Michelle Catap-Lacson, DepEd 3 regional information officer, said the SHS enrolment for School Year (SY) 2016- 2017 in all public secondary schools will start on May 2 with the school principals and/or school heads, SHS Focal Persons, and schools division offices, taking the lead role in implementing enrolment activities in their respective local ities.
This is to ensure universal participation in SHS, said Lacson.
She added that local officials, civic organizations, all regional directors and schools division superintendents have also conducted advocacy campaigns to inform and encourage out of school youths and potential returning learners to enroll in SHS.
For his part, OIC-Regional Director Malcolm S. Garma stressed the importance of the early registration of incoming Grade 11 students in all public and private senior high schools noting that SHS is not the same as the Junior High School since each student is required to choose a specific SHS track.
SHS covers eight learning areas as part of its core curriculum and adds specific tracks (similar to college courses) based on four disciplines:
Academic (which includes Business, Science & Engineering, Humanities & Social Science, and a General Academic strand); Technical- Vocational-Livelihood (with highly specialized subjects with TESDA qualifications); Sports; and Arts & Design.
SHS students may pick a track based on how he or she will want to proceed after high school graduation.
For those enrolling in private senior high schools, the SHS Voucher Program is intended for completers of Grade 10 who would like to pursue SHS education in private schools, private universities and colleges, local or state universities and colleges offering SHS and technical and vocational institutions offering SHS starting SY 2016-2017.
It provides students with a subsidy that enables them to get a discount on the cost of tuition and other school fees for SHS.
