/association in each regiono Headed by an Executive Director –

Rhodora Angela F. Ferrer

• PEAC is commissioned by DepEd to help it manage the ESC and TSSprograms of the GASTPE and soon the SHS Voucher Program

o Orientationso Certification of Schoolso Monitoring of Schoolso In-Service Trainingo Research

What is PEAC?

2015 Philippine Education Conference and Expo

Department of Education (DepEd)Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)

2015 Philippine Education

Conference and Expo

Private + Public: Forging an Integrated Approachto the K to 12 Implementation

December 2-3, 2015 | SMX Convention Center, Pasay City

Conference Partners:

Register online and payat any BPI branch toattend the conference.Go to www.fape.org.phfor the registrationprocedure and paymentdetails.

2015 Philippine Education Conference and Expo

If the paymentwill be made on

Registration fee (per participant)

September 1 to November 15, 2015

December 1, 2015

P4,500 (Regular)

P8,000 (Walk-in)

For inquiries, send email to

philed2015@gmail.com or

call +63 (915) 845.1225

Thank you.