Sr. High School Voucher Program listup extended
The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced the extension of the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS-VP) application period for School Year (SY) 2018-2019 before the end of this month.
“Those who were still unable to apply – or have submitted incomplete documents – during the initial three-month application period may apply at ovap. deped.gov.ph beginning April 3, 2018 until April 27,” DepEd announced in its official Twitter and Facebook pages.
The SHS-VP application has been extended to accommodate more Grade 10 completers to pursue SHS education in non-DepEd schools – particularly private schools, universities and colleges.
DepEd, however, reminded that all applications must strictly be done online.
Vouchers ready Meanwhile, DepEd also announced that the vouchers of those who applied in December 2017 until February 2018 have been released and are already available online.
“Qualified Voucher Applicants (QVAs) may now download their QVA Certificates from the Online Voucher Application Portal (OVAP) at ovap. deped.gov.ph.,” DepEd said.
To access the QVA Certificate, DepEd instructed online applicants to log in to their OVAP account.
For manual applicants, they may use the "Search" function in the OVAP website.
The SHS VP is a financial aid for Grade 10 completers who wish to continue their Grade 11 and Grade 12 education in private high schools, private or public universities or colleges, and technical-vocational institutions offering SHS.
The nationwide application for the SHS VP for School Year 2018-2019 was opened on December 6, 2017.
The deadline for manual application was last January 31 while the online application deadline was set on February 28.
All Grade 10 completers in SY 2017-2018 who are enrolled in DepEdrecognized private schools and are not Educational Service Contracting (ESC) grantees are eligible to apply for the SHS VP.
However, the following learners are not eligible to apply for the SHS VP: high school graduates in March 2015 or earlier; Grade 10 completers earlier than SY 2017-2018; incoming Grade 12 students who were not part of the SHS VP in Grade 11; and students who are not Filipino citizens.