REQUIREMENTS

Eligibility: 

Requirements: 

Educational Service Contracting (ESC) is a partnership program by the Department of Education (DepEd) aimed at decongesting overcrowded public junior high schools. In ESC, the excess capacities of certified private junior high schools are “contracted” through slot allocations for students who would otherwise have gone to public schools. The slots come with subsidies called ESC grants, and program beneficiaries are called ESC grantees or, for the purposes of these guidelines, simply grantees.  

The Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC) has been contracted by the DepEd to administer the ESC and TSS programs. PEAC is the trustee of the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE), a perpetual fund created to provide assistance to private education in the country. PEAC is represented nationally by its National Secretariat (PEAC NS) and in each region by its Regional Secretariats (PEAC RS).

• Provide the infrastructure, systems, coordination, and controls required for the smooth implementation of the ESC and TSS programs. 
• Provide in-service training of teachers in ESC-participating JHSs and conduct pertinent research.  

The PEAC RSs shall be the first line of program support to ESC-participating JHSs in the regions.

• Manage day-to-day implementation and coordinate its efforts with its RPCom and the PEAC NS 
• Advise, guide and/or assist schools in complying with the guidelines. 
• Conduct field audits and training and mentoring sessions as may be needed in their regions. 

The Regional Program Committees (RPComs) shall oversee compliance of participating schools in their regions with the policies and guidelines of the GASTPE programs of assistance. It shall resolve problems that may occur and recommend measures to improve program implementation. The RPCom in each region is composed of representatives from DepEd and the PEAC RS with the DepEd Regional Director as Chair and the PEAC Regional Program Director as Co-Chair. 

ESC-participating JHSs shall provide grantees with education that meets or exceeds the minimum standards set by DepEd. They shall orient grantees and their parents on the ESC, encode correct and complete information in the ESC IMS, prepare billing statement packages, undergo certification, and comply with these guidelines. 

• PSA Birth Certificate (Photocopy) 
• Good Moral Certificate (Original copy) 
• SF9 – Report Card (Original copy) 
• JHS Certificate of Completion (Photocopy) 
• 2pcs. 1×1 ID Picture with white background 
• 2pcs. 2×2 ID Picture with white background 

• Report Card 

1.  ESC Certification – for JHS Completers who are also Education Service Contracting (ESC) grantees for ESC participating schools. 
2.  QVR Certificate – for JHS Completers who applied for SHS Voucher Program and were successfully approved by PEAC NS. 

• Grade 11 SF9 – Report Card (Original copy)
• Certificate of Good Moral Character issued by Senior High School Guidance Counselor/Principal. 
• PSA Birth Certificate 
• Voucher Program Beneficiary Certification 

• This program enables Grade 10 completers from public and private Junior High Schools (JHS) to enroll in a 

1. 1.  Private High School 
   2.  Private University or College 
   3.  State or local University or College 
   4.  Technical-Vocational School, which offers a Senior High School program. 

• Through the Voucher Program, students and their families are able to exercise greater choice in deciding the Senior High School program that is most relevant to their needs and career goals. A certain amount will be subsidized by DepEd to private SHS to offer the cost of tuition. 

• All JHS completers from public Junior High Schools are qualified to receive the full voucher values. 
• Private Junior High School completers who are on Education Service Contracting (ESC) grants will receive 80% of the full voucher value. 
• JHS completers from private schools and non-DepEd schools can also apply for vouchers worth 80% of the full voucher value. 
• Students will be notified of their eligibility prior to completing Grade 10. No monetary value is given to the student directly, instead the subsidy is remitted to the Senior High School where he/she will enroll. 

The actual amount of the voucher will depend on the location of the SHS where the student will enroll. 

• JHS completers who will enroll in SHS located in the National Capital Region (NCR) will receive a full voucher value of Php 22,500. 
• JHS completers who will enroll in an SHS located in Non-NCR Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs) will receive a full voucher value of Php 20,000. These cities include Angeles, Bacolod, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu City, Davao City, General Santos, Iligan, Iloilo City, Lapu-Lapu, Lucena, Mandaue, Olongapo, Puerto Princesa, Tacloban, and Zamboanga City. 
• JHS completers who will enroll in an SHS located in other cities and municipalities will have a full voucher value of Php 17,500 

The voucher must be used in the school year immediately following the year of JHS completion. A voucher recipient may only be able to avail of the voucher subsidy for two (2) successive years. 

Non-DepEd schools may charge tuition that are higher than the voucher subsidy amounts. Students and parent are expected to cover the difference between the tuition fee charged by the school and the voucher subsidy from government.