DLSU to offer senior high school

MANILA, Philippines – The De La Salle University (DLSU) will open its Manila campus for senior high school students staring next year.

In a memorandum made public by the DLSU Alumni Association, Chancellor Gerardo Janairo said the board of trustees has approved the opening of the DLSU Integrated School (IS) Senior High School Manila Campus starting academic year 2016-2017.

“The DLSU IS Senior High School is open to junior high school graduates who want to pursue  a learner-centered, holistic Lasallian education, from Grade 11 and 12 to De La Salle University,” he added.

Janairo said the senior high school will offer three specialized academic strands. These include accountancy, business and management; humanities and social sciences; and science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“In line with our commitment to make Lasallian education accessible, DLSU IS Senior High School will offer scholarships to deserving students,” added the school official.

Application for the program will be from Nov. 23 until Jan. 30, 2016. Testing is scheduled on Feb. 20, while enrolment is scheduled on April 15, 2016.

Earlier, the Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) said it will offer a senior high school program for both male and female students.

In a memorandum, ADMU president Fr. Jett Villarin said the university’s board of trustees approved a landmark decision that will pave way for the offering of a senior high school program.

“This completes the planned restructuring of our basic education program into six years of grade school and six years of high school. By school year 2016-17, the Ateneo High School will then be composed of four years of junior high school (Grades 7 to 10) and two years of senior high school (Grades 11 to 12),” said Villarin.

The university president said the senior high school will be open to the incoming Ateneo Grade 11 boys, plus 300 more students from other schools outside the Ateneo High School.

“The 300 additional new entrants, both boys and girls, will be chosen from public, parochial and select private schools all over the country,” he said.

ADMU will also offer scholarship grants in senior high school.

The ADMU president said the co-ed nature of the senior high school program will serve as preparation for college.

DepEd, which initiated the inclusion of additional two years in basic education, earlier urged private education institutions to offer senior high school programs.

It allotted billions for its voucher program to provide subsidy to public school junior high school graduates who will choose to enrol in Grade 11 in private senior high schools.