Saturday, May 28, 2011

CDSA passed FAPE Certification for ESC Program

Colegio de Santa Ana, a Private Catholic School in downtown Taguig, now offers the ESC Program after passing the FAPE Certification Program. This means that incoming First Year students from Public Schools can enjoy a tuition fee subsidy from the government. This is a testament to CDSA's commitment to quality education, competence and loving service to the community.

Meanwhile, CDSA also accepts EVS Grantees. Transferees with EVS grants are welcome to enroll.

Classes start June 8 for ECE, June 9 for Elementary, and June 10 for High School.

About FAPE

The Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE) is an organization commissioned by the Department of Education to manage the Educational Service Contracting (ESC) project whereby students who cannot be accommodated in public schools because of limited facilities and teachers, are given the opportunity to avail of quality education in private schools, with government subsidizing their tuition and miscellaneous fees. Over the past 18 years, ESC has enabled over one million students to get quality secondary education in private schools all over the country. ESC has, likewise, given the government a cost-effective way of fulfilling its constitutional mandate to provide free education up to the secondary level.

For more information on ESC and EVS offerings of CDSA, please call 642-4156 or 643-5204.