NASH 2025 TRIAL EXAM

A teacher is seeking for transfer to another station which is in need of additional teachers. Who will you give priority?

i. A teacher who is in poor health condition, as evidenced by pertinent medical records to that effect

ii. A teacher who has served for more than three (3) years outside his/her home barangay/municipality

iii. A teacher whose life is in danger due to armed conflict, hostilities or other similar circumstances in the area where school is located

iv. A teacher who is declared excess by the School Head and/or whose expertise/area of specialization is needed in another school/district/division.

A teacher can be transferred even without the consent of the teacher. Which condition is validly considered as “in the exigency of service?”

i. When the student-teacher ratio of the secondary school is below 27:1, except when the school is implementing multigrade classes

ii. When the pupil-teacher ratio of the elementary school is below 35:1, including schools which are implementing multigrade classes

iii. When a teacher is declared excess by the School Head and his/her expertise/area of specialization is needed in another school/district/division

iv. When there is considerable decrease in enrolment in certain schools arising from evacuation due to armed conflict, national disasters, resettlement of families, closure of large private firms in the area, and other similar circumstances.

A teacher-applicant submitted incomplete documents to the School Screening Committee. Will the committee accept the documents and why?

i. No, the committee will refuse the acceptance of the application because it is incomplete.

ii. Yes, the committee will immediately notify the applicant to facilitate the complete and proper submission of documents.

iii. Yes, the committee will forward the application to the Division Selection Committee even if the documents are incomplete.

iv. Yes, the committee will issue a certification to the Division Selection Committee that it has received the application with incomplete documents.

A new teacher has already accepted the teaching position and was appointed to Teacher II. He was assigned in an elementary school in Brgy. bungro. A teacher who is from that barangay but teaching in a different public elementary school for 10 years who also a nursing mother, learned about this so she wrote a letter requesting for transfer in the elementary school in her barangay. Can the new teacher be transferred to a different station and why?

There shall be a School Head for all public elementary and secondary schools or a cluster thereof, pursuant to Section 6.1, Rule VI of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 9155 (Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001). What are the leadership dimensions that a school head is expected to possess?

i. PeopleLeadership

ii. StrategicLeadership

iii.Educational Leadership

iv.Instructional Leadership

v.Administrative Leadership

How can a teacher be designated as Teacher-In-Charge by the Schools Division Superintendent?

i. Teacher III for at least three (3) years

ii. Teacher III for at least five (5) years

iii. Has at least three (3) years teaching experience

iv. Has atleast five (5) years teaching experience

v. Will undergo a screening process to be conducted by the division office

Which are correct on the policies stated in DepEd Order No. 42, s. 2007?

i. Applicants to Principal I position must pass a qualifying test.

ii. The appointment of school principal shall be non-station specific.

iii. The Schools Division Superintendent shall designate Teachers-In-Charge in schools without Principal items.

iv. Any vacancy for Principal position shall be open to all qualified candidate from within and outside the division where the vacancies exist.

v. He/she must have an experience of at least five (5) years in the aggregate as Head Teacher, Teacher-in-Charge, Master Teacher, and Teacher III.

vi. Assignment of Head Teachers shall be one (1) per subject area with priority on the core subject areas, namely: English, Math, Science, Filipino and Araling Panlipunan.

Which is true on the qualifying test that an applicant for Principal I position must pass based on DepEd Order No. 42, s. 2007?

i. The test may consist of paper and pencil, simulation and other modes.

ii. The Regional Office shall simultaneously administer the test once a year in designated venues 

iii. The test shall evaluate the applicants in terms of three (3) leadership dimensions to measure executive and managerial competence. 

iv. The test shall evaluate the applicants in terms of three (3) clustered domains namely School Leader, Instructional Leader and School Manager to measure executive and managerial competence.

In the distribution of teaching load, the school heads are directed to ensure a fair and equitable distribution, while prioritizing the welfare of teachers. Which parameters shall be observed by the school head based on DepEd Memorandum No.053, s. 2024?

i. In the exigency of service, teachers may render additional teaching loads.

ii. The remediation and/or enhancement classes shall be treated as a teaching load.

iii. Only actual classroom teaching rendered per learning area and class advising duties are treated as teaching load and shall form part of the eight hours of teaching.

iv. In circumstances where a teacher will have less than eight hours of actual classroom teaching, they are given priority in the designation of teaching-related assignments.

v. A teacher shall not be required to render more than eight hours of actual classroom teaching in a day in accordance with Republic Act No. 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers.

vi. Actual classroom teaching in excess of eight hours  shall be compensated through payment of teaching overload, provided that it does not exceed two hours per day, as stipulated in RA 4670.

vii. To ensure that the teachers are provided with time and support to conduct intervention programs, the school heads shall design teachers’ class programs to accommodate remediation and/or enhancement classes, whenever feasible.

Which is correct on the policy of 8-hour workday of teachers based on DepEd Memorandum No. 053, s. 2024?

i. Teacher Ancillary Tasks shall complete 8-hour workday of teachers and may be performed within or outside the school premises.

ii. Teachers will be considered under time and will be subject to salary deductions if they rendered less than eight (8) hours of actual classroom teaching.

iii. Teacherswho have rendered eight (8) hours actual classroom teaching duly reflected intheir daily time records (DTR), shall be deemed to have completed the requireddaily working hours.

While Section V. A.1. of DO No. 005, s. 2024 does not require documentary evidence or accomplishment reports that summarize how they spent the two hours for ancillary tasks, this provision must also be harmonized with the Civil Service Commission Resolution No. 080096 which mandates DepEd to institute a mechanism to account for teachers’ outputs in performing teacher ancillary tasks outside school premises. Which statement/s must be observed following the said guidelines?

i. Original copies or photocopies of school logbook or a locator slip shall be attached by the teacher to his/her Daily Time Record (DTR).

ii. If the teacher opts to leave the school premises during vacant periods, the teacher shall register in the school logbook or accomplish a locator slip.

iii. The teacher shall indicate in the school logbook or locator slip the reason for going outside the school premises in relation to the performance of his/her ancillary tasks.

iv. If the teacher chooses to perform the teacher ancillary tasks before or after all assigned classes, he/she shall submit a certificate of undertaking to be attached to the DTR.

What must be considered in the designation of teaching-related assignments to teachers?

1. In consideration of the varied contexts of the schools, the school head shall define the number of teachers to be designated and the scope of duties and responsibilities for each teaching-related assignment in coordination with the concerned teachers.

2. Programs or projects identified as needed in the School Improvement Plan (SIP)/ Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) shall serve as the basis or main consideration in the designation.  

In accordance with DepEd Order No. 005, s. 2024, the designation of teachers to teaching-related assignments shall be enabled by a Designation Order. Which is the correct order of the procedure?

i. The school head should ensure that teachers designated for teaching-related assignments prioritize their teaching duties.

ii. Since these assignments are not mandatory, the identified teachers must concur with their designations and scope of duties and responsibilities.   

iii. Once an agreement is reached with the concerned teachers, the school head shall prepare the Designation Order and submit it to the Office of the Schools Division Superintendent (SDS).

iv. The school head, during their planning activities at the start of the school year shall identify the teachers, considering their specialization and workload in designating them for teaching-related assignments.

v. The SDS shall approve the Designation Order and original copies shall be given back to the school, a copy should be retained with the School Governance and Operations Division (SGOD).

It is generally defined as a right granted to officials and employees not to report for work with or without pay as may be provided by law and as the rules prescribe in Rule XVI hereof.

An employee was granted leave of absence for personal reasons, the approval of which is contingent upon the necessities of the service. What was granted to the employee?