The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) directed state universities and colleges (SUCS) as well as local universities and colleges (LUCs) to discontinue offering senior high school programs.
In a memorandum dated Dec. 29, CHED chairman Prospero De Vera III said the engagement of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) in basic education through SHS shall be limited to the K-12 transition period which is from School Year (SY) 2016-2017 to SY 2020-2021 only.
Based on an issued notice from the Department of Education (DepEd), De Vera said there should be no more Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GATSPE) beneficiaries from the SUCs and LUCs beginning SY 2023-2024, "except those who will be entering Grade 12 in SY 2023-2024 to finish their basic education and that the SUCs and LUCs with laboratory school can accept enrollees but will no longer receive vouchers."
“Considering the foregoing, the SUC Presidents/OICs are directed to bring to their respective SUC BOR/BOT the discontinuance of senior high school in SUCs as there is no longer legal basis to fund the same,” the memo reads.
“For SUCs with laboratory school, present to the Board the financial implication of notice from the Department of Education as to non-issuance of vouchers for senior high school enrollees in SUCs and compliance with CMO No. 32 series of 2015 which provides the following the transition period, the laboratory schools shall cap enrollment to 750 students,” it added.
De Vera directed all regional directors to monitor the compliance with the said memorandum.
