NQESH – PRINCIPAL’S TEST

REVIEW MATERIALS

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, high

school, alternative learning system and special needs education.

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.Republic Act 9155 – Known as the Governance of Education Act of 2001

11. 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 pupil’s 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
person’s 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 Principal’s 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 employee’s 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 self-

awareness 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.Bank – It refers to World Bank (WB), the lending agency for the NPSBE
Project.

99.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.