THE Department of Education on Tuesday announced that it has extended the Senior High School Voucher Program to Grade 11 learners currently enrolled in state and local universities and colleges for School Year 2023-2024.

DepEd added that students may also continue as voucher beneficiaries to complete their Grade 12 studies come SY 2024-2025.

DepEd said it will be executing a Memorandum of Agreement with the Commission on Higher Education to formalize the arrangement.

“[T]o avoid a similar situation going forward, we would like to remind our SUCs and LUCs that DepEd will no longer be extending the SHSVP to Grade 11 learners in their schools beginning SY 2024-2025. Hence, the acceptance of new Senior High School learners by SUCs and LUCs shall only be made by their charters and charged to their respective funds,” DepEd said in a statement.

Before the start of the current school year, DepEd Order No. 20 s. 2023 was issued, saying that there should be no more Grade 11 voucher beneficiaries from SUCs and LUCs for SY 2023-2024.