{"id":259299,"date":"2020-06-25T05:27:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T09:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=259299"},"modified":"2020-06-25T05:27:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T09:27:23","slug":"deped-looks-for-ways-to-fund-shs-voucher-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/25\/deped-looks-for-ways-to-fund-shs-voucher-program\/","title":{"rendered":"DepEd looks for ways to fund SHS voucher program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_251715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251715\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/87144937_3397737346952602_630107140098359296_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-251715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/87144937_3397737346952602_630107140098359296_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/87144937_3397737346952602_630107140098359296_o.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/87144937_3397737346952602_630107140098359296_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/87144937_3397737346952602_630107140098359296_o-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-251715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Education Secretary Leonor Briones said since private schools are part of the educational system, the department would provide them with &#8220;compensation and help&#8221; as stated in the law. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DepartmentOfEducation.PH\/photos\/a.380071542052546\/3397737330285937\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DepartmentOfEducation.PH\/\">DepEd Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Education (DepEd) is looking for ways to ensure that the Senior High School Voucher (SHSV) program has sufficient funds for the incoming school year.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on its Facebook page, the department said it is looking into the number of enrollees in private schools in order to provide appropriate funding for the program.<\/p>\n<p>Education Secretary Leonor Briones said since private schools are part of the educational system, the department would provide them with &#8220;compensation and help&#8221; as stated in the law.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent Laging Handa briefing, Briones said about PHP8 billion was deducted from the department&#8217;s budget as its contribution to the Bayanihan Fund for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response.<\/p>\n<p>Even with the cut in budget, Briones assured that the department would implement its mandate as regards the program which provides financial assistance to qualified Grade 10 completers to pursue their desired SHS education.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ang<\/em>\u00a0challenge\u00a0<em>ay siguraduhin na<\/em>\u00a0funds will be available\u00a0<em>para sa nagta<\/em>-transfer out\u00a0<em>o nagta<\/em>-transfer in\u00a0<em>kasi<\/em>\u00a0very dynamic\u00a0<em>ngayon ang<\/em>\u00a0movement.\u00a0<em>May mga lumilipat sa<\/em>\u00a0public school,<em>\u00a0mayroon namang gustong pumunta sa kabila<\/em>\u00a0because, perhaps of Covid. Parents\u00a0<em>dito ang nagde<\/em>-decide (The challenge here is to decide if funds will be available for those transferring out or transferring in due to the dynamic movement these days. Some transfer to public schools and vice versa\u00a0perhaps because\u00a0of Covid. The parents will decide on this),&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>As of June 23, data from the department show that about 13,249,306 learners have enrolled in public schools and 491,980 learners have enrolled in private schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Education (DepEd) is looking for ways to ensure that the Senior High School Voucher (SHSV) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":251715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ma-teresa-montemayor","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259300,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259299\/revisions\/259300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}