COMPLIANCE TO THE EDUCATION SERVICE CONTRACTING (ESC) REQUIREMENTS BY PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61841/qjwars44Keywords:
: Education Service Contracting (ESC) Program, Sustainability, Nine Areas of quality, practices and conditions, Compliance, DepEd minimum standardsAbstract
Quality graduates is often times equated with quality education services. This analogy simply advocates the necessity to promote an ambiance of learning equipped with effective delivery of educational programs and services geared towards skills development on both theoretical and practical aspects. The research paper aimed to describe the compliance to the education service contracting (ESC) requirements by participating schools towards sustainability of the program. The research employed descriptive-evaluative research design to assess the effectiveness of an existing program of the five private schools in Congressional Area 1 which are recipients of the ESC program of the government. Their compliance to DepEd minimum standards was assessed using the actual tool during accreditation/re-certification period in which administrators, teaching & non-teaching including student-leaders were selected as legitimate respondents. Findings revealed that on the nine (9) areas of quality practices and conditions, schools were found practicing the minimum standards to a great extent. This implies that the program beneficiaries conformed to the criteria or standards set by the Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC) which is the trustee of the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE). Moreover, the result reported that there is about 88% to 100% compliance level of these schools to DepEd requirements which further indicates that each provision is extensively and functionally met. This implies that there is a perceived a continuous effort in improving the quality of basic education services among these private schools. Based on the conclusion of the study, it can be recommended that promisingly schools have manifested continuous improvement in so far as compliance to basic requirements is concerned. The increasing number of school population specifically on the number of ESC grantees as well as in the number of teaching staff who benefited from the program through a subsidy signals an appropriate and lawful adherence to existing guidelines and conditions.
Downloads
References
[1] PEAC-FAPE Secretariat 2012
[2] Republic Act 8545 (amending RA 6728) known as the “Expanded Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education or GASTPE, (1987).”
[3] Mourshed, M., C. Chijoke and M. Barber, “How the World’s Most Improved School Systems Keep Getting Better”. (2010).
[4] GAO, “Higher Education: Issues Related to Law School Accreditation: Report to Congressional Requests.
U.S. Government Accountability Office, (March 2007).
[5] Hawes, H. and D. Stephens, “Questions of Quality: Primary Education and Development”. Harlow: Longman, (2013).
[6] DepEd Order No. 6, s. 2015 “Policies and Guidelines for the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (2015).
[7] EFA Global Monitoring Report Education for All: The Quality Imperative (2005).
[8] Hawes, H. and D. Stephens (2014). Questions of Quality: Primary Education and Development. Harlow:
Longman
[9] Republic Act 10533 (RA 10533) -the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013
[10] Welch, A. “Third World Education: Quality and Equality”. New York, Garland, (2010)
[11] http://www.doe.mass.edu/apa/review/district/district-self-assessment.doc
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
