Students have the right to enroll in private schools if they meet the schools' admission standards and requirements. Exceptions include academic delinquency or violations of rules. Once enrolled, students have the right to stay for the entire program. Private schools must follow non-discrimination policies and cannot deny admission to children of solo parents. Schools may allow provisional enrollment if valid documents are submitted by the end of the school year.

1. Group 1
Students Rights

2. Right to Enroll

3. A. General Principles and
Exceptions
Every student has the right to enroll
in any private school upon meeting
its specific standards and
reasonable regulations as well as the
requirements prescribed by law or
regulation.
Section 117, 2010 Revised Manual of
Regulations for Private School in Basic
Education

4. For example:
Admission Policies in DLSAU Basic Education
• Preschool applicants take an oral examination.
• Grade 1 to Year IV new students are required to take the
written entrance examination.
• All transferees must have no failing final grades.
• Junior Kindergarten applicants must be 4 to 5 years old by
June of the current school year.
• Senior Kindergarten applicants must be 5 to 6 years old by
June of the current school year.
• Grade One applicants must be 6 years and above by June of
the current school year.

5. • Admission Requirements
• 2 photocopies of authentic NSO Birth Certificate
• 2 photocopies of report card (Form 138)
• Certificate of Good Moral Character
• 3 pcs. recent 1x1 picture
• Photocopy of Form 137 for Year II to Year IV applicants
• For foreign students:
– Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR)
– Description of subjects taken from foreign school for
evaluation
– Certificate of eligibility for enrolment and evaluation from the
Department of Education
– Certified true copy of the student visa
– Certification of enrolment in English Proficiency Program

6. Exception
• Except in the cases of academic
delinquency and/or violation of
disciplinary regulations, the student
shall be presumed qualified for
enrollment for the entire period he is
expected to complete his course
without prejudice to his right to
transfer and its implementing rules.

7. A student who graduates from the
secondary level of education from the
Department of Education shall be
eligible for admission to any degree
program. However, a student who has
not completed the secondary level, but
who has qualified in the Philippine
Education Placement Test (PEPT) may
be eligible for admission.
Section 81. Manual of Regulations for Private
Higher Educaiton

8. Philippine Education Placement Test
(PEPT)
• It is under the Accreditation and Equivalency Program
(Executive Order No. 733, s. 1981) for retrieving out-
of-school youth (OSY) and placing them in the formal
school system if they so desire, and for validating and
accrediting knowledge and skills in academic areas
gained through informal and non-formal means for re-
entry into formal school, job promotion, entry to job
training, for employment and self-fulfillment.

9. Requirements
• Birth certificate: Issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO) or Local
Civil Registrar duly authenticated (original and two (2) photocopies)
• ID pictures: Two (2) pieces of identical and recently taken (1x1" size)
• School records (original and two (2) photocopies):
– Elementary Level - Form 137 or Form 138
– Secondary Level - Form 137
*Form 137 (Transcript of Records with school seal and signature of
principal/registrar)
*Form 138 (Report Card with school seal and signature of principal/registrar)
• School permit: Photocopy of School Permit to Operate/Government
Recognition (for applicants from private schools)
• Registration fee (non-refundable):
– Regular administration (every November) - PhP50.00
– Walk-in/Special administration - PhP200.00

10. …cont.
• A graduate of a foreign secondary
school who may not fully satisfy the
specific requirements of a certain
degree program may be admitted,
provided, that any deficiency shall be
corrected during his initial school.

11. A. Institutional Academic
Freedom
– The freedom of higher education institutions to
determine their aims and objectives and how to
attain them without threat of coercion or
interference, except, when the overriding public
interest calls for some restraint.
B. Academic freedom may also be enjoyed by
private elementary and high schools
Supreme court will not interfere with the school’s
prerogative to require the students to take the
entrance examinations before they may be
allowed to enroll.
1 Sec. 5, MORPHE
6CH. 1, Students’ Rights &
Wrongs by Ulan Sarmiento

12. DepEd prohibits private schools from practicing
discriminatory acts against children from single
or separated parents or those who come from
broken or illegitimate home.
-Republic Act No. 8972 or the “Solo Parents' Welfare
Act of 2000” is the Philippine law on single parents.
It was promulgated on November 7, 2000.

13. What is the policy of the State
regarding solo parents?
• It is the policy of the State to promote the family as
the foundation of the nation, strengthen its solidarity
and ensure its total development.
• Towards this end, it will develop a comprehensive
program of services for solo parents and their children
to be carried out by the:
• Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD),
• Department of Health (DOH),
• Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS),
• Department of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG)

14. • Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
• Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA),
• National Housing Authority (NHA)
• the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
and other related government and non-government
agencies. (Sec.2, RA 8972)

15. Who are considered as
“children” under RA 8972?
• The term “children” refers to those living with
and dependent upon the solo parent for
support who are unmarried, unemployed and
not more than eighteen years of age, or even
over eighteen years but are incapable of self-
support because of mental or physical
disability.

16. …cont.
• Once a private school, college, or
university admits a student, he shall
have the right to stay in the institution
for the entire period in which he is
expected to complete it’s course
therein.

17. • B. Provisional Enrollment; Invalid Enrollment
In meritorious cases as may be determined by the
private school concerned, a student without any
appropriate admission or transfer credentials may
be provisionally enrolled, allowed to attend
classes and to earn credits for the subject or
subjects he is enrolled in during the school year.
The provisional enrollment the student shall be
conditioned on the submission of his valid
admission or transfer credentials on or before the
last day of the school year.
Section 129, 2010 Revised
Manual of Regulations for
Private Schools in Basic
Education

18. • B. Provisional Enrollment; Invalid Enrollment
– Unless otherwise specifically authorized by the
Secretary of Education, the enrollment of any
student who is under a term of suspension or
expulsion, or the enrollment of any student
from a school or course without government
authority shall not be valid.
Section 130, 2010 Revised Manual of
Regulations for Private Schools in Basic
Education

20. A. General Principles and
Exceptions
• Admission to any private school is open to all
pupils and students who meet its specific
standards, requirements and regulations as
expressed in printed publications or other written
materials.
• Except in cases of:
– academic delinquency;
– violation of school rules and regulations;
– the closure of a program or course of study by the
school;
– or the closure of the school itself;

21. •the pupil or student who qualifies for enrollment is
qualified to stay for the entire period in which he is
expected to complete his course in a school,
without prejudice to his right to transfer to other
schools within the prescribed period.
• Section 120, 2010 Revised Manual
of Regulations for Private Schools
in Basic Education

22. A. General Principles and
Exceptions
• In recognition of the Constitutional guarantee of
institutional academic freedom, admission to any
higher education institution is open to all
students not otherwise disqualified by law or by
the policies and rules of the Commission or the
higher education institution.
• Except in cases of ….. A student who qualifies for
enrollment shall qualify to stay for the entire
period for which he is expected to complete his
program of study in the institution.
Section 83, Manual of Regulations for Private
Higher Education

23. A. General Principles and
Exceptions
• Rules and Registration1:
– The enrollment or registration of a student in a
higher education institutional shall be held
during the registration day as indicated in the
approved school calendar.
– It shall be conducted in accordance with
pertinent procedures of the institution, and is
subject to the rules as follow:
– The enrollment or registration is for the entire
term, i.e., semester, trimester