NIGHT HIGH SCHOOLS

La Salle Green Hills in Mandaluyong and St. Scholastica’s College in Manila are two of the Catholic schools that are offering free or affordable education for high school students who could only attend classes at night. Since these two schools started with their programs, many have already graduated, and many are now productively employed. As I understand it, these two schools are also blending TESDA accredited vocational courses into their curriculums, in such a way that their graduates have the option of finding employment right away, aside from the other option of proceeding to college. I do not know what it would take to convince the rest of the Catholic schools to follow the example of La Salle and St. Scholastica’s, since this is a wonderful idea that should be replicated nationwide. Hopefully, more schools owned by religious orders will follow suit, and better if the diocesan or parochial schools would also do it. I know for a fact that Catholic schools already have enough tax exemptions that enable them to fulfill their mission of educating the youth, but I also would not object to the idea of giving them more incentives if they also cater to adult students, something that these two schools are already doing. What is an even better idea I think is for Catholic schools or any school for that matter to offer online classes so that anyone, anywhere could take any course anytime. IKE SENERES/12-28-2023