PEAC AND THE PROGRAMS OF ASSISTANCE TO

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Educational Service Contracting (ESC)

Program Description

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.