Be
college-ready, job-ready, and life-ready
YEARS AHEAD of the
national implementation of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 or known as
the “K to 12 program” this coming school year, STI Education Services Group,
Inc. (STI), the largest pioneer in Senior High School (SHS) in the country, has
taken up the challenge, and is paving a brighter path for the Filipino youth as
early as June 2014 during the initial roll-out of its SHS program.
Two years later, STI
celebrates another historic event as it welcomes the pioneer batch of Grade 12 students
in the 1st Senior High School Graduation with 779 graduates from 26
STI campuses nationwide. Out of the total SHS graduates, 228 are from eight STI
schools in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby areas who will be
honored on April 8, 2016 at theSTI Academic Center Global City in Taguig.
“STI
is one of the pioneer schools that implemented Senior High program in the
country. We see this as an opportunity for the students to meet the demands of
the 21stcentury as part of our goal to equalize regional
competencies in line with the ASEAN integration. We are proud of the first
batch of Senior High graduates and we wish them to succeed in their ventures,” STI President & CEO Monico V.
Jacob shares in a statement.
In 2014, out of 92 private schools nationwide accredited by the
Department of Education (DepEd) to offer Senior High School for school year
2014-15, sixty-seven (67) or 73% are STI schools. As of today, all 78 STI
schools including STI West Negros University have been granted the DepEd permit
to offer Senior High School.
Designed to ensure that Senior High School graduates are prepared for
higher education, entrepreneurship or employment, STI opened its doors to Grades 11 and 12
students with various strands and specializations under the academics and
technical-vocational-livelihood tracks. STI Senior
High Schools have been preparing for this transition since June 2013.
Among the 8 STI campuses
in NCR with SHS graduates were from STI Colleges in Caloocan, Fairview, Las
Piñas, Makati, Muñoz-EDSA, Ortigas-Cainta, Pasay, and Tanay. The graduation
ceremony was attended by the DepEd Regional Director for NCR Dr. Ponciano Menguito
and STI Alumni Association President Hernan Alar. Inspirational words were
given to the fresh graduates by DepEd Assistant Secretary for Curriculum and
Instruction Mr. Elvin Uy.
The first graduation event
of STI Senior High is another milestone in STI’s pursuit of excellence. The
institution looks forward in the advancement of education in the country, and welcomes
the implementation of Senior High with readiness to produce graduates who are
college-ready, job-ready, and life-ready.
Under the new curriculum, the enactment of K to 12 program mandates
students to undergo Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education comprising six
years of primary education, four years of Junior High School, and two years of
Senior High School.
DepEd reports that around 1.3
million students have already registered for senior high school since the
launch of the Early Registration period last September 2015.
ABOUT STI:
STI Education Services Group, Inc. is owned by the publicly listed
company STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc. (PSE SYMBOL: “STI”). STI remains
committed to providing education for real life for over thirty years now with
highly-relevant academic programs in the fields of Information &
Communications Technology, Business & Management, Tourism & Hospitality
Management, Engineering, Arts & Sciences, and Senior High School. More
information on STI is available at www.sti.edu.
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