Education Service Contracting (ESC)

JCSGO Christian Academy is a Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC)-accredited school participating in the Education Service Contracting (ESC) Program. With that, we have been given slots to accommodate students in need of financial assistance.

What is Education Service Contracting?

The Educational Service Contracting scheme, or ESC, is a program provided for by the Republic Act 8545 (amending R.A. 6728), or the Expanded Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education, or GASTPE. Its main objective is to decongest public secondary schools by “contracting” the excess capacities of private high schools through the provision of subsidies for students who, otherwise, would have gone to public high schools. The ESC was a response to stresses and strains at the high school level in both public and private school sectors.

Selection of ESC Grantees

Eligibility

Elementary graduate from a Public or DepEd Recognized Elementary School
Incoming Grade 7 student (ALS A&E/PEPT Grade 7 Qualifiers are included)
Has not been a recipient of the ESC in the previous school years
Filipino citizen
School age (12-18 years old) at the time of Grade 7 enrolment (OHSP only)
Students who are unable to attend the regular class program (i.e. attend school for five weekdays (OHSP only)

Requirements

ESC Application Form [DOWNLOAD HERE]
ESC Contract with signature
PSA Certified Birth Certificate
Photocopy of Grade 6 Report Card
Recent (2) 2×2 photo of ESC applicant
Proof of Income (Latest ITR for the previous year) or Certificate of Tax Exemption or Municipal Certification of Unemployment of Parent/Legal guardian

IMPORTANT: Incomplete requirements will not be accepted by the Registrar for processing.

Terms of the ESC Grant

Coverage

Four years of Junior High School starting in Grade 7

Conditions of the ESC Grant

The grant remains in force for the next school year
- No maintaining grade required
- If the grantee is promoted to the next grade level
- Enrolled in an ESC-participating JHS
The grant is terminated if a grantee does any one of the following:
- Drops out for non-health reasons in the middle of the school year
- Does not reenroll the following school year
- Fails to be promoted to the next grade level
- Is dismissed or expelled by the school for disciplinary reasons
- Transfers to a non-ESC-participating JHS
Transfers to another ESC-participating JHS are allowed
- In cases when the applicable subsidy amount of the releasing school is different from that of the accepting school, the accepting school will be paid the lower of the two applicable subsidy amounts.
Grantees that drop out due to death of a parent or guardian, force majeure, prolonged illness, or accident
- May be reinstated into the ESC program provided they submit documents to support their claim.