NQESH 2013 REVIEW MATERIAL

1. Informal Education
This refers to the lifelong process of learning by which every person
acquires and accumulates knowledge, skills, attitudes and insights from daily
experiences at home, at work, at play and from life itself.
2. Integrated Schools
Schools that offer a complete basic education in one school site and
has unified instructional program.
3. Basic Education
It covers early childhood education, elementary,
alternative learning system and special needs education.

high

school,

4. Operating Officers
DepEd officials who are directly involved in the implementation,
evaluation and monitoring plans, programs and projects of the department.
5. Adults Learners
These are learners who are aged 25 years old and above who are
illiterates or neo-literates who have either no access to formal education or
have reverted to illiteracy.
6. Schools Division Superintendent
He/she can appoint only teachers, school heads/principals and division
education supervisors.
7. Regional Director
He/she can direct the establishment of another new district upon the
recommendation of the Schools Division Superintendent.
8. Regional Director
He/she can exercise disciplinary action over the teaching personnel
only.
9. Republic Act 9155
An act that renamed the DECS into DepEd abolished the BPESS
(Bureau of Physical Education and School Sports) and the transfer of the
Komisyon ng Wikang Pilipino, national Historical Institute, Records
Management and Archives to the National Commission for Culture and Arts
(NCCA).
10.
11.

Republic Act 9155

Known as the Governance of Education Act of 2001
Republic Act 8980
Known as the Early Childhood Care and Development Act

12.

Republic Act 10157

Known as the Kindergarten Education Act

13.

Republic Act 8525

Known as the Adopt-a-School Act of 1998

14.

Republic Act 7836

Known as the Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994

15.Republic Act 8190

Known as the Localization Law
16.

Republic Act 4670

Known as the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers

17.

Republic Act 6713

Known as the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials
and Employees

18.

Republic Act 7160

Known as the Local Government Code of 1991

19.

Republic Act 7041

Known as the Publication Law

20.

Republic Act 9184

Known as the Government Procurement Reform Act

21.

Republic Act 7610

Known as the Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation

and
Discrimination
22.

Republic Act 7880

Known as the Fair and Equitable Allocation of the DECS Budget for
Capital Outlay

23.

Republic Act 7877

Known as the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995

24.

Batas Pambansa 232

Known as the Education Act of 1982

25.

Presidential Decree 603

Known as the Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines

26.

Community Linkages
It is the learning environments that respond to the aspirations of the
community domain of the NCBTS.

27.

Career Service
It is based on merit and fitness determined as far as practicable by
competitive examinations as based on highly technical qualifications.

28.

MT 1 for 3 years and MA academic requirements

Qualifications to become a Master Teacher II.

29.

Transfer
It is the movement of the employee from one position to another which
is of equivalent rank level or salary without break in the service.

30.

Promotion
It is the advancement of the employee from one position to another
with an increase in duties and responsibilities and usually accompanied by an
increase in salary.

31.

Reinstatement
It is the issuance of an appointment to a person who has been
previously appointed to a position in a career service and who has through no
delinquency or misconduct, been separated therefrom exonerating him
specifies restoration to his previous position.

32.

Reassignment
It is the movement of one employee from on organizational to another
in the same department or agency which does not involve a reduction in
rank, status or salary.

33.

Six (6) months only

An additional period given to a public employee who is already 65
years old but not achieved 15 years in the service.

34.

Eight (8) hours and five (5) working days

It is the number of hours and days a teacher should render his/her
services.

35.

Six (6) teaching hours and two (2) working hours

It is the complete teaching and working hours of a teacher in a day.

36.

Technical Skill
This is a management skill given to employees who are unfamiliar with
their job or present assignment.

37.

Strategic Planning
It is the process of setting directions for an institution to realize what it
wants to achieve and to go where he wants to go.

38.

25 points in leadership and potential

A minimum point required to a Master Teacher candidate in order to be

promoted.
39.

The road to excellence starts here.

A battle cry of every public school which means excellence is
management that orchestrates diverted at the different aspects of principal
operations to achieve the instructional goals of the school.

40.

Portfolio Assessment
A diagnostic tool which provides pupils profile and the emerging skills
that will help him become increasingly independent learner and evaluate his
possession of knowledge.

41.

Fifteen (15) days

Number of days a receipt of request by the school to the issuance of
official school certificates, diplomas, transcript of records, grades, transfer
credentials and similar documents and records.

42.

Civil Service Manual

It contains the basic regulations, institution and information which
guide DepEd Central Office and the field personnel in carrying out the teacher
of the department.

43.

DepEd Order, Memoranda and Bulletins

These are issued by the DepEd for directions and regulations for the
information of or compliance by the field.

44.

Recruitment
It refers to the process of searching for and identifying job candidates
in sufficient quality and quantity.

