Monitoring of the Philippine Department of Education’s Model Senior High School Program

The study aimed to generate knowledge drawn from the experiences of model schools that can serve as a good resource for refining the guidelines for the full implementation of SHS beginning SY 2016-2017. Specifically, the study aimed to 1) determine the pre-implementation considerations, and actual implementation needs and processes under the SHS Modeling; 2) identify strengths and innovations of the selected SHS model schools; 3) ascertain challenges and potentials for improvement; and 4) formulate policy recommendations based on the lessons learned by the selected SHS model schools.

Key informant interviews (KIIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with school heads, teachers and SHS students to obtain relevant information on the SHS Modeling. Included in the monitoring study are four general public high schools, namely, 1) Sangley Point National High School (NHS) in Cavite City, Cavite; 2) Bacolod City NHS; 3) Sum-ag NHS in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental; and 4) Palo NHS in Palo, Leyte; and three public technical-vocational (TechVoc) high schools, namely, 5) San Pedro Relocation Center NHS in San Pedro, Laguna; 6) Doña Montserrat Lopez Memorial NHS in Silay City, Negros Occidental; and 7) Merida Vocational School in Merida, Leyte.