2025 NQESH AUGUST 9

The Omnibus IRR defined in DepEd Memo 63, s. 2025, designates a public school offering from Kindergarten to Senior High School under a unified program as an:

• A. National Science High School

• B. Integrated School

• C. National Agricultural and Vocational High School

• D. Elementary School

Which term, as defined in the Omnibus IRR under Memorandum 63, s. 2025, identifies schools geared toward agriculture, fishery, trade, and industry with both general and vocational curricula?

• A. Integrated School

• B. National High School

• C. National Agricultural and Vocational High School

• D. National Science High School

DepEd Memo 63, s. 2025 defines “Conversion of public school” to include:

• A. Only curricular implementation changes

• B. Only change of location of main schools and its annexes and extension schools

• C. Changing the status, character, administration, supervision, or management

• D. Transfer of personnel

A Division Superintendent argues that extending Kindergarten to Grade 12 without aligning teacher training programs will violate the intent of RA 10533. Which principle of the law supports this argument?

• A. Basic education reforms must focus solely on infrastructure readiness.

• B. Curriculum enhancement must be matched by strengthened teacher quality.

• C. Increasing the number of school years guarantees quality outcomes.

• D. Teacher training is addressed exclusively by RA 9155.

RA 11713 institutionalizes the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) primarily to:

• A. Standardize curriculum development across all public schools

• B. Serve as the apex body for teacher education and continuous professional development

• C. Replace the Teacher Education Council as the policymaking body

• D. Provide exclusive training for non-teaching staff

A policy that devolves certain decision-making powers to school heads while maintaining central accountability best reflects the governance framework mandated by:

• A. RA 10533 – Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013

• B. RA 11713 – Excellence in Teacher Education Act

• C. RA 9155 – Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001

• D. Both RA 10533 and RA 11713

If the Teacher Education Council fails to update scholarship standards for pre-service teachers despite new K to 12 curriculum demands, it would be a lapse under which law?

• A. RA 10533

• B. RA 11713

• C. RA 9155

• D. Both RA 10533 and RA 9155

Under RA 9155, accountability for delivering quality basic education is shared between:

• A. DepEd Central Office and the Commission on Higher Education

• B. School heads, regional offices, and local government units

• C. The Department of Education and the Teacher Education Council

• D. Teachers’ associations and parent-teacher communities

Under Section 3.12, the IRR defines “school” in a way that distinctly includes:

• A. All learning centers recognized by DepEd regardless of ownership

• B. Public schools under Section 4, whether physical or cyber-based

• C. Private educational institutions duly accredited by the state

• D. Alternative Learning System (ALS) mobile classrooms

Which type of school is explicitly required to align its course offerings with TESDA Training Regulations?

• A. Integrated School

• B. Technical-Vocational School

• C. Vocational High School

• D. National Agricultural and Vocational High School