According to DepEd, it terminated its contract with at least 55 schools.
Various theories were raised during a House hearing on Wednesday, March 19, on how "ghost students" came into existence in the Department of Education 's Senior High School voucher program.
As the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture continued its investigation, lawmakers found a holes in the program--particularly certain rules that were risk of being secretly violated for the sake of maintaining benefits. Schools will also be disqualified if a student-beneficiary"fails to be promoted to the next grade level" or is transferred to a DepEd school, a State University and College or a Local University and College ."'Yung enumeration ninyo, meron na doon risky. 'Yung sinabi nyo kung di pumasa... so all private high school will pass all students ," Romulo said.
Romulo also believed that some schools might just take the chance of not declaring if students under the program have already been transferred to a different school so they could still get a subsidy.
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