Nqesh 2013 Review Material

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.

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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

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Republic Act 10157 Known as the Kindergarten Education Act

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Republic Act 8525 Known as the Adopt-a-School Act of 1998

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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

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Republic Act 6713 Known as the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees

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Republic Act 7160 Known as the Local Government Code of 1991

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Republic Act 7041 Known as the Publication Law

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Republic Act 9184 Known as the Government Procurement Reform Act

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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

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Republic Act 7877 Known as the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995

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Batas Pambansa 232 Known as the Education Act of 1982

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Presidential Decree 603 Known as the Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines

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

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

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MT 1 for 3 years and MA academic requirements Qualifications to become a Master Teacher II.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Eight (8) hours and five (5) working days It is the number of hours and days a teacher should render his/her services.

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Six (6) teaching hours and two (2) working hours It is the complete teaching and working hours of a teacher in a day.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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DepEd Order Number 22, series 2005 It includes the BSP, GSP, PNRY, and Anti-TB Education Drive as voluntary basis of contribution.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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Republic Act 9155, Section 14 It refers to the implementing rules and regulations known as Authority, Responsibility and Accountability (AuRA).

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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.

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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.

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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$.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 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