45.

Merit Promotion Plan

This provides guidelines, policies and procedures for recruitment,
selection and appointment.

46.

Learning Management Plan

It is a document focused in learning composed of the Professional
Development Plan of school head, professional development plan of teachers
and student development activities.

47.

Community of Practice (COP)

It is a group of professionals/workers bound to one another based on
common problems and pursuit of solutions.

48.

Instructional Development

It is a means of determining the extent to which the application of a

new skill/competency learned contributed to improving teaching and
learning.
49.

National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP)

Formerly known as the National Education Learning Center (NELC). It
provides continuing strategic human resource development programs for
school managers and leaders within the context of emerging legitimate
demands.

50.

Mentoring
It is developmental, caring, sharing and helping relationships where
one person invests time, know-how and effort in enhancing another persons
growth, knowledge and skills.

51.

Code of Ethical Standards

It defines the administrative disciplinary case as one wherein an official
or employee of the government is prosecuted for an act or omission
punishable as a non-penal offense as provided for in the Civil Service Law,
Administrative Law and other laws.

52.

Grievance Procedure
It is referred to as workable procedure for determining or providing the
best way to remedy the specific cause or causes of the grievance.

53.

Property Accountability
It is the obligation imposed by law on an official for keeping accurate
records of property.

54.
The Principals Guidelines Regarding Standard Operating
Procedures for Teachers and Accounting of Government Property
This is to enable the principal to group property management as
applied to teachers in her particular school.
55.

Performance Indicators
It refers to the several key indicators that can be computed and
utilized for evaluating the educational systems performance at various levels.
56.
Participation Rate
It is the ratio between the enrolments in the school age range to the
total population of that range.
57.

Growth Enrolment Rate

It refers to the total enrolment in a given level of education as a
percentage of a population which according to national regulations should be
enrolled at this level. It is the measure of the capacity of a regional
elementary and secondary school.

58.

Cohort Survival Rate

It is the proportion of enrollees at the beginning grade or year who
reach the final grade or year at the end of the required number of years of
study.

59.

Completion Rate
It is the percentage of first year entrants in a level of education who
completes/finishes the level of accordance with the required number of year
of study.

60.

Drop-out Rate
It is the proportion of pupils who leave the school during the year as
well as those who complete the grade/year level but fail to enroll in the next
grade/year following the school year to the total number of pupils during the
previous school year.

61.

Transition Rate
It is the percentage of pupils who graduate from one level of education
and none on the higher next level.

62.

Achievement Rate
It refers to the degree of performance in different study areas in
various levels of education.

63.

Mean Performance Score (MPS)

It indicates the ratio between the number of correctly answered items
and the total number of test questions or the percentage of correctly
answered item in a test.

64.

Teacher-Pupil Ratio
It is the proportion of enrolment at a certain level of education in a
given school year to the number of authorized nationally-paid positions.

65.

M2 (moderate) Maturity Level of Teacher

A maturity level of teacher who does not need only direction and
supervision but needs encouragement or support and recognition for a job
done.

66.

Encouraging Style of Leadership

It is described as a combination of high directive (task) and high
supportive behavior and is most appropriate to be used to people who have
some competence but lack of commitment.

67.

DepEd Order No. 28, 2005

It recognizes the Red Cross Youth (RCY) as official co-curricular
organization in the school and encourages every elementary and secondary

student to enlist as members of the Junior Red Cross Youth (JRCY) and the
Senior Red Cross Youth (SRCY).
68.

Republic Act 8190

The law that provides that teachers-applicant or teachers-transferee
for that matter given priority if they are bonafide residents of the barangay,
municipality or province where the school recipient is located.

69.

DepEd Order Number 22, series 2005

It includes the BSP, GSP, PNRY, and Anti-TB Education Drive as
voluntary basis of contribution.

70.

Peer Supervision
It is being done to Teacher 1 and Teacher 2.

71.

Intensive-Guided Supervision
It is being given to new teachers in the school.

72.

Collaborative Supervision
It is given to teachers who prefer to work cooperatively with the
supervisor in developing a supervision form.

73.

Registry of Qualified Applicants

It refers to the list of applicants deemed to have met the qualifications
required by law based on the evaluation and selection guidelines for teacher
positions in the elementary and secondary public schools.

74.

Management
It is a way the principals use themselves to create a school climate
characterized by staff productivity, pupil productivity and creative thought.

75.

Managerial Acumen
It is the systematic application of an array of skills that provide an
orderly, efficient and effective school environment.

76.

Potential
This takes into account the employees capability not only to perform
the duties and assume the responsibilities of the position to be filled but also
to those of higher and more responsible positions.

77.

School Climate
It refers to the sum of all values, cultures, safety practices and
organizational structures within a school that cause it to function and react in
particular ways.

78.

