RA 10655

• RA 10665 is the Open High School System Act
• Establishment of the Open High School System (OHSS)


  Part of the Department of Education’s alternative secondary education program to provide access to secondary education through the open learning modality
• Learners of the OHSS

  Open to all youth and adults who have finished elementary education, as well as high school qualifiers of the Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT) and the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) Test
• Curriculum Content of OHSS

  Adopts the K to 12 Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum using the standards and learning competencies of different subject areas of the program
• OHSP (Open High School Program) is an alternative mode of secondary education that uses distance learning
• Reasons for learners to join OHSP

  • Physical impairment
  • Work
  • Financial difficulty
  • Distance of home to school
  • Other justifiable and legitimate reasons
• The OHSP is aligned with

  The School Improvement Plan’s (SIP) goal of producing functional literate learner/graduate or one who has mastery of the basic competencies, capable problem-solving, and is a productive member of his family and community
• The OHSP provides opportunity to all elementary graduates, high school dropouts, and successful examinees of the Philippine Educational Placement Test (PETP) to complete secondary Education
• Objectives of OHSP

  • Prevents potential school leavers and encourages those who are out of school to finish secondary education
  • Reduces high school drop-outs and increases participation rate
  • Increase achievement rate through quality distance education
  • The OHSP as a Dropout Reduction Program (DORP) intervention has the following objectives