The Republic Act No. 10665 or The Open High School System Act provided the mandate to the Department of Education to create Open High School Program.

Special Program in Foreign Language - Korean is open to all graduates of Grade 6 with grades of 85 and above in Filipino and English.

The Special Science Class (SSC), now the Special Program in Science Technology and Engineering (SPSTE) is the first Special Science Class in Western Visayas which was launched at the Iloilo National High School in 1988 to meet the scientific and technological manpower needs of the country.

SPBE is a blended entrepreneurship class that follows the DepEd curriculum for Junior High School with eight core learning areas as specified in DepEd Order No.21,s. 2019.