Alternative Learning System (ALS)

It is a parallel learning system to provide a viable alternative to the

existing formal education.
79.

Quality Education
It is an appropriateness, relevance and excellence of the education
given to meet the needs and aspirations of an individual in a society.

80.

DepEd Subsidized Program

It is known as the pre-school education funded by the PTA and other
organizations.

81.

Principle of Shared Governance

It is the principle which recognizes that every unit in the education
bureaucracy has a particular role, task and responsibility inherent in the
office.

82.

Inferring
It the process of reading between the lines or drawing of implications.

83.

School-Based Management
It enables and empowers stakeholders to manage their own affairs for
improved delivery of educational services in a sustainable manner.

84.

Accountability Mechanism
It is the criteria and quality dimensions of the school-based
management that includes resourcing, classroom structuring and
pupil/student achievement.

85.

Crisis Management
It is a term generally applied to critical situation, a turning point
characterized by a sense of urgency.

86.

Threat
An element of crisis management which is a potential hindrance to
some state of goal desired by an organization or individual.

87.

Decision
This element of crisis management refers to time in short when the
situation will be altered in the near future after which no decision can be
made only under less favorable circumstances.

88.

Surprise
The element of crisis management which refers to lack of selfawareness by those affected by the crisis, is likely to occur, but is not
equated with the lack of planned response to the situation.

89.

Brainstorming

It involves the spontaneous identification of alternatives by individuals

interacting in an unrestrained setting.
90.

Synectics
This is a creativity technique that involves the identification of novel
alternatives through the joining together of different and apparently
irrelevant elements.

91.

Normal Grouping
It is the identification of alternatives through a highly structured
procedure that purposely attempts to restrict verbal interaction.

92.

School Plant
It refers to the school facilities of the school consisting of the site,
buildings and other structures.

93.

Republic Act 9155, Section 14

It refers to the implementing rules and regulations known as Authority,
Responsibility and Accountability (AuRA).

94.

Technical Competencies
This refers to the development of the curriculum and supervision to
ensure the full implementation of the curriculum.

95.Human Resource Competencies

This refers to the role of the principal on the collaborative method
which is complex and it involves many variables; issues deal with human
factor affecting the staff, attitudes and perception of the staffs, climate
conducive to productive work and emphasis on interpersonal issues.
96.

Political Competencies
It is a role which refers to limited resources, principals will either have
to use for some resources; the principal develops ways to collaborate and
cooperate in sharing those resources.

97.

Architectural Competencies
This is the process by which the administrators use to frame/construct
roles and relationships that will allow organizations to get things down.

98.
99.

Bank
It refers to World Bank (WB), the lending agency for the NPSBE Project.
National Program Support to Basic Education (NPSBE)

A 200 million US dollars program support loan secured by the

government from the World Bank to finance in part of the various key reform
thrusts outlined in the BESRA.
100.

Support to the Philippine Basic Education Reforms (SPHERE)

A grant fund from the Australian AID Trust Fund amounting to 41
million Au$.

101.

School Based Management

The decentralization of decision-making authority from central,
regional, and
division
levels to the individual schools with the intent
bringing together the school heads,
teachers, students as well as the parents, the
local government units, and the community at
large in bringing improved
learning outcomes through effective schools.
102.

Grant
The funding facility authorized to be used by the schools in SBM
operations, also known
as the SBM Support and Installation Fund or the SBM
Grant.
103.

School Improvement Plan

An education development plan that shows the intent and design that
the schools will undertake to introduce improvements in learning outcomes
within the context of SBM in prescribed period and at a given cost.

104.

Annual Improvement Plan

It identifies the problems and objectives for one school year and the
intervention programs that include strategies and learning activities, time
frame for implementing the activities, persons responsible, and resources
needed which are appropriate to achieve the objectives set.

105.

Qualified Recipient Schools

These are public elementary and secondary schools with grant
applications submitted to their respective Division Offices and found to be
eligible under the terms and conditions of this set of guidelines.

106.

Eligible Activities and Expenditure Items

These are activities and expenditure items within the parameters set
out in the NPSBE Loan Agreement and which are recognized as reimbursable
by the World Bank.

107.

School Grant Proposal

A school program/or project proposal that primarily focuses on the
development of ideal or educationally maximal learning environment for
children based on the accepted/approved SIP/AIP submitted to the Division
Office that outlines a proposed project and shows budgetary requirements
and requests monetary assistance in the form of a grant.

108.

Implementing Units
It refers to the secondary schools that maintain separate book of
accounts.

109.

Non-implementing Units
It refers to public elementary and secondary schools without separate
book of accounts that are under the direct supervision of the division offices.

110.

High Priority Divisions

These refer to the 40 highly challenged DepEd divisions whose
performance indicators have been computed as way below standards.

111.

