HAU to offer senior high school in 2016

Holy Angel University will offer senior high school when the current Grade 10 students move up to Grade 11 in school year 2016-17.

The HAU senior high school curriculum will include five strands, namely, Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM), Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS), Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), General Academic Strand (GAS), and Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM).

The University has designed these strands so they will prepare students for their counterpart courses in college, according to Ms. LisabelleGamboa, the Principal of the HAU Basic Education Department.

"We want HAU senior high school to flow seamlessly into HAU college," Ms. Gamboasaid. "Our Grade 12 graduates will be so prepared they will not need to take the entrance exam for college in 2018."

Ms. Gamboa added that HAU will offer more academic strands than vocational-technical strands because a recent survey shows most high school graduates still want to proceed to college after the additional two years.

"Even those who want immediate employment after Grade 12 plan to go to college when they have saved enough for tuition," Ms.Gamboa said. "But just to be sure, our curriculum is designed both for those who want to proceed to college after Grade 12 and those who want to work immediately after Grade 12."

All junior high school students of HAU receive a government scholarship grant of P7,500.00 every year for four years, under the Educational Service Contracting (ESC) program of DepEd and the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE). Because HAU has the biggest number of scholars under this program, senior high school students who cannot be accommodated in public schools are also expected to get similar government vouchers when they enroll at HAU.

Source: http://www.hau.edu.ph/hau_to_offer_senior_high_school_in_2016.php