2016-04-08
Be
college-ready, job-ready, and life-ready
STI holds first
Senior High graduation
YEARS AHEAD of the national
implementation of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 or known as the ââ¬ÅK
to 12 programââ¬Â 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 the STI Academic Center Global City in Taguig.
ââ¬ÅSTI
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 21st century 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,ââ¬Â 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 STIââ¬â¢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.
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ABOUT STI:
STI Education Services Group, Inc. is owned by the publicly listed
company STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc. (PSE SYMBOL: ââ¬ÅSTIââ¬Â). 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.
