Open High School Program (OHSP)

What is the Open High School Program (OHSP)?

The OHSP is an alternative mode of secondary education that uses distance learning. It caters to learners who are unable to attend the regular class program due to physical impairment, work, financial difficulties, distance of home to school, and other justifiable and legitimate reasons.

The program, therefore, is in consonance with the Education for All (EFA) goal of making every Filipino functionally literate by 2015. Its philosophy is based on the provision of Batasang Pambansa (BP) 232 or the Education of Act of 1982 "The state shall provide the right of every individual to relevant quality education regardless of sex, age, creed, socio-economic status, physical and mental conditions, racial or ethnic origin, political and other affiliation."

Since distance learning is its main feature, the program requires that the learner is capable of managing his/her learning.

What are the goal and objectives of the OHSP?

The OHSP is aligned with the School Improvement Plan's (SIP) goal of producing functionally literate learner/graduate or one who has a mastery of the basic competencies, capable of problem-solving, and is a productive member of his family and community.

The OHSP as a Dropout Reduction Program (DORP) intervention, has the following objectives:

• • Provides opportunity to all elementary graduates, high-school drop-outs, and successful examinees of the Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT) to complete secondary education;

  • 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; and

  • Increase achievement rate through quality distance education.

Who are qualified to enroll in the OHSP?

The program is open to Filipino learners who can demonstrate capacity for independent learning and are willing to undertake self-directed learning.

Below are pre-requisites for enrollment:

• 1. Submission of any of the following:

     • High School Report Card (in case of drop-outs)

     • Elementary Report Card (for high school entrants)

     • PEPT qualifying certificate

  2. Passing of the Independent Learning Readiness Test (ILRT) and the Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) test (Appendices B and C of OHSP Handbook). the ILRT assesses the learner's reading level as basis for class grouping.

  3. Interview of parent/guardian to get a complete profile of the learner.