4Ps Program
It is a poverty reduction measure of the Philippine government that
focuses on human capital investment in the poorest of the poor households in
the country.

112.

4Ps Schools
These are public elementary schools within the municipalities covered
by the 4Ps program managed by DSWD.

113.

7m x 9m classroom
The conventional design of classroom to be adopted for all public
elementary and secondary schools regardless of its location and class size.

ACRONYMS
1. SIP
School Improvement Plan
2. GAD
Gender and Awareness Development
3. ECCD
Early Childhood Care and Development
4. NCBTS
National Competency-Based Teachers Standards
5. LIFO
Last In First Out
6. RC Y
Red Cross Youth
7. JRC
Junior Red Cross
8. SRCY
Senior Red Cross
9. HOTS
Higher Order Thinking Skills
10.
SBM
School-Based Management

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28.

APP
Annual Procurement Plan
AIP
Annual Implementation Plan
TSNA
Teachers Strengths and Needs Assessment
IPPD
Individual Plan for Professional Development
ASSP
Adopt-A-School Program
BESRA
Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda
QAA
Quality Assurance and Accountability
TPS
Teacher Performance Standards
EFA
Education For All
GAA
General Appropriations Act
SPHERE
Support to Philippine Basic Education Reforms
MDG
Millennium Development Goals
NPSBE
National program Support to Basic Education
SARO
Special Allotment Release Order
OPS
Office of the Planning Service
RSBP
Regular School Building Program
CAF
Certificate of Availability of Funds
AuRA
Authority, Responsibility and Accountability

PARTS of the SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Introduction
I.
Profile of the School
It includes the demography, personal profile and school
performance.
a. School Profile
b. Community Profile
II.
Situational Analysis
a. School Performance
*Performance Indicators

* Pupils Performance
b. Instructional Materials
c. Personnel
It includes the Personnel Organization Chart
National Funded Personnel
Local Funded Personnel
d. Physical Facilities
e. School Management
f. Problem Identification

PARTS of the ANNUAL PROCUREMENT

PLAN
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.

Pupil Development
Staff Development
Curriculum Development
Physical Development
Data Management
Conflict Management
Linkage Development

HOW TO COMPUTE THE SCHOOL PEFORMANCE

INDICATORS
INDICATORS

FORMULA

Participation Rate

Enrolment as of March (6-11 years old)

Population (6-11 years old

x 100

Cohort Survival
Rate

Enrolment in Grade VI (particular year)

Enrolment in Grade I (six years ago)

x 100

Completion Rate

Grade VI Graduates (particular year)

Enrolment in Grade I (six years ago)

x 100

Graduation Rate

Number
of
Graduates
(previous
school
year)
x 100
Number of Enrolment Grade VI (previous school year)

Promotion Rate

Number of Promotees /Graduates (previous school year)

x 100
Number of Enrolment Grade VI (previous school year)

Retention Rate

Enrolment (Grades II VI) present

x 100
Enrolment (Grade I V) previous year

Drop-Out Rate

Number of Drop-outs
Number of Enrolment

Repetition Rate

Number of Failures
Number of Enrolment

school

year

x 100

x 100

DEPED GUIDELINES
Pupil: Seat Ratio
Pupil: Seat
Ratio
Less than 0.49
0.50 0.69

Color Code

0.70 -0.89
0.90 1.00
1.01 1.99
2.00 2.99

Blue
Sky
blue
Green
Yellow
Gold
Orange

More than 3.00

Red

No seats
available

Black

Remarks
Two seats per pupil even in one-shift
Surplus seat position
Generous seat position
Adequate in one-shift schools
Adequate in two-shift schools
More than 2 pupils per seat; inadequate in two-shift
schools
More than 3 pupils per seat; severe shortage in twoshift schools
No existing seats

Pupil: Classroom Ratio

Pupil: Classroom
Ratio
Less than 46
46.00 50.99

Color Code

Remarks
Meet Republic Act 7880 with one shift
Falls to meet Republic Act 7880 with one shift

51.00 55.99

Blue
Yello
w
Gold

More than 56

Red

Does not meet Republic Act 7880, schools with severe

shortage of classrooms

No classroom
available

black

Does not meet Republic Act 7880 even with

double shifting
No existing instructional classrooms

Pupil: Teacher Ratio

Pupil: Teacher
Ratio
Less than 25
25.00 -29.99
30.00 34.99
35.00 - 39.99
40.00 44.99
45.00 49.99
More than 50.00
No teacher
available

Color Code
Blue
Sky blue
Green
Yellow
Gold
Orange
Red
Black

Remarks
Excessive surplus teacher provision
Surplus teacher provision
Generous teacher provision
National mean ratio
Manageable ratio
Moderate teacher shortage
Severe teacher shortage
No nationally-funded teacher