Lucban Academy
Scholarships
A. ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP
Grade 7 - The Top Three (3) Entrance Examinees are eligible for 100% Free Tuition fee in their first year. Ranking is based on the average of the grade in the Entrance Test and the general average in F-138.
Grades 8-12 - The Top Three per grade level are eligible to Tuition Fee Discounts. Ranking is based on the General average in two (2) decimal places.
B. STUDENT ASSISTANTS/WORKING STUDENTS
Financially disadvantaged students may apply at the office of the Principal to become library/office assistants or working students to avail free tuition fees. Applicants should not have failing grades, of good character, with parental consent and in need of financial assistance.
C. ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP
Some alumni voluntarily offer help to poor but deserving students either by subsidizing school fees, paying partial fees or offering 100% free tuition fees and other fees. Names are submitted to the Scholarship Committee who evaluates applicants and recommends names to the sponsoring organization/individual.
D. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN PRIVATE EDUCATION (GASTPE)
D.1. ESC – Education Service Contracting is a DepEd Program aimed at subsidizing tuition fees of Grades 7-10 students to ease crowding in public schools.
CONDITIONS OF THE ESC GRANT:
1. The ESC grants cover four (4) years of secondary school from Grade 7 to Grade 10. They can start only at the first year level. No new grants shall be awarded at higher levels.
2. The grant is deemed terminated for any of the following reasons:
a. If the student drops out for non-health reasons
b. If the student is retained in the same year level
c. If the student had record of misdemeanor
d. If the student transfers to a non-ESC school
3. ESC grant is equivalent to P9,000.00 for Grade 7 and 8, P8,500.00 for Grade 9 and Grade 10.
D.2. VOUCHER PROGRAM for the Senior High School (SHS)
I. Student Eligibility and Voucher Value
Students who completed their Grade 10 in the School Year prior to the current may participate in the SHS Voucher Program (SHS VP).
A. Pre-Qualified Voucher Recipients
All Grade 10 Junior High School completers of Public Junior High Schools and SUC/LUC Junior High Schools are qualified voucher recipients (QVR). These students shall receive the full voucher value. For details on voucher values, please refer to table 1.
Grade 10 ESC Grantees who completed their Junior High school in ESC Participating Schools are also qualified recipients. However, they shall receive 80% of the full voucher value.
Students who are covered by the above-mentioned criteria are not required to apply for vouchers. They are considered pre-qualified voucher recipients and may directly enroll and redeem the voucher in any Non-DepEd SHS Provider of their choice provided they meet the school’s admission requirements.
B. Voucher Applicants
Non-ESC Grade 10 completers from Private Junior High Schools who wish to avail of vouchers shall be required to apply for vouchers subject to an assessment of their socioeconomic status and if deemed qualified shall also receive 80% of the full voucher value. Application for vouchers shall commence on the second Monday of November and end depending on the type of application process the voucher applicant decides to pursue.
Application for vouchers is free of charge.
II. Voucher Validity and Redemption
Vouchers shall be redeemed within the first semester of the School Year immediately after Junior High School completion and shall no longer be valid if not used within the aforementioned period. The SHS VP covers two years regardless of the number of years it takes the recipient to complete Senior High School.
A QVR who wishes to enroll in a Non-DepEd SHS Provider is required to submit the following to the SHS Provider:
• PSA Certified Birth Certificate
• Photocopy of Grade 10 Report Card (with Learner Reference Number (LRN) if Public Junior High School Student)
• Certificate of Junior High School Completion
• Certificate of Good Moral Character
• ESC Certification Letter from Junior High School Principal format available through the ESC IMS (ESC Grantees Only)
• QVR Certificate (Qualified Voucher Applicants Only)
QVRs are required to undergo the normal admission procedures of the Non‐ DepEd SHS Provider they prefer to enroll in. A QVR that successfully enrolls in a Non-DepEd SHS Provider becomes a voucher program beneficiary (VPB). Voucher payments are released on a per semester basis to the SHS Provider where the VPB is enrolled.
QVRs are encouraged to apply in the Non-DepEd SHS Provider of their choice as early as October to facilitate the immediate processing of their enrolment to the Non-DepED SHS provider.
III. Conditions for Voucher Program Beneficiaries (VPB)
A. Continued Participation
A VPB shall continue to be a participant of the SHS VP if they are promoted to the next grade level and is enrolled in a Non‐DepEd SHS Provider. No maintaining grade is required for a VPB to continue to participate in the SHS VP.
A VPB shall be disqualified from further participation in the SHS VP for any of the following reasons:
• VPB drops out in the middle of the School Year;
• VPB does not re-enroll the following School Year;
• VPB is retained in the same grade level;
• VPB transfers to another Senior High School Provider within the School Year;
• VPB transfers to a DepEd Senior High School Provider.
B. VPB Transfers
VPBs are not allowed to transfer to another Senior High School within the School Year. If a VPB decides to transfer to another Non-DepEd SHS Provider after the School Year, the VPB may continue to participate in the SHS VP in the accepting Non-DepEd SHS Provider. Transferring VPBs are required to submit the following documents to the accepting Non-DepEd SHS Provider:
• Grade 11 Report Card
• Certificate of Good Moral Character
• Certificate of Release of Voucher Program Beneficiary (Format available in the SHS VMS)
Transferring from one voucher tier location to another is allowed. However, the voucher amount to be received by the VPB in the accepting school shall be the voucher amount of the accepting school or the voucher amount from the releasing school whichever is lower.
VPB transfers shall be reported by both the releasing school and accepting school in the SHS VMS.
C. Track and Strand Shifting
VPBs are allowed to shift to another track or strand under the following scenarios:
• After the 1st Semester of Grade 11 (within the same school)
• After Grade 11 (whether in the same school or to another school)
To successfully shift from one track and strand to another, the Non-DepEd SHS Provider shall ensure that the VPB meets the required competencies of the track and strand they are shifting to. Schools are required to report in the SHS VMS the VPBs that shift track and strands.
D. VPB Leavers
VPBs that passed Grade 11 but did not enroll for Grade 12 the succeeding School Year are considered leavers. Leavers are disqualified from further participation in the SHS VP unless the reason for leaving school is due to health reasons and provided further that the period of medical leave is not more than one (1) School Year. Leavers due to medical reasons may continue to participate in the SHS VP, however they are required to submit a medical certificate issued by a duly-licensed medical doctor.
